Did You Know That Preventive Health Care Can Help Prevent You From Getting Sick?
Did you know that Preventive health care can help prevent you from getting sick?
What is Preventive health care?
Preventive health care, also known as prophylaxis, is a set of health care services that screens your health to help prevent health problems or finds them before they become serious.
Preventive health care can help you live longer.
Specific screenings and treatments depend on several factors such as age, sex, medical history, and current health status.
Common preventative health care screenings are annual wellness visits, routine blood tests, vaccines, cancer screenings, preventive eye care, preventive dental care and preventive health care during pregnancy just to name a few.
Not only is it important to eat healthy and exercise s important but also to get your preventive health screenings.
So schedule an appointment with your primary care physician today.
Sources:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2274388/
https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-preventive-health-and-why-is-it-important
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/prophylaxis-preventive-care