Check Up Center

What is Check-Up?

Check up is a personal health screening in general. You do not need to have any health problems. Because the purpose of check up; It is to diagnose or prevent diseases at an early stage before they cause symptoms. Check-up is not just an examination consisting of analysis and examination, it also reveals the general condition of the body. Thus, risk factors are prevented. The content of the check-up program may vary according to age, gender, genetic characteristics, lifestyle and past health history. There is no age limit for check-up. However, individuals with chronic diseases such as diabetes or who are overweight are recommended to have regular check-ups after the age of 40.

Why Check Up?

With check-up screenings, diseases can be treated before they reach a level that reduces the quality of life. In order to lead a quality life, it will be useful to have a general health assessment at regular intervals. In addition, people with a family history of a disease or elderly individuals may be more likely to have health problems. Therefore, it is important for people with these features to apply for check-up packages.

In health practices, the main goal is to improve and protect the quality of life of people. Therefore, it is extremely important that preventive medicine practices are carried out correctly and regularly before diagnosis and treatment services.
Many cancers, health problems and diseases can progress insidiously without any symptoms. Many diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, kidney diseases, liver diseases, metabolic diseases can become a major health problem by progressing over time.

Check-up screenings, which are applied to determine the health status of people, to take preventive measures according to the determined risk factors, and to provide early diagnosis and treatment services for diseases, are critical for the protection of health.
Check up, which is one of the benefits of modern medicine, enables the person to take precautions before a health problem arises or to detect the existing disease in the earliest possible period.

People who are in the risk group for cancer types such as diabetes and hypertension in the family are in the risk group for other chronic and hereditary diseases. In addition, those who work under intense tempo and intense stress should have basic health check-ups regularly.

Personalized Programs with Our Check-Up Doctor

We are aware that no ready-made Check-Up program, no matter how professionally prepared, can meet the needs of all individuals in the society. We determine risk factors specific to each patient and make changes in the program to be implemented in line with these needs, taking into account the medical background, genetic structure, lifestyle and environmental factors of our patients, with the doctor-patient pre-interview made in Aktıp Hospital Check-Up applications.

In addition, most of the procedures, including ultrasonography, of our patients can be given in our Check-Up polyclinic, which is a single unit, while the examinations and tests that need to be done in other departments are also organized by the Check-Up department. The main goals of our Check-Up Center are to stay in touch with our patients, starting from the first meeting, and to be the first unit they can refer to or consult for any health problems apart from regular Check-Up checks.

What are Check-Up Packages?

Check-up packages include personalized diagnostic tests. These packages may include procedures such as blood analysis, x-ray scanning, laboratory tests. Factors such as the patient's age, gender, illness, past health problems may be effective when creating the package content. In this way , all kinds of health problems in the medical field such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, tumor, respiratory disease, liver disease, kidney failure can be diagnosed before they reach serious levels. Thus, treatment for the disease can be started early without losing time.

What Are Our Check Up Center Applications?

As Aktip Hospital Check-Up Department, we conduct annual health checks of our patients. We prepare Check-Up programs suitable for the patient's personal risks and needs, by working together with different departments within our hospital, with the planning of our consultant check-up doctor. In this approach, in which the holistic evaluation of the patient is prioritized, we receive support from the interdisciplinary specialists of our hospital.

1. General Health Tests

• Whole body physical examination
• Hearing Test
• Neck, hand, arm and leg muscle examination and evaluation
• Listening to lung sounds and percussion examination
• Gathering information about intestinal health by abdominal examination
• Visual field, far-near vision disorders research

2. Laboratory Tests

• Blood Analysis
• Glucose and HgA1C : Diabetes and latent sugar test
• AST-ALT: Liver Health Status Test
• HDL-LDL-Triglyceride: Cardiovascular and cholesterol test
• Urea-Keratin: Kidney Health Test
• TSH-T4 Hormones: Thyroid Diseases Test
• CRP: Infection test in blood
• Hepatitis B: Immunity to Infectious Diseases
• Hemogram Tests: Blood and Marrow Diseases Test
• PSA (For Men): Prostate Cancer Test
• Smear (For Women): Types of Cervical Cancer Early Diagnostic Test

3. Ultrasonography Procedures

• EKG: Heart rhythm and imaging
• Thyroid Ultrasound: Thyroid Diseases
• AC X-ray: Lung Health
• Comprehensive Whole Abdominal Ultrasound
• (For Women) Mammography and Breast Ultrasound

What Is Looked At In Our Check Up Center?

Many diseases can be diagnosed during check-up controls. It is important to have a routine health check-up if there is a genetic predisposition to a disease. The functions of all organs in the body such as the cardiovascular system, respiratory system and nervous system can be evaluated. After a detailed physical examination by the doctor, a more specific assessment of the person's health can be made using special diagnostic tests. There may be some diseases that are more common in the elderly, women or men. Therefore, it may be more accurate to prepare a specific check-up package for each individual. Health problems that are looked at in check-up are:

• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Diabetes (diabetes)
• Osteoporosis (bone loss)
• Infectious diseases
• Obesity
• High cholesterol
• Thyroid gland diseases such as goiter, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism
• Eye diseases
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Parkinson's, alzheimer's nervous system diseases
• Digestive system diseases such as Crohn's, ulcer, reflux
• Cancer and tumor
• Respiratory system diseases such as asthma, tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

 What should be considered when coming to Check Up?
• Bring the results of previous tests and other examinations with you.
• You must be hungry for 9-12 hours before coming to check-up. (It is recommended that you do not even drink water.)
• Prefer comfortable clothes and shoes for tests that will require physical activity.
• You should not use any vitamin, iron, mineral supplements, if you do, please specify. (These include herbal vitamin supplements)
• Postpone your check-up appointment if you have a sore throat, fever or use antibiotics.
• Menstruation period for women is not suitable for check-up.
• Do not consume alcohol three days before .
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01.06.2023