What are the physical examination items for the elderly

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Because of the decline of the old people's physique, health is their primary concern, so it is essential to go to the hospital for examination. Now let's popularize science for you, what are the physical examination items for the elderly.

What are the physical examination items for the elderly

First: Color Doppler echocardiography. This examination can help doctors find heart problems in the elderly in time. It can find many kinds of heart diseases and cardiomyopathy through dynamic display of intracardiac structure, heart beat and blood flow. It is especially important for middle-aged and elderly people with heart discomfort and family history. It can be detected accurately.

Second: transcranial Doppler. In short, it is a kind of wave to determine the flow velocity and state of blood vessels in the brain, whether there is blockage or abnormal blood vessels, so as to help doctors judge the health status of cerebral vessels. Moreover, this method is relatively safer by using ultrasound.

Third: whole body thermography. The temperature distribution on the human body is stable, and the temperature is different in different places. Through this instrument, a whole image can be formed. Doctors judge the location of human lesions, the nature of the disease and the degree of the disease through the changes of local temperature. This examination is the most important.

matters needing attention

There is another item of physical examination for the elderly to check for pancreatic cancer. There are four items in total, but not all of them need to be checked. We should choose several important items to check according to our own needs.