Summary of What To Expect During A Well Woman Check up or Visit
A Well Woman Visit
A well woman check up is a visit to your doctor to discuss various health and wellness needs of a woman and to screen for certain disease conditions that you may be predisposed to as a woman based on your age; health profile and sometimes genetic predisposition. It is usually scheduled annually for the well woman and is an important aspect of preventive medicine.
Your doctor will take your medical history, examine you carry out various investigations or procedures to screen and offer various interventions based on individual patient needs.
General Health Check
Women at different age groups may need different set of wellness checks since you are predisposed to certain disease conditions based on age as well. However, some of the general health screening tests which may have not be scheduled based on age limits and they include:
- Blood Pressure Screening
- Mental Health Screening for anxiety and depression
- Screening for substance use including cigarette smoking and alcohol
- Screening for domestic and/interpersonal violence
Blood glucose level testing will be performed if your aged 35 and above or earlier if you have a history of gestational diabetes in the past
Infectious Disease Check
Infectious disease prevention, counselling and screening will be carried out during your medical check up.
Your doctor will screen for certain infectious diseases such as syphilis, tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and C as well as HIV. Tests may be ordered based on your risk. Ask about Preexposure prophylaxis against HIV if you are at high risk of HIV infection.
Screening for other infectious diseases such as Chlamydia and gonorrhea may be carried out to women younger than 24 years of age.
Cancer Screening
Cancer screening is part of well woman check up which is also age dependent; for instance breast cancer screening for all women aged 40 years and above or at a lower age if there is an additional familial history. Colorectal cancer screening for women aged 45 years and cervical cancer screening with a Pap test or HPV testing depending on your age is also performed during this gynaecological well woman check up
Counselling
Counselling is not only offered for the prevention of infectious diseases but also to ensure a healthy diet; mind and for physical activity.
Contraception care and counselling plus folic acid supplementation for women who are planning to conceive are some of the additional items that will form part of your well woman check up.
Other Tests
There may be other tests that may be carried out after evaluation by your doctor which may not have been listed since the list is not exhaustive. However, it gives you an outlook of what to expect.
A pelvic ultrasound may be requested by your gynaecologist to check on any abnormal masses within your pelvis; do not be surprised if this is performed too
Schedule Your Well Woman Visit for a gynecological check up, screening and testing as well as counselling on various medical conditions.
A Well Woman Visit
Above is a summary of most of the screening tests and counselling carried out during your well woman visit; It will also comprise of history taking and examination from your gynaecologist. You may have some concerns and questions that you may want addressed during this visit. You can write them down so that you do not forget asking them and seeking clarification. This is one of the opportunities to ensure you are on the right path to being healthy and if you already working on it-then an opportunity to be motivated to continue being healthy.
You may decide to schedule this visit to coincide with some of the annual memorable events in your life such as birthday or anniversaries so that you do not miss to attend to your health.
You going for your wellness check up is you showing your self some self love and care!
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