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Why regular Check-ups and Screening is Essential for Senior’s health?
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Hello friends, today we are going to discuss importance of health check-up in old age. Firstly, it is important to understand that regular health check-ups help you to identify and prevent health issues on early basis. There are numerous common health issues that can affect one’s health which may go unnoticed due to negligence towards unusual changes in body.
Advanced lifestyle has made our life so sedentary that we have become technological slaves. By adopting sedentary life, one has introduced all kind of medical problems which reflects in later age. Health problems due to poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, myths and doctor google in adulthood; consequences of which are most commonly faced in older age which you are unaware of till something wrong happens to your health.
Most common and vulnerable health problems occurring because of lifestyle, genetics and food habits resulting in poor health and shortened life span are –
- High or low blood pressure
- Diabetes
- Osteoporosis
- Arthritis
- Back pain and neck pain
- Heart diseases
- Dyslipidaemia
- Vision loss, cataract
- Hearing loss
- Pulmonary disease
- Depression
- Loss of memory
Many of these conditions are silent killers which reside quietly within your body, but their ill impacts are witnessed after few years or decades.
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With ageing, there is a decline in immunity and the speed and efficiency of body repair, maintenance also slows down.
Health check-ups are equally important for healthy people as well as for those suffering from any medical condition – to keep tabs on their current condition and beware of any future health risk. For healthy people it helps to identify problems before they start and maintain sound health while in preventive case help to recover and manage disease from further progress on time.
Many a time regular check-up protects you from upcoming life-threatening illness through early screening and examination. You don’t need to rely on others because of any physical challenges or medical illness.
Seniors who maintain a good health and fitness even at older age can actively follow their passion, hangout with their buddies and spend quality time with their family and grandchildren. With help of regular annual health examination, taking proper treatment and balanced diet you can stay fit live longer and healthier and active life even in old age.
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Here’s to ageing gracefully! 😊
Wishing you a happy and healthy life. Take care.
Contributed by Janki Chauhan – Dietitian
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02 Oct 20 07:04 amThese check-ups could be quarterly, twice a year or yearly. These screenings can help individuals detect any possible ailments or diseases that you are at risk for. Regular check-ups can help you increase your chances for treatment and help you find a cure in a more timely fashion. Regular health check-ups are essential because they help identify potential problems at an early stage.