Health check
When a person reach age of 50, a doctor will normally ask to have a proper health check if he or she never had one done before. The recommended health check should include:
- Blood pressure
- Blood tests for fasting cholesterol, sugar, full blood count, electrolytes, kidney function, liver function tests
- Iron studies, vitamin B12, thyroid function test, folic acid, PSA and Vitamin D level are subject to patient's condition. A doctor will need to ask question to justify these tests are necessary
- Skin check especially Caucasians to look for skin cancer such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma and etc
- *Faecal occult blood test to detect bowel cancer