Every year millions of people die from preventable diseases, and actively do physical examination, is the reduction of death in the most efficient way.
In the face of every year or two years of examination, many people are only ideas without action: too busy I can't afford the time, that cost too high, fear medical examination is many people resist physical examination. To this end, the latest issue of the United States the reader's Digest magazine as we recommend seven simple but potentially life-saving "family check-up", you do not need any equipment and can be completed in 10 minutes.Experts recommend that every family can set up a "my family health day", on this day, the whole family can come together to do the seven checks, in order to improve mutual supervision.
Steps reflect the State of the heart
Smooth and regular heart beat is the cornerstone of life.
In all cases of stroke, heart rate by 20%. caused by disorder It is estimated that the United States, about 220 million people with atrial fibrillation symptoms, of which 1/3 of people knew about this. Let them know their body condition, you can significantly reduce the incidence of stroke.Family health: put your finger on the wrist or neck artery, detecting its pulse, feet follow pulse frequency step one minute.
If the heartbeat is not law, you will find that it's hard to keep up with the pace. Numerous scientific studies show that such a simple test, you can predict up to 90% of patients with atrial fibrillation. If the test result is not satisfactory, you can break the respiratory and cardiac and smooth, and do, if you still cannot keep up with the pace of heart rhythm, the best time to go to hospital for examination.Forecast risk of asthma and respiratory
Asthma this terrible respiratory diseases is that it gives patients daily life brought unprecedented challenges, daily exercise may even be fatal to these people.
In the United States, "neglected" asthma every year causing the 180 million people into the emergency room. A recent survey involving over 4000 people survey, of which 10% are not diagnosed asthma. United States Arizona University Paul · Dr. Enright said: "do not look down on asthma, it will make your life harder, ' that '. ”Family medical examination: in near 2.7 million people participated in the study of respiratory status, the researchers found that two questions could be forecast for 90% of asthma: 1. do you think that breathing difficulties when? 2. are you in the exercise or exertion, there have been stuffiness experience? "
If you have one or two questions the answer is ' yes ', we should pay attention to the risk of asthma. "Said Dr Enright.Palm probe of anemia
Iron deficiency anemia will reduce immunity, make you feel tired, sore back pain, appeared dull or washed out blurred.
While the thread is the Palm of your hand.Family health: open the Palm of the hand, look at whether the white palm prints.
"No matter what the natural colour, PalmPrint or gingival and eyelid abnormalities in white is a signal, as iron deficiency, the impact of the subcutaneous capillary blood circulation. "United States Texas Health Science Center-Feng said Dr · Winkel. If Palm white, it's best to go to hospital for routine checks.Two minutes of diabetes quiz
Diabetes if you do not receive treatment increases the risk of heart disease, make life shortening 10-15 years.
United States Centers for disease control and prevention, diabetes early detection rate of only 4%, and another million has been living with diabetes ", but no knowledge". Cornell School of medicine public United States Vale Medical Department of Dr. Pang Hee Joon, said: "you only need to take two minutes to answer six questions, to know themselves and how close to diabetes. ”Family health: choose your answer, and then add the score.
1. your age? (
40 years of age: 0 min; 40-49 years: 1; 50-59 years old: 2 min; 60 years and over: 3 minutes)2. your gender? (
Men: 1 minute; female: 0 min)3. the members of your family (parents or brothers and sisters) in diabetic patients? (
No: 0 min; is: 1 min)4. do you have high blood pressure or hypertension drug treatment being carried out? (
No: 0 min; is: 1 min)5. your weight? (
Normal: 0 Min; Overweight; obesity: 1: 2; Extreme Obesity: 3 minutes)6. do you exercise? (
No: 0 min; is:-1)If your total number of minutes, we must guard against diabetes risk; if your score is 5 or greater, it is best to go to the hospital for blood glucose testing.
Stretching exercise testing the degree of hardening of the arteries
Healthy blood vessels like balloon-like flexibility, orderly expansion, contraction, the blood to the body.
However, age, weight gain, sedentary, diabetes, and other factors will lead to the formation, artery atherosclerotic plaque is increasingly hard. You do not need to make complex medical examination, do a little tricks that you can know your artery is as soft as silk stockings, or like the old tires is not elastic. A recent survey shows that sitting in front of flexor tests the most flexible, most resilient vessel. What is the correlation between? University of North Texas Health Science Center, Dr. Ken Yamamoto too pointed out that the arterial wall and your hips, back muscles, the smooth muscle cells and connective tissue. So, no matter where in the other parts of the body have the same impact.Family health: sit on the floor, straighten legs and toes forward toward the ceiling and a 90-degree angle of leg.
Waist forward bending, stretching to the foot of the arm, and strive to touch toes. "If you can't reach the toes, arteriosclerosis risk is likely to increase. If you do not have in the past year have blood pressure, now you have to measure. "Yamamoto kin too.Waist circumference predicts risk of premature death
"The longer the life of the belt, the shorter" is definitely not a joke, even if you are not overweight, oversized
Waist circumference will also increase your risk of premature death. Recently, Europe countries to 36 million people surveys have shown that even people who are not overweight, waist circumference is too large will make women's early death risk increased 79%, men early death risk doubled. The Harvard School of public health for more than 4 million women study indicated that WC Ambassador is suffering from a fatal heart attack risk increased three times.Family health: bare body stood in front of a mirror, measuring tape around the waist, and then move down until the tape on bottom stop at the hip.
This is a United States national institutes of health, the recommended location. Don't hold your breath, do not put the tape measure Le too tight, make a note of your waist size. For men, waist circumference more than 94 cm, diabetes and heart disease risk is rising; waist circumference more than 102 cm, are considered high risk. On women, 81 cm is a dangerous point 89 cm is a high risk threshold.One minute Depression Quiz
United Kingdom Leicester University psychiatrist Alex · Dr. Michel on world-wide analysis of 41 study, 50% of the depression is misdiagnosis.
Auckland, New Zealand family medical examination: University researchers said that only need two simple questions, they can be confirmed by 97% of patients with depression.
1. during the last month, you are often not happy, depressed or hopeless about? 2. in the past month, you are not interested or are not willing to do something about it? if you have one or two questions the answer is "Yes", it should be timely and exchanged a psychiatrist.(Practice editing: clean,)
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