According to Dr. Le Nhat Duy - University Medical Center Hospital HCMC, Facility 3, the important thing is that everyone should proactively monitor basic health indicators and maintain long-term beneficial habits.
One of the simple but necessary things is to check blood pressure periodically. Especially, overweight people, those who eat salty food, exercise less, or have a family history of high blood pressure should pay more attention. Do not wait until headaches, dizziness, or fatigue appear to check blood pressure.
Blood sugar and HbA1c are also noteworthy indicators, especially in people with risk factors. These are tests that help detect pre-diabetes and diabetes early. In addition, blood fat tests help doctors have more basis for assessing cardiovascular risk.
In middle age, kidneys and liver also need to be concerned. Kidney filtration function may gradually decrease with age, but this does not mean that older people are definitely diagnosed with kidney disease. Factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or improper use of certain medications for a long time can cause kidney damage faster.
According to doctors, kidney protection starts from quite familiar things such as controlling blood pressure, blood sugar, reasonable eating, avoiding the abuse of pain relievers and being cautious with products with ingredients or origins unknown.
The liver should also not be neglected. Despite its good regenerative capacity, the liver can still be damaged by alcohol, viral hepatitis, metabolic disorders, or the use of drugs and products of unknown origin. B, C hepatitis and fatty liver are related to overweight, obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disorders, which are issues to note.
Besides testing, maintaining regular exercise is an important habit. You can choose fast walking, cycling, swimming or appropriate forms of exercise, combined with strength training exercises. The most important thing is to choose activities that can be maintained for a long time instead of overtraining for a short time and then giving up.
In addition, after the age of 40, each person can discuss with their doctor about the need for cancer screening, eye health, osteoporosis and viral hepatitis depending on age, gender, family history and risk factors. Not everyone needs the same health check-up list.
According to Dr. Le Nhat Duy, instead of waiting for symptoms to appear before going to the doctor, proactively monitoring health indicators and maintaining a healthy lifestyle from middle age can help each person identify early issues that need attention and have appropriate adjustments.
