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Regular health check-ups are an effective method to protect your health as well as prevent many dangerous diseases. Periodic health examination not only assesses the current health status but also detects the risks that may cause disease in the future.

1. Why should periodic health check-up?

Health is the most precious asset of every person, only with good health can people study, work, play, live happily and usefully. Periodic health check-ups are extremely important, showing each person's responsibility for their own health. Prevention is always effective, gentler than cure. A person who looks healthy can be at risk for many diseases. There are serious diseases that are sometimes discovered by accident during ultrasound, X-ray, ... during physical examination even though the patient has no symptoms. If serious diseases are not detected early, when detected at a severe level, treatment will be extremely difficult, expensive and seriously affect quality of life.

Accordingly, regular health check-ups help each person understand their own health status, because when you go to a health check-up, you will be thoroughly examined through general examination, specialized examination, perform tests and diagnostic imaging techniques such as X-ray, ultrasound, CT... Through the examination results, doctors not only help assess the current health status but also help predict predict future risk factors for disease.

Detecting the disease at an early stage will have the opportunity to treat, minimizing the risk of recurrence. In addition, from early prediction of risk factors for disease, health examiners will be guided to change and adjust lifestyle and appropriate nutrition to improve health and prevent disease risk. .

2. How often should a health check-up be performed?

Health experts recommend that people have regular health checkups 1-2 times a year to screen for health problems or to screen for cancer for people at high risk. However, how often to have a regular health check-up depends on your age, working environment, current health status, personal and family health history.

Depending on the age at the time of visit, in addition to the contents of general examination and screening tests, periodical health examination also performs specialized examination and testing services related to the risk of diseases corresponding to age. , specifically as:

At the age of 18-30, examination and testing focus on high-risk infectious diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis; reproductive health checkup, pre-marital health.

At the age of 30-40, focus on screening for diseases that may appear early at this age such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dyslipidemia, gout,... In women, they will be screened for cancer. gynecological letter.

In middle age, screening for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, ... and common cancer screening such as liver cancer, stomach cancer, cancer nasopharyngeal cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer in men...

People at high risk of disease such as: people with a personal or family history of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, smokers, people who regularly drink alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, eat a lot fat... should be examined more often to detect health problems early.

3. Regulations on periodic health check according to the latest circular

Health is not only the private property of each person but also the common property of agencies, companies and businesses. An enterprise can only focus on doing business and producing well when the health of employees is fully cared for and guaranteed. Regulations on periodic health examination according to the latest circular, Circular 19/2016/TT-BYT guiding the management of occupational hygiene and health of employees. Accordingly, employees will be given a health check before job placement, periodical health check and periodical examination for occupational diseases. Employees must be arranged and arranged to work positions suitable to their health situation.

According to the 2015 Law on Occupational Safety and Health, employees must have a health check-up at least once a year. For employees doing heavy, dangerous and toxic occupations and jobs; employees who are disabled; Young workers or elderly workers should have a medical examination at least every 6 months. In addition, female employees must receive specialized obstetric examination. Workers in the environment that are regularly exposed to risk factors for occupational diseases must be examined for occupational diseases. Expenses for medical examination, examination and detection of occupational diseases and treatment of occupational diseases for employees shall be covered by the employer's agency or enterprise.