Women’s health annual check-up

Why is it important to have a women's health annual check-up?

While your annual well-woman examination may not be high on your list of preferred things to do, it’s certainly near the top of the list when it comes to things you must do to safeguard your health!

Multiple benefits

Many potentially serious health conditions can be caught in early stages if you go every year for your well-woman exam. That’s because many illnesses and diseases don’t display symptoms until they’ve advanced. Catching them early before symptoms appear can make treatment easier and more likely to succeed.

Finally, remember, preventative care and early intervention is key to living a long, healthy life.

Prevention

Preventive medicine is the best medicine, and your gynecologist is trained to help detect potential problems and risk factors in your health. During your annual visit, your provider will screen for things such as, but not limited to:

• Breast cancer
• Bone disease/osteoporosis
• Bladder disease
• Sexually transmitted diseases

Your practitioner will conduct a pelvic exam, where he or she will examine your uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and bladder, to identify any potential concerns.

Addressing age-specific needs

As a woman, you have very specific health needs across your lifespan, and your gynecologist is trained to identify those age-specific needs and to address them. Categories of care, such as, but not limited to:

• Fertility,
• Hormonal changes,
• Preventive testing,
• Mood disorders,
• Infections,
• Menstrual issues,

As a consequence, these check-ups need to be personalized based on what the woman needs at that time in their life.