What is a Health Screening Test?
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What is Health Screening? |
All of you know that the word about health screening test. A health screening test is doing to known potential health disorders or diseases in people who don't shows any signs of disease. The aim is early detection and lifestyle changes or surveillance, to lowers the risk of disease and to detect it early enough to treat it most effectively. Health Screening tests are not called diagnostic, but are used to identify a subset of the population who should have additional testing to detect the presence or absence of disease.
When is Health Screening Test helpful?
Health screening test is important because of its capacity to detect potential problems, while reducing unclear, ambiguous, or confusing results. While Health screening tests are not 100% clear in total cases, it is gradually highly valuable to have the health screening tests at the appropriate times, as adviced by our healthcare provider, than to not have them at all. However, few health screening tests, when used in people not at more risk for disease, or when testing for very rare diseases, can created highly problems than they help.
Types of Health Screening Tests:
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Types of Health screening |
There are many types of Health screening tests. Be sure to consult your healthcare provider regarding the appropriate timing and frequency of all screening tests based on your age, overall health, and medical history. The following are some examples of common health screening tests:
1) Fecal occult blood test:
Fecal occult blood is measuring by microscopic study or by chemical tests for Haemoglobin /Hb in the stool. People with blood in their stool may have a cancerous growth indicative of colorectal cancer. The test needed collection of 3 stool samples that are studied under the microscope for blood. It is necessary to understand that when blood is occurs in a stool sample, it can be due to other non-cancerous factors, such as certain medications or foods, Gastrointestinal bleeding, or Haemorrhoids. Testing is recommended initiating at age 50 by several organizations containing the American Cancer Society.
2) Cholesterol measurement :
Cholesterol is a waxy substance that can be searched in whole parts of the body. It aids in the production of cell membranes, few hormones, and vitamin D. We know that -Cholesterol in the blood comes from 2 ways that are the 1) Food we consume and 2) production in our liver. However, the liver produces all of the cholesterol the body requires. Cholesterol and other fats are transported in the bloodstream in the form of spherical particles known as Lipoproteins. There are two major types of Lipoproteins are a) Low-density lipoproteins (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol, and b) High-density lipoproteins (HDL), or "good" cholesterol.
Cholesterol screening is doing by a blood test. People with high cholesterol measurements from a blood sample have a bigger risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), than those with cholesterol in the normal range. Reviews have shown that people with maximum cholesterol can lowers their risk for heart disease by reducing their cholesterol. It is necessary to understand, however, that people can still have heart disease even with cholesterol levels in the normal range.
3) Dpiabetesor prediabetes:
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) suggested that total adults be screened for diabetes or prediabetes initiating at age 45, regardless of weight. Additionally, individuals without signs of diabetes should be screened if they are overweight or fat and have one or more extra diabetes risk factors.
4) Prostate specific antigen (PSA)
This type of blood test detects the prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels in the blood. Antigens are any substances that evoke responses from a people's Immune system. The prostate specific antigen levels can be elevated in the presence of prostate cancer. However, it is necessary to understand that other benign prostate situations may also elevate PSA, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), that is non-cancerous swelling of the prostate. The PSA test is not suggested for all men, and there is considerable controversy over the role of PSA testing.
Few organizations, such as the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), now suggested against PSA screening. The pros and cons of PSA screening should always be discussed with our healthcare provider before testing. Few of the cons containing unnecessary testing and procedures, unnecessary costs, and significantly increased anxiety.
5) Pap test (also called Pap smears):
Pap test are samples of cells taken from the cervix in women to look for cellular changes indicative of cervical cancer. The Pap smear is an very necessary screening test in sexually active women under the age of 65, to detect cancer at a stage when there are often no signs. It is needed to understand that a Pap smear may be known as "abnormal," but may not mean that a person has cervical cancer. Few organizations also recommend HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) screening in specific populations during the Pap smear.
6) Mammography:
Differents organizations, containing the USPSTF, suggested mammography screening for breast cancer every 1 year - 2 years after age 50. This test is completed in conjunction with a clinical breast exam.
7) Colonoscopy:
Several organizations including the USPSTF, suggested screening for colon cancer or colon polyps at age 50, earlier if we have a family history or other risk factors.
Take the advice of your doctor about all of these as well as other types of screening tests, depending on our medical situation, as not all doctors are in agreement in regard to which screening tests should be done and for which age groups.