Preventive Screening Tests and Immunizations
Recommended Screenings, Tests, and Immunizations for Women with High-Risk Factors (Part 3 of 4)
This chart lists screenings, tests, or exams you might need more often or earlier because of having high-risk factors or things in your life that increase your chances of developing a condition or disease.
if it applies |
Do you have or have you had? |
Then ask your doctor or nurse if you need the following screenings, tests, exams, or vaccines more often or at a younger age: |
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High blood pressure |
Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test72,73 |
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High cholesterol |
Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glocose test74,75 |
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Heart disease |
Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine76-80 |
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Diabetes |
Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, vision exam, urine test81-84 |
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Gestational diabetes
(diabetes during pregnancy) |
Blood glucose test85 |
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A baby weighing more than 9 lbs. |
Blood glucose test86 |
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Breast cancer |
Mammogram, ovarian cancer tests87,88 |
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Dense breast |
Digital mammogram, clinical breast exam89,90 |
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Cervical, uterine, endometrial, vaginal cancer |
Pap test, pelvic exam, ovarian cancer tests, colon screening91-97 |
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Ovarian cancer |
Pelvic exam, ovarian cancer tests, mammogram, colon screening98-100 |
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Previous abnormal Pap tests |
Pap test, pelvic exam, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine101,102 |
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Early menopause (natural or surgically induced); absent or infrequent menstrual periods; advanced age; a personal history of bone fracture in adulthood; lifelong low calcium intake; lifelong inactive lifestyle or little physical activity; low body weight (fewer than 154 lbs.), or a history of an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa |
Bone mineral density test103-108 |
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An autoimmune disease (including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis) |
Thyroid test, TB test, influenza shot, MMR vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, autoimmune screening test, bone mineral density test109-117 |
Current as of February 2007
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