MY HEALTH RIGHTS

Early detection and use their own risks
Health can be achieved by an active and healthy lifestyle.  Diseases can also be prevented if one perceives early warning and against controls. For example, high blood pressure: hypertension causes no symptoms initially, but begins, to damage the vessels.  Who’s with adequate exercise and healthy diet ensures that his blood pressure rises too high, may have serious illnesses in later years of life.  Medical examinations for early detection and screening out such risks.  The recommendations of the doctor or the doctor’s help turn the everyday gesundheitsförderlich way.  Exercise and a healthy diet can not only protect against disease.  Also already ill can improve their health situation.

Every two years, a check-up planned

The health check-up from the age of 35 years provides a good opportunity to learn about their own health.  The health insurance bear the cost of routine investigation, every two years.  The doctor or the doctor explains in a detailed interview, which pre-there are, what habits we maintain and what risks may be associated.  In the physical examination, blood pressure and pulse measured and heart and lung bugged. A blood sample will provide important information on diabetes or high blood fat levels. The investigation of urine indicates whether the kidneys and urinary tract are intact.  In another consultation meeting on the basis of diagnostic and laboratory values discussed whether a disease or already announced undetected exists.

Diseases treat diseases in time to be Treated
In 2002, only about 17 percent of all insured in the health check-up part.  How useful this investigation, however, show the results from the year 2000: With five percent of men and at least four percent of women was first diagnosed high blood pressure.  A similar treatment could be started and sequelae could be minimized.

A blood test can warn A blood test can warn
Early detection services can sometimes prevent it to health complaints.  For example, diabetes: If a high blood sugar levels found in the early stages, the patient or the patient learn to cope with the disease. How can protect those concerned that their vessels, nerves, eyes and kidneys through the diabetes also damaged.  A gesundheitsbewusstes behavior can diabetes patients and patients also increased their risk of heart attack and a stroke to suffer significantly reduced.  Even cancer can be explained by the screening program early. The sickness funds over – after a certain age – the cost. The advantage is immense: The therapies are simpler and more effective if Zellwucherungen discovered at an early stage. This increases the quality of life of patients and significantly increases the chances of survival.