Stay on top of your health
Preventative care can help keep you in good health. It’s important to follow these guidelines throughout your lifetime to help detect and prevent disease. The following recommendations are a minimum for healthy adults.
NOTE: These minimum recommendations for care do not replace the judgment of you or your healthcare provider.Preventive Healthcare Guidelines are intended for people who are at low risk for developing disease and have no disease symptoms. If you have certain risk factors or symptoms, you may need to have some tests more frequently than guidelines specify. Discuss with your physician what is best for you.
Adult Immunization:
Blood Pressure:
Chlamydia Screening:
Cholesterol and Lipid Screening:
Colon Cancer Screening:
Depression Screening:
Breast Cancer Screening:
Cervical Cancer Screening:
Osteoporosis Screening:
Prostate Cancer Screening:
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Human Papillomavirus:
- All preteens need the HPV vaccination so they can be protected from HPV infections that cause cancer.
- Teens and young adults who didn't start or finish the HPV vacinne series also need HPV vaccination.
- Young women can get HPV vaccine until they are 27 years old.
- Young men can get the HPV caccine until they are 22 years old.
Disease Management:
If you have an on-going condition, it is important to pay extra attention to assure that monitoring and treatment are as effective as possible.Your physician will be happy to discuss these guidelines with you.
Asthma:
An annual asthma-focused visit and lung function test as needed
Cardiovascular Disease:
- A blood pressure check 2 times per year
- Maintain a blood pressure of less than 140/90
- An annual blood test to check your LDL (low density lipoprotein or “bad” cholesterol)
- Maintain LDL (low density lipoprotein or “bad” cholesterol) level at less than 100 mg/dl
High Blood Pressure:
- An annual physical exam and a blood pressure check 2 times per year
- Maintain a blood pressure of less than 140/90
- A blood test to check your blood cholesterol level if you have other risk factors such as a family history of heart disease
Diabetes:
- A blood test to check your HgbA1C every 6 months
- Maintain an HgbA1c level of less than 8.0 percent
- An annual lipid blood test to include HDL (high density lipoprotein), LDL (low density lipoprotein) and tryglycerides
- Maintain LDL (low density lipoprotein or “bad” cholesterol) level at less than 100 mg/dl
- An annual urine exam to check for protein (and thus kidney function)
- An annual dilated eye exam for blood vessel changes related to diabetes
- A blood pressure check 2 times per year
- Maintain a blood pressure of less than 140/90
- An annual foot exam by your provider