reccomended screening exams

blood pressure

• annually

• risk factors: AA, overweight, history of high or family

mammogram

• at age 40 and up

• every 1-2 yrs

Pap test

21-29 yrs: every 3 yrs

30-65 ys: 5 yrs if testing for cancer and HPV, 3 if not

colorectal cancer

at 45 yrs

through fecal occult blood test (every year) or colonoscopy (every 10 yrs)

cholesterol

Men over 35; Women over 45

earlier if risk factors

every 5 yrs or more if abnormal

dental exam

every year

lung cancer

• 50 to 80 years old

  • with 20 pack a year history

  • who quit in last 15 yrs

• annually

bone density

• for women over 65, men over 70

• followup depends on initial one (2-10 yrs)

blood glucose/diabetes

for adults

every 3 years

Dilated eye examination

annually?

adults with risk factors

• diabetes,

• African American race,

• age over 40 years

• family history of glaucoma

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

• ONE TIME TEST

• for male patients aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked

Hepatitis C

• ONE TIME TEST

• people with risk factors

  • born between 1945 and 1965

  • blood transfusions or organ transplant before

    1992

  • injected illegal drugs

  • HIV/AIDS

  • chronic liver disease

Human immunodeficiency virus

(HIV)

• ONE TIME TEST

• anyone 15 to 65 years

• younger and older if at risk