Preventive Care
Why Preventive Care?
Preventive care includes medical services like annual exams, health screenings, and wellness recommendations designed to prevent disease, illness, and other health problems. These services can also detect illness at the earliest Stage possible to provide treatment as quickly as possible.
What is Preventive Care?
Measures taken for disease prevention
Preventive care keeps healthcare cost low.
Preventive care is the care you receive to prevent illnesses or diseases. It includes counseling, and screenings test performed to check your health status and keep you and your family healthy
Standard preventive tests for most adults include:
- Blood pressure screening
- Cholesterol screening
- Type 2 diabetes screening
- Sexually transmitted disease screening
- Breast cancer screening for women
- Prostate cancer screening for men
- Colorectal cancer screening
Examples of Preventive Care
Flu Shot
Can help to prevent the flu
Colon Cancer Screening
Can help prevent colon cancer, or find it in the early stages when it's more treatable
Breast Cancer Screening
Can help prevent breast cancer, or find it in the early stages when it's more treatable
Cholesterol Test
Can help to prevent heart disease
Annual Checkup
Can help to prevent heart problems such as diabetes before they start or get worse
