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Fast for at least hours. Please refrain from consuming food
on the night before your appointment. Drinking of plain water is
permissible.
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Postpone your routine morning medicine until your blood sample
is taken.
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Pap smear, urine and stool tests should best be done 10 days
after the last day of your menstruation.
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If you are doing the Ultrasound Abdomen test, you should
observe that fasting is required for this test. While doing the test,
you may feel some slight discomfort and the conducting gel may
feel cold and wet.
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If you are doing the Ultrasound Pelvis test, before undergoing a
pelvic ultrasound, you will be required to drink several glasses
of water and to avoid urinating for about one hour prior to the
examination time. When the bladder is full, it forms a convenient
path, called an acoustic window, for the ultrasonic waves.
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If you are doing a Mammogram, do not wear any deodorant,
perfume, powder or cream, under your arms or chest area
as it may interfere with the quality of the mammogram.
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If you are doing the Treadmill test, bring along an additional
change of clothes and appropriate footwear. Medications such
as beta-blockers (e.g. propranolol or atenolol) should preferably
be stopped 3 days before the date of the test.
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Multiphasic Blood Tests
A series of blood tests to detect conditions such as gout, thyroid,
anaemia, leukaemia, diabetes, hepatitis, sexually transmitted
diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, liver and kidney disorders, as well
as high cholesterol (lipid screen).
Cancer Markers
A series of blood tests to detect cancer markers produced by some
cancer cells through simple blood tests. Screening tests are available
for liver, colon, intestine, prostate, ovarian and nose cancers.
Urinalysis
A test to infer the state of kidney function as well as of the urinary
tract.
Stool Analysis
A test to screen for gut disorders through the testing for stool occult
(microscopic) blood, a recognised manifestation of gut cancer.
Pap Smear
A test to screen for cervical cancer in women.
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Cardiac Assessments
Screenings through resting ECG and treadmill stress test to assess
for physical ftness, heart condition and early detection of coronary
heart diseases.
Ultrasound Abdomen
Examines organs of the abdomen including the liver, gall bladder,
spleen, pancreas and kidneys
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Ultrasound Pelvis
Detects the size and shape of pelvic organs, such as the bladder
and it also evaluates the cause of bladder dysfunction. Examining
the uterus and ovaries for women and the prostate for men.
Breast Examination
Ultrasound breast
Mammogram - an X-ray of the breasts used to detect breast
changes in women who have no signs or symptoms of breast
cancer. It is recommended that women aged 40 - 4 should go
for mammography screening once a year, and women above 50
should go for one in every years.
Tonometry
A test to assess the pressure of the eyeball and also to test for
glaucoma.
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