Rather than waiting for symptoms to appear, adopting a preventative approach through targeted screenings can help you age better. Discover key medical checkups at each stage of life to anticipate risks and maintain vitality.
Quarantine: a key milestone for your health
Turning 40 is the perfect opportunity to schedule a personalized health checkup . Here are the tests to schedule:
- Blood pressure : Annual check-ups are essential. High blood pressure can damage arteries without any visible symptoms.
- Lipid profile : first measurement recommended around age 40, then approximately every 5 years. Excess cholesterol threatens the cardiovascular system.
- Blood sugar levels : Monitor your blood sugar levels from the age of 45, or earlier if you are obese. Diabetes often develops without warning signs.
- Colonic exploration : recommended from the age of 45 to prevent digestive cancers. Detecting lesions early changes everything.
- Skin examination : an annual appointment with the dermatologist, crucial if you have had repeated sunburn.
- Vision : a check-up approximately every 3 years to prevent presbyopia and glaucoma.
- Breasts : mammography recommended from the age of 40 for women at risk in their families.
- Prostate : Men affected should talk to their doctor around the age of 45.
50 years: the age of reinforced prevention
This decade requires increased vigilance in the face of increasing health risks.
- Heart and arteries : close monitoring of blood pressure and cholesterol becomes essential.
- Diabetes : screening every 3 years, or more often if there is a history of the condition.
- Colonoscopy : to be repeated every 10 years if no polyps have been detected.
- Bones : Bone densitometry becomes essential for women after menopause.
- Lungs : a low-dose CT scan is considered for former smokers.
- Breasts : maintain mammographic monitoring according to recommendations.
- Prostate : PSA testing is discussed on a case-by-case basis with your GP.
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