Tests carried out in a full-body check-up
For the proper functioning of a human body, the very popular theory of ‘prevention is better than cure’ is one statement to rely on. The possibility and risk of the disease don’t give prior notification of its arrival and post the diagnosis of a disease, the expenses for rectification and care do increase significantly.
To get a preliminary idea of what all is going in your body, thankfully there are a number of tests which do give a significant amount of information related to all the functioning parts of various systems of the body. These tests also come handy after the diagnosis of a disease, which in turn become a must-to-do thing.
Following are some very common tests which do constitute of a full-body check-up:-
Preliminary physical examination – This one is taken just to know the basic data related to your body, mostly related to the ones which are clearly known to you and others. This basic data in question includes knowing your body weight, height, blood pressure, pulse rate and oxygen level in your body. This one basically forms the foundation of all the tests to be conducted for later stages.
2. Blood tests – These tests are conducted in order to know whether the flow of blood in your entire body through veins is proper or not. The tests coming under this aspect usually clears out the information relates to the count of red blood cells and white blood cells as well as haemoglobin level in a whole. This helps in diagnosing whether there is a chance of blood-related deficiency issues like anaemia.
3. Liver tests – The liver tests help the doctor to know about the proper functioning of the digestive system of your body. The digestive system of a human has liver as the most important component, and all the tests are being conducted with it being the core of them. Various tests are done under this to know whether there is a possibility of liver-related disease like jaundice.
4. Sugar tests – The disease of diabetes is gradually becoming a too common one, given the adverse lifestyle in the modern world. To know the exact level of sugar in your blood, these tests are conducted. Under these, the glucose levels in your body are checked and matched with the recommended levels, in order to know about the possibility of diabetes.
5. Kidney tests – For proper functioning of the urinary system and getting a hint of the possibility of kidney-related diseases like the formation of stones in the kidney and urinary tract infections, the kidney tests are conducted. A human body consists of two kidneys, and the tests are being conducted keeping both of them in mind and matching the data of them as a whole.
6. X-Ray test of chest area – The X-Ray test is usually conducted in an emergency, for example, in case of knowing about a possible bone damage post an accident. However, a thorough X-Ray test of the chest area gives a rough idea about the functioning of human organs beneath the chest, like lungs and heart.
7. ECG tests – The electrocardiography tests, as the name suggests, are carried out to known about the proper functioning of components related to the cardiovascular system, i.e., related to the heart. These tests determine whether the heart rate as well as uniformity of heartbeats is proper or not.
8. Lipid profile tests – These tests, like the electrocardiography tests, are related to heart as well. However, they do give slightly more detailed information of whether your heart is at serious risk or not, and based on this assessment, it is determined whether a major heart surgery needs to be carried out or not.
9. Ultrasonography – To know a complete detailed description of information of what all is going on in all of the components of the digestive and urinary system, including spleen, liver, gall bladder and kidneys, ultrasonography is carried out. Given that most of the components of the digestive and urinary system are related to each other for functioning, this is one super-test for all.
10. Urine tests – Specifically carried out to determine the well-functioning of the urinary system, the urine test is carried out. These tests do give a general assessment of the functioning of the digestive and urinary system and are a separate thing from ultrasonography as well as liver and kidney tests.
All these tests should be carried out with the help of proper guidance, under the supervision of a renowned and certified laboratory, with proper guidance from professional medical personnel or doctors. For your full body check-up, you can contact your nearest hospital or testing centre.