What does a man’s routine physical examination check?

Regular physical examinations can understand a person's physical condition, so routine physical examinations have attracted more and more people's attention. However, there are many types of routine physical examination items. What types of physical examinations must be done for men?

Men’s physical examination is a must-do new item

Physical examination can understand a person's basic physical condition, so this project needs to be carried out every year, especially for patients with hypertension and hyperglycemia, the frequency of examination should be higher, and it actually includes:

Basic examination: weight, blood pressure, ear, nose and throat and other physical examinations.

Blood pressure test: routine blood test, blood sugar and blood sugar value. In addition, liver function test is also required.

Urine test: Urine test includes routine urine test, blood uric acid and kidney function, etc.

Auxiliary tests: Auxiliary tests include electrocardiogram and abdominal ultrasound.

1. Regularly check the prostate of men over the age of 40

Digital rectal examination: This examination process is simple and can immediately determine whether there is any disease in the male prostate, and can detect specific antigens of the male prostate.

2. Check for rectal cancer if you are over 50 years old

In recent years, the incidence of rectal cancer in my country has increased significantly, and it even belongs to the top five common cancers, and the incidence of men is significantly higher than that of female patients. Therefore, for people over 50 years old, regular rectal cancer screening needs to be carried out, which actually includes:

A fecal occult blood test needs to be done every year, a sigmoidoscopy should be done every three years, and a colonoscopy should be done every ten years. If a person's family has patients with colon cancer or cysts, then this test needs to be added after the age of forty. Patients with ulcerative colitis need to be tested more frequently.

3. Check for lung cancer if you are over 55 years old

Lung cancer is a disease with a high incidence in my country and a relatively high fatality rate, especially in men, which is twice as common as in women. Key targets for lung cancer include those who smoke one pack a day for more than 30 years; those who smoke several packs a year for more than 15 years; these patients need to be screened for lung cancer more often, and low-dose CT can be selected to have more accurate detection results for early-stage lung cancer.

4. Check for abdominal aortic aneurysm if you are over 65 years old

When it comes to abdominal aortic aneurysm, most people may not know that it is a morphological change caused by the enlargement of the pulmonary artery. Most patients do not have any symptoms in the early stage. However, as the aneurysm expands, the patient will experience symptoms of abdominal distension, frequent urination and urgency, and constipation. Once the aneurysm ruptures, it may cause internal bleeding. Smoking is a common factor that causes tumor rupture. Therefore, people over 65 years old, especially smokers, need to undergo ultrasound or CT examination. In some cases, MRI vascular imaging examination is also required.

Some of the tests described above are not tests that need to be carried out only if you are feeling unwell, but tests that need to be carried out if there is no abnormality in the human body. Once the body has other symptoms, comprehensive communication with the doctor is needed, so that we can understand the precise test items that need to be carried out and the frequency of tests, so as to ensure that they are not ignored.