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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:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
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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