A whole(full) body check-up is the preliminary information on your body’s status. It includes check-up of all body systems from diabetes monitoring to lipid profile and much more. Following discussed are he eight main test categories included in a full body check-up package at NextDoorLab (NDL). 1. Thyroid Tests Thyroid tests or thyroid function tests (TFTs) are blood tests done to check the functioning of your thyroid gland. Thyroid gland is 2-inch long and is present just below the voice box. This gland is necessary to perform various important functions: releasing hormones, helps in metabolism, regulates heartbeat, regulates body weight, controls calcium levels in your body, etc. Thyroid tests include three main tests: thyroid stimulating hormone or TSH, thyroxine or T4 and triiodothyronine or T3. 2. Heart Tests Heart tests are a group of lipid tests performed to screen any cardiac abnormality. These tests are also called lipid function tests (LPTs) or lipid panel or lipid profile. These help in knowing abnormalities in cholesterol, lipids and triglycerides. These tests include nine main tests: total cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL:LDL and LDL:HDL. 3. Liver Tests Liver tests or liver function tests (LFTs) are blood tests done to know the status of your liver. Liver is the most important organ of the body and is present in the right-hand side of the belly. Various life-sustaining functions performed by the liver include glycogen synthesis, bile storage, stores vitamins, etc. Various tests performed to check proper functioning of the liver in order to serve the above-mentioned body functions are bilirubin total, bilirubin indirect, bilirubin direct, protein total, globulin, albumin, alkaline phosphatase or ALP, SGOT or AST, SGPT or ALT, serum albumin/globulin ratio and gamma GT or GGT. 4. Kidney Tests Kidneys are very important as they perform several functions: filtering and removing wastes in form of urine, vitamin D production, maintaining levels of water and minerals, etc. They are two in number and are present on the either side of the spine. Various tests are performed to check the proper functioning of the kidneys. These tests are called kidney function tests. They include following tests: uric acid, serum creatinine, serum urea, urea/creatinine ratio, blood urea nitrogen or BUN and BUN/creatinine ratio. 5. Vitals Check These checks include pulse rate check, blood pressure (BP) check and random or fasting blood glucose. These tests give a detailed insight of how healthy how are. Any minor changes in these checks reveal the problem with your heart, fluctuations of BP and amount of the glucose in your blood. These tests will help in prevention of development of any lifestyle-based disease. 6. Complete Urine Analysis Urinalysis (UA) is the complete assessment of your urine sample. It reveals a person’s overall health. UA includes following tests: color, specific gravity, appearance, reaction (pH), proteins, glucose, nitrites, blood, ketones, bilirubin, urobilinogen, leukocytes, pus (WBC) cells, RBC, epithelial cells, crystals, casts, bacteria, budding yeast cells and other tests. 7. Complete Haemogram Complete haemogram is a collective term for blood tests done to detect the disorders of blood like anemia, thalassemia, infections, etc. It is also known as complete blood count (CBC) or simply a haemogram. It majorly detects the disorders of three types of cells that circulate in the blood: white blood cells (WBCs), red blood cells (RBCs) and platelets. It include following 26 tests: hemoglobin (Hb), total WBC count (TLC), RBC count, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils, packed cell volume (PCV), platelet count, peripheral smear examination (P/S), RBC distribution width-standard deviation (RDW-SD), RBC distribution width-coefficient of variation (RDW-CV), platelet distribution width (PDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet large cell ratio (P-LCR), platelet crit (PCT), absolute neutrophils count, absolute lymphocytes count, absolute monocytes count, absolute eosinophils count, absolute basophils count, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). 8. Diabetes Check Diabetes check includes fasting blood sugar or glucose test. This test helps in determining the low and high levels of insulin, which causes type I and type II diabetes. A whole body health check up is advised to ensure your healthy body condition. This package is must for those who are 40+ and for those who are at risk of developing a disease in the near future. You can consult with your primary healthcare. If you do not have one, then you can contact doctors at NDL by giving a missed call on 0124-6999-899. The doctors will contact you and will ask you the following before prescribing any test: 1. Your family history 2. Your past medical history and medications, if you were taking any 3. Your physical examination 4. Your vital signs and symptoms This check-up is a normal one and is not to be afraid of. It is designed to come under your pocket and includes almost all tests to promote a healthy you and good health habits.
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We all know the famous maxim: “Health is Wealth”. Just sit back and give a thought on how much more the same saying is truer. Today, we all live a life which is not only competitive and fast-paced but also hard enough leaving no time for relaxing and resting. Rejuvenating is far from the list. This leaves many of us with chronic diseases. One could prevent serious illnesses with full body check-ups from once a year to once every 3--5 years as the doctor advises you. Until and unless one have some signs and symptoms, he/she resist to visit a doctor and sometimes refrains even when having a few and tough it. On the other hand, some people keep up with their doctors with regular check-ups at regular time intervals. Let’s not neglect the fact that many people fail to understand the need for a regular check-up and visit to a doctor. Certain factors indicate that you require a full body medical check up, which are as follows: 1. If you have family members with inherited disease/s like cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, etc. 2. If you are overweight 3. If you have vital signs: age, gender, irregular blood pressure and heartbeat rate after and before exercise 4. If you are on some medications 5. If you do not want to hear the words “you are too late” In today’s medical world, identifying the problem with regular check-ups is half the battle won. Full body check-up will help you in understanding your body better. You can ensure your fitness. Simple physical exams tell you a lot about what changes you need to make in your lifestyle for a better, healthy life. After all, adapting to healthy lifestyle changes is better than having a pill. Thus, preventative measures at right time give you the necessary impetus for a healthy life. Not only science and technology are so advanced to detect even minor changes in your DNA that could be the reason of your vital signs, the facilities of getting tested from home is a great help for those living a hard, busy and occupied life to visit the doctor’s clinic. Understanding this, NextDoorLab (NDL) has opened the doors to all to get their check-ups done from home. NDL offers free doctor consultation before you proceed for full body check-up. All you need to do is to give a missed call on 0124-6999-899. Once the doctor asks you to go for the test, you can simply order yours on www.nextdoorlab.com. Your sample for the test will be collected from your place. NDL will generate your reports online and also provides you the hard copy on your request. This way you can easily keep your health track online. You can also ask the doctor about how often you should get your complete check-up done. A complete full body check-up includes several tests that evaluate your important body systems and their proper functioning. It includes eight main test categories: thyroid tests, liver tests, kidney tests, heart tests, vitals check, diabetes check, urinalysis and complete haemogram. What to remember when undergoing a full body check-up: 1. Never lie to your doctor about your smoking and drinking habits. 2. Always arrive on time. 3. Tell your doctor about any medications or drugs you are taking or have been on previously. 4. Tell your doctor about those vital signs, if any, bothering you every day like excessive sweating in calm weathers, easy tiredness, irregular sleep, irregular heartbeats, etc. 5. As a thumb rule, people over the age of 50 are more susceptible to develop disease/s and must get their complete check-up done once a year. The modern lifestyle and continuous long working hours while living a life in polluted environment lead to health deterioration. Today we hear diseases which never affected our grandparents. This is because of dependency on Western lifestyle and relying on pre-processed and packaged foods. This is why today the diseases have changed from being health-based to lifestyle-based. A great example of such lifestyle-based disease is diabetes. Heart attacks were the reason of death for middle to older aged people, but now young people are suffering more. Following a busy and modern life has left us no time for health check-ups and thus keeps one away from knowing the inner health issues. A full body medical check-up will reveal all about your health issues. Although it sounds unnecessary and wastage of both time and resources if you have no vital signs, there are certain reasons why getting a full body health check-up is a good idea. Find out the below discussed reasons. 1. Stress at work High working hours of 10--12 hours per day put you at an additional hectic commute, working all day long in front of high-light emitting devices like computers, PCs, smart phones and watching TV, especially at the bedtime. This puts your body at an additional stress. Another backdrop of long working hours is you left at the end of the day with back pains, muscle pains and headaches. Not only you but your internal organs too bear the brunt. This internal organs deterioration can be brought out by full body check-up. 2. Lack of exercise According to the doctors, in order to maintain a healthy body, a walk of 6 kms 4 days a week is a must. This is even more necessary for those who work on desks and spend their entire day sitting in front of computers. This brings physical discomfort to you and in long term results in chronic health issues. A full body check-up will help you out in knowing how much exercise a day will keep your body stress free and you disease free. 3. Living in a polluted environment There is no doubt that we all live in cities with where air pollution is a major concern and is the leading cause of brain strokes and heart attacks. The water we drink and the food we eat are both polluted and laced with toxic chemicals. This impacts our internal organs like kidneys and liver. Also, hormones do get out of balance because of air pollution. Yet all of us are unknown about our health issues and have no idea what is happening inside the body. Therefore, staying aware and managing health issues is the best you can do on your part. This can only be achieved if full body medical check-up points out the health issues. For the same, you need to get your complete body check-up tests done, which include kidney tests, liver tests, heart tests, thyroid tests, and many more. 4. Lack of sleep To fully rejuvenate, which is an impossible task today for working people, the doctors and various studies suggest sleeping for 8 hours. But actually, on an average, an Indian is getting less than 6 hours of sleep per day. This results in feeling irritated and more tired. Regular lack of sleep can cause serious health issues and damage to your organs and skin, resulting in early aging. 5. Prevention is better than cure Regular check-ups will give your doctor a way to pot your health issues early on. Check-ups are a group of tests that cover almost all of your vital organs from physical examinations to preventative screenings. If any problem is spotted, your doctor will guide you on treatment plans and ways to prevent in the future the health issues from progressing. Along with this, keep a check on your lifestyle and follow simple steps at home: regular exercising, balanced and nutritious diet, and maintain a healthy weight. If you find anything unusual in your body like changes in the skin in moles, please do not tough it and schedule an appointment as soon as possible with the doctor. At NextDoorLab (NDL), we have made it easier for you to get your full body medical check-up done form home. We have thus designed our full body check-up package that covers all internal organs testing and that comes under your budget. NDL offers free home sample collection and free online report generation along with free doctor consultation on 0124-6999-899. You can then place your order for the test on www.nextdoorlab.com. If you are healthy and had no medications for long, then it is an alarm to get checked now. This will help you in building relationships with the doctor and it is very necessary because a doctor who knows you will understand your symptoms and can thus guide you best on what you should do without prescribing any medicine/s and, if required, which tests you should go for. Ensure a healthy you with this package and adapt to a healthy lifestyle, as your family doctor prescribes you to prevent your health from deterioration. Book your test now and ensure a healthy life ahead. |