Staying Healthy!
Preventive Health Checks
We strongly believe in the adage ‘Prevention is better than Cure’. In our fast paced, stress filled lives, health pays the price. We tend to take it for granted until something untoward happens. The timely thing to do is undergo preventive health check-ups periodically, not just as a matter of precaution, but in case an ailment is detected, it can easily be nipped in the bud.What is a Screening Test?Screening is a method of finding diseases in people who do not have any signs or symptoms of the disease being screened for. Preventive Healthcare also involves health promotion, which is aimed at modifying the individual’s social circumstance and lifestyle so that their health is improved (or maintained) and disease is prevented. Another aspect of Preventive Healthcare is the early identification of life-threatening illnesses like heart disease and cancers. This helps in taking timely, precautionary lifestyle modification measures or treatment. The ultimate goal of screening is to help people live longer and heathier lives.
Why is preventive health care so important?
Lifestyle diseases are the largest health-related worry for the urban population of India. World Health Organization (WHO) states “Rapid transition in lifestyle has increased the risk of lifestyle diseases such as Hypertension, Coronary Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Obesity and Cancer, which account for more than 2 million deaths for year.” Most of the diseases are “silent”, We often do not have any early symptoms. Prevention, in such cases, is not only better than cure but is often the only option for a healthy life. Hence regular screening tests are the only way for early detection.