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Atención preventiva en salud - Overview

Información:

Todos los adultos deben visitar a su médico de vez en cuando, incluso si están saludables. El propósito de estas consultas es:

Los siguientes son algunos de los exámenes que se pueden hacer o programar:

Ver también: frecuencia del examen físico para obtener recomendaciones por grupos de edades.

Otra parte de la salud preventiva es aprender a reconocer cambios en el cuerpo que posiblemente no sean normales, de manera que usted pueda acudir de inmediato al médico, como:

  • Una protuberancia en cualquier parte del cuerpo.
  • Bajar de peso sin proponérselo.
  • Una fiebre prolongada.
  • Una tos que no desaparece.
  • Achaques o dolores corporales que no desaparecen.
  • Cambios o sangre en las heces.
  • Úlceras o cambios en la piel que no desaparecen o que empeoran.
  • Otros cambios o síntomas que son nuevos o que no desaparecen.
  • Reviewed last on: 3/20/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans: Recommendation statement. 2008. Accessed March 20, 2011.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.Guide to clinical preventive services 2008. Rockville, MD. 2008. AHRQ publications 08-05122. Accessed March 20, 2011.

Woolf SH. Principles of preventive health care. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 12.

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