What is a check-up?
Check-Up, in other words, “personal health screening” aims to detect possible diseases in the early period, to take precautions and thus to keep the person healthy. Although Check-Up does not have any obvious complaints, they are the examinations and tests performed to detect the discomforts that start to occur secretly at an early stage.
Why should we have a check-up?
It is the responsibility of each individual to make a check-up so that early diagnosis is the most effective solution for many diseases today and human quality of life continues without interruption. Considering the loss of quality of life and financial burdens to be experienced after the illness and the early diagnosis of the solution of some diseases, the importance of having a check-up is better revealed.
To whom is the check-up performed?
Modern medicine aims to keep the person healthy by taking the necessary precautions before the disease occurs. Because, after the disease appears, both the treatment is very expensive and the health is deteriorated once. For this reason, every person should go through a general health check by consulting a doctor at certain intervals, even if he or she has no complaints. These periods vary according to age and general condition of the person.
What should you pay attention to when coming to have a check-up?
Alcohol, etc. in the last 24 hours. items should not be taken. If you are pregnant or in doubt, please inform before starting the procedure. Be sure to come hungry on the day and time of your appointment. You must be fasting for at least 10-12 hours. (You can only drink water.). Bring your previous blood tests and other results with you.
Remember that the treatment of many diseases is only possible with early diagnosis. Do not miss the opportunity of early diagnosis and treatment by having a “Check-Up” once a year for your health.
How to make a check-up in Hospitaltürk?
At Üsküdar Hospitaltürk Hospital; Your periodic health checks are determined by check-up consultants according to your needs among the program options created by specialist doctors and designed according to age, gender, profession and living standards.
At Hospitaltürk, beyond the standard check-up programs organized according to age and gender differences, your lifestyle, personal characteristics, habits, expectations and family predispositions are examined, and risks specific to you are determined and a check-up program is offered in line with your priorities.
First of all, blood tests and radiological procedures are performed in the patient who comes on an empty stomach in the morning. Afterwards, the person’s complaints and other information are recorded in detail by meeting with our check-up doctor, and then a full physical examination is made.
Following this, the patient’s test results, vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse, fever, height, weight, and doctor’s examinations are carried out in a very regular manner at the Check-Up Center.
It evaluates the check-up results together with our check-up doctor and advises the person by combining all the reports from the laboratory, radiology department, and other relevant experts after the procedures performed on the same day with their own findings. If there are abnormal findings in these results, they are investigated with more detailed methods and laboratory tests, and the person is directed to other clinics and units of the hospital.