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Healthy Living: 20 Important Health Checkups for Everyone

  By Renita Tisha Pinto  posted Jan 25th 2013 at 8:00AM IN | Avg Rating
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Important Healthy Checkup # 10: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) screenings


If you are sexually active and unsure about your partner/s sexual practises or habits, then this test is for you. STIs can be transmitted during vaginal, anal and oral sex. They are also transmitted from mother to child. Hence, if you change your partners regularly or if you have unprotected sex more frequently, then you and your partner should go for these screenings. 


 

  • Important Healthy Checkup # 1: Pap test
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 2: Blood pressure screening
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 3: Skin check
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 4: Cholesterol check
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 5: Dental examination
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 6: Bone mineral test
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 7: Colorectal cancer screening
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 8: Breast cancer (Mammogram)
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 9: Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 10: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) screenings
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 11: Testes examination
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 12: BMI assessment
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 13: Waist circumference measurement
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 14: Eye check up
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 15: Hearing assessment
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 16: Faecal occult blood test (FOBT)
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 17: Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 18: Diabetes test
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 19: Anaemia test
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 20: Thyroid test

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