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Preventive

Identify health screenings to prevent sickness and stay well. Uses your age, sex, health history, Healthy Checkup, and U.S. Government guidelines http://www.healthierus.gov/prevention.html to identify health screenings to help you stay well. Update your preventive health screenings regularly to get new tests for your health.

Personal health screenings could include the following tests:

• Blood glucose test
• Blood pressure
• Bone density test
• Cholesterol
• Clinical breast exam
• Colon screening
• Complete eye exam
• Hearing test
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Herpes zoster vaccine (to prevent shingles)
• Human papillomavirus vaccine
• Influenza vaccine
• Mammogram
• Mental health screening
• Mole exam
• Pap smear
• Pelvic exam
• Pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia)
• Prostate screening
• STD screening
• Screening Name
• Testicular exam
• Tetanus
• Thyroid test
• Varicella (chicken pox)

recommended screenings

Name of Screening	Age	Race	Existing or Past Conditions	Family History	Physical Factors / Behaviors	Frequency of Screening
Blood glucose test Male <45	<45	African American Alaska Native American Indian Asian Latino	Diabetes Heart disease High blood pressure High cholesterol		Overweight	At your doctor?s discretion
Blood pressure Male 18+	18+					Every 2 years
Blood pressure Male 18+	18+	African American Latino	Diabetes Heart disease High blood pressure High cholesterol	High blood pressure	Overweight Smoker	At your doctor?s discretion
Cholesterol Male 20-35	20-35	African American Latino	Diabetes Heart disease High blood pressure High cholesterol	Heart disease	Smoker	At your doctor?s discretion
Colon screening Male <50	<50	African American	Colon cancer Colon polyps Inflammatory bowel disease	Colon polyps Colorectal Cancer Endometrial cancer Inflammatory bowel disease		At your doctor?s discretion
Complete eye exam Male 20+	20+	African American	Developmental delays Diabetes Eye injury	Blindness Eye disease Vision Problems	Smoker	At your doctor?s discretion
Complete eye exam Male 30-39	30-39					At least twice
Hearing test Male 18+	18+		Developmental delays Ear injury Prolonged exposure to loud noise	Deafness Hearing Problems		At your doctor?s discretion
Hearing test Male 18-49	18-49					Every 10 years
Hepatitis A Male	18+		Chronic liver disease HIV/AIDS		Travel to third world countries	2 doses
Hepatitis B Male	18+		Chronic liver disease HIV/AIDS STDs		Health care worker Multiple sex partners	3 doses
Influenza vaccine Male <50	<50		Asplenia Autoimmune disease Chronic alcoholism Chronic liver disease Chronic lung disease Diabetes Heart disease HIV/AIDS Thyroid disease		Health care worker	Yearly
Mental health screening Men	18+		Felt sad or hopeless in the last 2 weeks Have little interest or pleasure in doing things			At doctor?s discretion
Mole exam Male	30+					Every year
Pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia) Male <65	<65	Alaska Native American Indian Pacific Islander	Autoimmune disease Chronic lung disease Heart disease Thyroid disease		Health care worker	At your doctor?s discretion
STD screening Male 18+	18+		HIV/AIDS STDs			At your doctor?s discretion
STD screening Male 26+	26+				Have new or multiple sexual partners	At your doctor?s discretion
Tetanus diphtheria pertussis booster vaccine (Td Tdap) Male 18+	18+					Every 10 years
Thyroid test Male <35	<35		Autoimmune disease HIV/AIDS Thyroid disease or cancer	Thyroid cancer Thyroid disease		At doctor?s discretion
Varicella (chicken pox) Male 18+	18+					2 doses if you do not have a proven immunity