Different factors affect our health, from genes inherited from parents to the work we carry out and our surroundings. Research shows that your lifestyle significantly affects your health.
Exercise, the food and drinks you take, habits such as using drugs, intake of alcohol and smoking determine your health, life expectancy and whether or not you will develop chronic health conditions.
Taking control of our health may seem difficult, especially for those who want to change their lifestyle. But the importance of having a healthy diet consisting of adequate vegetables and fruits, reducing alcohol intake. It can not overemphasis with regular exercising. These lifestyle choices can make you look and feel better, increasing your chances of living a healthier and longer life.
The advances in health care and medical sciences has led to a reduction of fatal diseases, and in some cases, early intervention terminates these diseases through viable treatment courses and vaccinations. However, some chronic conditions are still common.
For example, cardiovascular disease accounts for about 24.8% of deaths. Although cardiovascular disease is preventable, it continues to kill more people yearly. Increased tobacco use, obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets and food habits, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, are common causes of heart disease.
Adopting a healthy lifestyle, including quitting smoking and tobacco use, maintaining a healthy weight and eating heart-friendly foods, can help prevent heart disease.
Types of Preventive Healthcare
Preventive Health test can be of various type including seeing your physician once a year for full body health check-up, getting an eye exam or a cancer screening. The easiest way to go about practicing preventive health is to get a mandatory physical exam on a yearly basis. Some basic determiners of which screenings or tests one should opt for is their age, health, and sex.
The benefits of regular check-ups include:
- Reduce your risk of getting sick
- Detect potentially life-threatening health conditions or diseases early
- Increase chances for treatment and cure
- Limit risk of complications by closely monitoring existing conditions
- Increase lifespan and improve health
- Reduce healthcare costs over time by avoiding costly medical services
- Form a good partnership with the doctor so treatment can be more efficient
- Get updated on new medical information or technologies that are available
Other life-threatening conditions asides from heart disease include:
- Tuberculosis
- Digestive disease
- Respiratory disease
- Malignant and other tum ours
The causes of the diseases above vary from exposure to harmful habits, pathogens, toxic or chemical compounds and ionising radiation, addictions, alcohol, tobacco and radiotherapy abuse.
Through health awareness education, more people can understand the importance of making healthy lifestyle changes to limit the risk of chronic conditions.
Preventive healthcare
Over the years, most people have been focused on treating illnesses after falling sick. Preventing diseases is possible since many chronic diseases are due to habits and addictions. In some cases, uncontrollable factors aid the development of different health conditions. Thus, regardless of your lifestyle, you need to carry out a full body checkup to know if any part or function in the body is compromised. Different health check packages are available, consisting of basic tests, diagnostic scans and other medical tests, depending on your risk factors. In most cases, you will receive the test result via email or directly. The doctor may also consider personal requirements to recommend a suitable health check package.
You may decide to book a private GP consultation London to discuss your health concerns with the doctor and determine the tests needed. We offer a wide range of services for exceptional treatment and care for patients. Call Private GPs London today on 020 7359 9880 to book a GP consultation.
