Full Body Checkup in Chennai

Health is the most important aspect of your life. Being healthy helps you stay away from physical, mental, and emotional problems, preventing illness and diseases. Always be proactive and health-conscious.

To achieve a healthy body, one should focus on an overall lifestyle, helping to prevent chronic diseases. Due to the fastest-moving world, people often neglect or prioritize their health, making excuses and avoiding changes to their eating and lifestyle habits.

These habits can alter our entire system, increasing cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.

It is everyone’s responsibility to take care of their health. A full body checkup helps us determine whether our body is healthy or not. It informs us about the presence of any diseases and, in case of illness, indicates how far the disease has progressed and whether it can be prevented.

A full body checkup is also known as a preventive body checkup.

Diseases can be classified into two categories:

• Communicable Diseases
• Non-Communicable Diseases

Communicable Diseases:

In simple terms, communicable diseases spread from one person to another. Most often, they are transmitted through travel, direct contact with sick persons, respiratory droplets, sneezing, coughing, etc. Some communicable diseases include chickenpox, cold, fever, AIDS, STD, malaria, tuberculosis, etc.

Non-Communicable Diseases:

Non-communicable diseases arise due to a lack of healthy behavior. NCDs cannot be communicated through or from other persons. Some non-communicable diseases include heart disease, stroke, lung disease, diabetes, cancer, kidney diseases, etc. According to the World Health Organization, these diseases are responsible for 75% of deaths globally. WHO encourages people to undergo full body checkups after crossing 25 years of age to address this issue.

Now, let’s explore why a full body checkup is important:

Non-communicable diseases are often asymptomatic, making them challenging to identify in the initial stages. Many people are not aware of complete body checkups, convincing themselves they are healthy when, in reality, they should understand the seriousness of regular health checkups.

In India, 90% of people do not prioritize caring for their bodies, resulting in a high number of individuals aged 25 to 35 getting affected by non-communicable diseases. Doctors globally suggest people undergo checkups before symptoms appear, as managing diseases at later stages is limited.

Radolabs urges everyone to take regular full body checkups at consecutive intervals.

Who should take a master health checkup test?

Ideally, everyone should prioritize a full body test. However, the following individuals should take the test immediately:

• High-risk factors like smokers, alcoholics, and individuals facing stress, as well as those who have crossed 25 years of age, should undergo checkups annually.
• Individuals dealing with obesity and lifestyle changes, such as those regularly consuming hotel foods or leading a fast-food lifestyle, should undergo complete body checkups yearly.
• People with a sedentary lifestyle, working for more than 8 to 10 hours without adequate movement, are at high risk. They should perform a 1-minute body movement every 30 minutes, such as stretching or walking. This lifestyle increases the chances of cardiovascular and diabetes diseases.
• Individuals who frequently postpone meals or do not consume nutritious foods, often common in the marketing domain, should take a full body checkup test.

If you are someone who eats regularly, consumes nutritious foods, not living a sedentary lifestyle, and not in the marketing field, then you can consider a Master health checkup once every three years. After crossing 35 years of age, it is advisable to take the complete body checkup annually.”

Taking costly or fancy tests doesn’t yield much; instead, focus on the important tests that help identify the majority of problems. Radolabs Labs offers a whole-body checkup at an affordable cost. Let’s explore the most crucial tests for a master health checkup:

• HbA1c (Diabetes)
• Blood pressure
• Cholesterol
• Kidney function test
• Liver function test
• Hemoglobin Blood Count
• SGOT, SGPT & GGT
• Complete Blood Count test
• Urine Routine Test
• ECG, Treadmill test
• Abdominal Ultrasound Scan
• Thyroid-stimulating hormone

According to the Cochrane Review 2019, individuals who undergo regular full-body checkups tend to live longer than those who don’t. These checkups help in identifying health issues, enabling individuals to make lifestyle changes to manage or control diseases.

Consider this example: if you take a lipid profile test and find that your LDL is more than 100 mg/dL and your HDL is lower than 40 mg/dL, the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke is high. In such cases, changing your lifestyle and incorporating cardio exercises becomes crucial.

For women, the following tests are also important:

• Pap smear test (every 3 years)
• Breast Cancer Screening
• Mammogram
• Dexa Scan

In India, cervical cancer is the 3rd most common cancer with around 1,29,907 cases and a mortality rate of approximately 9.1%. Early detection is key to preventing cervical cancer. Regular pelvic examinations every 2 to 3 years can significantly reduce the risk of this cancer.