ADULT HEALTH SCREENING PROGRAM

uscat Private Hospital provide an adult health-screening package designed for early detection and prevention of illness and modification of potential harmful risk factors.

Proper screening involves risk factor analysis that incorporates the individual’s personal and family history, age, gender and physical findings.  Our aim is to provide a thorough ‘fitness for life’ health review based on these principles.  We provide an internationally accepted health-screening package tailored to each individual’s health needs and risk factors.  Our philosophy is to provide affordable and effective health screening without adding unnecessary costs from tests that are not required.

Generally, in an individual with no complaints, only a complete physical examination and selective blood tests are required to give the doctor the information he requires to assess that individual’s health status.  This is the basic health package.  Additional procedures and tests may be recommended based on the individual’s age, gender and risk factor analysis to give a unique healthcare package.

Basic Health Package

1. Complete Physical Examination:

A complete history and physical examination are the most important elements of diagnostic screening.

• Complete review of family, occupational and medical history.

·        Height	Blood pressure
·        Weight	Pulse

• Urinalysis: Screens for kidney disease diabetes bladder infections and some cancers.

• Vision screening (Colour testing and Near and distant vision testing).

• Audiometry test

• Full clinical examination by doctor

• Inspection of the skin

• Clinical breast examination in adult women.

• Digital rectal examination of the prostate in men (age dependant).

• Testicular examination in men.

 

 2. Blood Screening Profile

• Full Blood Count (Screens for: Anaemia and Blood cancers such as leukaemia)

• Lipid profile - screen for atherosclerosis and heart disease. These tests include:

o  Total Cholesterol	o HDL-Cholesterol (good cholesterol)
o  LDL Cholesterol (bad Cholesterol)	o         Triglycerides.

• Metabolic Profile:

o       Liver function test to screen for liver disease.

o       Electrolytes to screen for kidney disease, as well as other metabolic problems.

• Blood sugar: Screens for diabetes.

 

 3. Health Evaluation:

 Physician’s recommendations and counselling. Common topics discussed may include:

Body mass index, physician counselling on diet, physical activity recommendations, oestrogen replacement therapy and calcium supplementation in women, self breast examination by women, self testicular examination by men, and melanoma recognition)

4. Full written medical report and a follow up consultation. 

 

Possible Additional Age Related Procedures:

As an individual gets older, he or she is at risk for different diseases and will require additional relevant tests in order to be reassured.  The following tests may be offered depending on an individual’s age.

 

1.      Resting Electrocardiogram to screen for cardiac problems

2.      Flexible Sigmoidoscopy for the examination of the bowel.

3.      Faecal Occult Blood Test to screen for bleeding within the intestines.

4.      Thyroid Stimulating Hormone to screen for thyroid disease.

5.      Tetanus Booster:  Required every 10 years.

6.      Pneumovax

 

Possible Gender Related Procedures
 

Women and men will require different procedures to aid in ruling out their unique illnesses.  The following tests may be recommended.

 

1.  Pelvic examination (female) including ultrasound examination.

2.  PAP smear to screen for cervical cancer.

3.  Mammogram to screen for breast cancer.

4.  Female Hormone level to aid in hormone replacement therapy.

5.  Male Hormones (Testosterone).

6.  Prostatic Specific Antigen (male) to screen for prostatic cancer.

 

Possible Additional Risk Factors Procedures
Our Executive Health practitioners may recommend additional procedures based on an individual’s risk factor analysis.  Here are some common examples.

 

1. Colonoscopy

 

2. Effort Electrocardiogram: Screens for early signs of coronary heart disease, recommended every 5 years for men over 40 and females over 45 with one of the following risk factors: Family history of coronary disease, elevated cholesterol, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetics or smokers.

 

3. Chest X-ray.

 

4. Lung Function Test.

 

5. Hepatitis B Immune status: