The generally busy lifestyles of people today with demanding work schedules coupled with costly healthcare has resulted in many people giving less priority to regular medical check-ups. But the reality is that regular healthcare check-ups can be the difference between life and death.
It is very important to get a medical check-up done at least once a year, especially if you want to live a healthy, comfortable life. Doctors can run necessary examinations and tests to identify issues early on whilst providing treatment and advice on healthy living.
The age old saying “Prevention is better than cure” – regular medicals provide doctors a way of identifying any underlying health problems early. Since check-ups include a variety of tests, preventive screening and examinations, it helps a doctor determine the current health and future risks of a patient
In addition to determining a baseline using which they can identify risk factors and unhealthy trends, regular medicals can help save costs in the long run. Since regular medical check-ups can minimise the risk of potential health issues by identifying risks early, this means lower chances of more extensive (costly) medical care in the future.
Speak to Unique Medical to find out if your health check-up is covered by medicare or health insurance.
What is included in a medical check-up at Unique Medical Centre Cranbourne:
- Health and life style questionnaires by our qualified nurses to identify risks in individual patients followed by performing urine testing , ECG , sugar testing etc
- Physical assessment including:
- Blood pressure
- Height weight etc
- Pap smears if required
- Vision
- Lung function test ( spirometry )
- Prostate examination
- After this our experienced doctors will order comprehensive investigations tailored to you as per the risks identified
- Full blood examination, ESR, white cell count etc
- Kidney and liver testing
- Hormonal testing for thyroid , sex hormones etc
- Fasting blood sugars , lipid studies
- PSA for men
- Vitamin D, iron levels, vitamin B 12 etc
- Our specialist cardiologist will offer ECHO, Holter for your heart if required on site on the same day
- The last step of check-up would be imaging and scans:
- Liver USS
- Dopplers of neck arteries, leg arteries etc looking for blockage in high risk individuals
- Chest X ray for smokers
- Abdominal Uss to look for aneurysm etc
- Breast USS to assess if required
- Pelvic USS for women if clinically required
** After these tests and imaging you will be booked for a follow up appointment to assess all results
