Preventive Care in Primary Medicine: Importance of Regular Check-ups and Screenings
Your primary care physician offers a wide range of medical services, and one of the most important services is preventive care, in the form of regular check-ups and screenings. Dr. Ricardo Martinez at Well-Being Medical Center in Naples, FL, provides comprehensive primary care services, including preventive examinations and screenings, to help you stay healthy.
What You Need To Know About Preventive Care Services in Primary Medicine
Preventive care helps prevent illness and disease before it happens, so you can stay healthy. Let’s look at some common preventive services provided by your primary care doctor:
Routine check-ups should happen at least once each year, and more often if you have a chronic illness or disease like diabetes, heart disease, COPD, and others. Your blood pressure will be measured because high blood pressure is the main cause of stroke and heart damage. If your blood pressure is high, your primary care doctor can prescribe medication and lifestyle changes to help lower your blood pressure.
Routine screening for high cholesterol, which is a main cause of heart disease. Cholesterol screening is done with a simple blood test. If you have high cholesterol, your primary care physician can prescribe medication and dietary changes to lower your cholesterol levels.
Routine screening for high blood sugar, which is a main marker for diabetes. Blood sugar levels are measured with a fasting blood test. If you have high blood sugar, are pre-diabetic, or have diabetes, your primary care physician can prescribe medication, and dietary, and lifestyle changes to help manage your blood sugar levels.
A regular check-up appointment is also an excellent opportunity for you to ask questions about your health. Your primary care physician is a health expert and can help you live your healthiest, best life.
Want To Know More?
To find out more about how preventive medicine services from your primary care physician can help you, talk with an expert. Call Dr. Ricardo Martinez at Well-Being Medical Center in Naples, FL. You can reach him in the office by calling (239) 315-7801, so call today.