What is the meaning of periodic health check in disease prevention?

Video content is professionally consulted by Assoc. Prof, Dr., Doctor II Chu Hoang Van, Department of Medical Examination, Vinmec Times City International Hospital

Currently, many people have the habit of only going to the hospital when they have an illness without even thinking of having to go for regular health check-ups, while this is a way to help us prevent and detect diseases early.
Periodic health check is an effective way to protect your health as well as prevent many dangerous diseases. Not only can the current health status be assessed, but periodic health check-ups also help to detect early risks that may cause disease in the future.
In fact, prevention is always effective, gentler than cure, no one can know what potential disease is inside their body. There are serious diseases that are sometimes discovered by accident during ultrasound, X-ray, ... during physical examination even though there are no symptoms. If serious diseases are not detected early, when detected at a severe level, the treatment will be extremely difficult, expensive and seriously affect the quality of life.
Therefore, regular health check-ups will help each person understand their own health status, because when going to a health check-up, they will check their health comprehensively through the steps of general health examination. , steps of specialized health examination, implementation of tests and imaging techniques such as X-ray, ultrasound, CT... Through the results of physical examination, doctors not only help assess current health status, but also helps predict risk factors that may cause disease in the future.
According to regulations, the list of mandatory periodic health checks will include:
Clinical examination: The physical examination will include measuring height, weight, waist circumference, calculating BMI, Check pulse, measure blood pressure. Next, the doctor will examine and generalize the organs in the body to detect respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, digestive, kidney-urinary, musculoskeletal, musculoskeletal,... During the general examination, the doctor will guide the patient to perform a specialized health examination, including: eye examination, ENT examination, dental examination, dermatological examination, etc. Test: To evaluate the indicators in the body. Periodic health check-ups will be performed blood tests and urine tests. Diagnostic imaging: In the mandatory periodic health examination paper will include chest X-ray film to detect early lung lesions and problems related to the heart and chest. In addition, depending on the condition of each person who comes to the examination, the doctor may appoint X-ray films of other locations and parts of the body. In addition to the list of mandatory periodic health checks as above, depending on age characteristics and risk factors, health examiners can choose to expand the package to include more specialties such as oncology, gynecology, and gynecology. medical, geriatric,...
Many people wonder "is the general examination at Vinmec good?" In fact, Vinmec Health System has long been famous for its modern facilities, outstanding standards with high-quality human resources and is performed by experts, leading doctors trained in the field of medicine. copies both at home and abroad.
Besides, to meet the needs of examination, treatment, diagnosis and disease prevention, Vinmec now also deploys many convenient medical services that are satisfied by many customers. Currently, Vinmec is implementing a lot of periodic health checkup packages suitable for each age, gender and individual needs of customers with a very preferential price policy.
Health experts recommend that each person should have regular health checkups 1-2 times a year to screen for health problems or to screen for cancer for people at high risk.