Women’s Preventive Healthcare

Women’s Preventive Healthcare

Do you know which preventive examinations every woman should regularly undergo? Preventive screenings can detect a disease in its early stages when it is treatable, and in many cases prevent serious health problems that may develop if left unchecked.

But there are more benefits. With regular tests you can be sure that you are taking proper care of your health.

The tests proposed as part of the package can help detect, for example, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, anaemia, thyroid, kidney or liver diseases. Consider the package of preventive examinations, even if you have no visible symptoms of any diseases.

Women’s Preventive Healthcare includes as many as 17 tests, such as:

• CBC (complete blood count) - a test performed to assess peripheral blood components that are important for the proper functioning of the body, provides valuable information about general health.

• GLUCOSE - is essential for the functioning of all body cells; Glucose testing should be performed by people who are obese or have a family history of diabetes due to the increased risk of developing diabetes. Other indications for this examination are symptoms such as: increased thirst, weakness, recurrent infections, malaise, frequent urination of large amounts of urine or a strong feeling of hunger, accelerated heart rate, tremors, drowsiness, and double vision. Determination of glucose concentration is also performed prophylactically.

• LIPID PROFILE, or 4 tests:

  – Total cholesterol, LDL and HDL cholesterol – Testing cholesterol levels, LDL (bad cholesterol) and HDL (good cholesterol), is performed to assess the body's lipid metabolism. It is recommended primarily to people at risk of cardiovascular diseases, e.g. in the case of overweight and obesity, diabetes, hypertension, as well as prophylactically. Excess cholesterol can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.

  – and Triglycerides – the triglyceride test is used to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with a family history of heart disease, as well as in smokers, people who are overweight or obese, suffering from diabetes or hypertension, people with low physical activity or an unhealthy diet.

• TSH - a test used in the diagnosis of thyroid diseases, including Hashimoto's disease.

• IRON – is responsible for, among others, the proper functioning of the circulatory and respiratory systems; it plays a key role in the transport of oxygen to cells; Blood iron testing is important in the differentiation of types of anaemia.

• FERRITIN - Determining the concentration of ferritin in the blood is used e.g. in the diagnosis of iron deficiency or differentiation of anaemia, in the diagnosis of iron excess or monitoring of treatment in patients taking iron preparations.

• VITAMIN 25OH-D3 - determination of the concentration of vitamin D-25(OH)D in the blood. It regulates the calcium and phosphorus balance in the body. Vitamin D promotes the absorption of calcium in the intestine and reduces its excretion in the urine, improves the mineralization of bones and teeth and the body's immunity. The test is used in in the diagnosis of metabolic diseases, disorders of calcium and phosphate metabolism.

• AST (aspartate aminotransferase) and ALT (alanine aminotransferase) - determination of the concentration of liver enzymes AST and ALT in the blood is used in the diagnosis of liver diseases, such as viral hepatitis or toxic liver injury.

• GENERAL URINALYSIS - a basic prophylactic examination that should be performed regularly; it provides a lot of important information about the work of the urinary system, and indirectly also about the work of other organs and systems.

• URIC ACID - a test used in the diagnosis of kidney function disorders; Uric acid testing is also important in diagnosing gout (arthritis).

• CREATININE - blood creatinine test is performed to assess kidney function.

• CALCIUM - a test used in the diagnosis of disorders of calcium and phosphate metabolism. Determination of calcium concentration in the body is most often performed when symptoms such as muscle cramps, tingling and numbness of the limbs, cardiac arrhythmias, coagulation disorders (e.g. nosebleeds), frequent bone fractures or anxiety are present. It plays an important role in metabolic processes and is necessary for the proper functioning of muscles, nervous and circulatory system, as well as in the blood clotting process; it is the main building block of bones.

• MAGNESIUM - this element plays an important role in metabolic processes; it is necessary for the proper functioning of the nervous system and muscles and is involved in the contraction of the heart muscle. It is also a catalyst for many enzymes. The main indications for testing the magnesium concentration are: cardiac arrhythmias, abnormal blood pressure, muscle pain and cramps.

How to use the package at Medicover Centres?

Choose a convenient location First, please choose a city and the Medical Centre in which you want to undergo the tests included in the package. Next, fill out the form with your details and pay for the purchase.

How to book the tests included in the package? Please come to the blood lab in the morning with your ID or book an appointment by calling the Hotline on +48 500 900 550. For exact opening times of the labs in individual Medicover Centres please go to: www.medicover.pl.

Test results Pick up your test results from the lab within 3 business days. If you are a Medicover patient and have a password for the Medicover OnLine platform, you can check your test results online.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

You have 3 months (from the date on the order confirmation) to use the package.

The package is dedicated for people over 16 years old.