Health Screenings: How Often Should You Get Checked?

How Often Should You Get Health Screenings?

Are you keeping up with your health screenings? With all the things we have to worry about daily, it can be easy to forget  to schedule in a doctor’s visit. But keeping track of your health is absolutely necessary and doesn’t take very much time. Here’s a quick reference guide to pin and read later, if you have to. Just make sure to keep up with your screenings!

How Often Should You Get Health Screenings?

Health Screenings: How Often Should You Get Checked Out?

Once a Year: Add these to your annual list. An easy way to remember is to schedule it around your birthday.

  • Regular Checkup
  • – Vision
  • – Pelvic Exam
  • – HIV/STD’s
  • – Pap Smear
  • – Mammograms

 

Every 6 months: Try scheduling these around a holiday to remember them easily.

  • – Dental Exam
  • – Regular or Deep Teeth Cleaning

 

Every Month: These are essential. Don’t overlook the importance of keeping up with these and following up with a doctor if you see or feel something that worries you.

  • Breast self exam: Refer to this chart for an easy guide.
  • – Skin self exam: Use this step-by-step guide from the Skin Cancer Foundation

 

Upkeep: Check yourself for these every few years, unless otherwise recommended by your doctor.

  • – HPV Exam
  • – Thyroid Test
  • – Diabetes Screening
  • – Colonoscopy
  • – Cholesterol Test

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