What is the relationship between preventive health care and physical examination

The two are by no means independent of each other. Physical examination is the core entrance of the active preventive health care system, and it is also the objective basis for the formulation and adjustment of all health care plans. Preventive health care without physical examination is likely to be blind, and only doing physical examination without implementing follow-up health care actions is equivalent to wasting the early screening value of physical examination.

When doing public health follow-up work in the community in the past two years, I encountered many examples of deviations. Aunt Zhang, who lives in Building 3, followed the trend and bought more than 3,000 imported liver-protecting tablets and antioxidant capsules last year. She said that she usually pays attention to health care and there must be nothing wrong with her. She advised her to do a basic liver function screening before eating. She found it troublesome. As a result, she had a physical examination at the end of the year. It was found that the transaminase was three times higher than the normal value, which is already a moderate drug-induced liver injury. The "health care" in the previous six months has become the culprit of liver damage. To put it bluntly, I did not do a preliminary physical examination and evaluation. I didn't even know whether I had a basic risk of liver damage or whether the health products I took would increase the metabolic burden. I spent money and suffered.

Nowadays, people do have many differences on the relationship between the two. One group thinks that physical examinations are useless, and no major problems have been found after doing them every year. It is better to save money to buy health products, do moxibustion and massage and other health-preserving programs;

In fact, people who really make good use of both have already integrated physical examinations into their daily health routine. The little girl who works on the Internet next to me knows that she often stays up late and eats irregularly. She will not wait for a whole year to have a full physical examination. Instead, she will check her thyroid, blood lipids, and liver function every six months. Yes, if there are slight abnormalities in the indicators, such as triglycerides, she will deliberately bring more meals and less takeout in the next month or two, and walk briskly for 40 minutes three days a week. After reexamination, she will basically fall back to the normal range. She does not need to take medicine at all. It is much more effective than the many whitening and anti-sugar pills she took blindly before.

To put it bluntly, the relationship between the two is just like the maintenance you do when driving. The physical examination is to check the condition of the car before driving out to see if the tire pressure is enough and whether the engine oil needs to be changed. Preventive care is maintenance and adjustments based on the test results. You can't just add additives without checking the condition of the car, nor can you continue to drive after knowing that the tire is deficient, waiting for a puncture before repairing it, right?

Of course, it does not mean that the more expensive the physical examination, the more useful it is. I once met a young man who had just worked for two years. He saved more than 20,000 yuan to buy a high-end package that was said to "can detect cancer throughout the body." When a slightly elevated tumor marker was found, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep for half a month. Then he went to a specialist for a follow-up examination. No, on the contrary, my stomach developed chronic gastritis due to continuous anxiety. Choose targeted physical examination items that are consistent with your age, family history, and living habits. Only the results can truly serve as a reference for preventive health care. You will not go to extremes to blindly care for your health, or be overly anxious and harm your body.