Preventive Screening Tests and Immunizations
Recommended Screenings, Tests, and Immunizations for Women with High-Risk Factors (Part 1 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 |
Does your family history include? |
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 test1 |
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High cholesterol |
Cholesterol test2 |
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Heart disease, premature heart disease, or heart attack |
Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, exercise stress test3,4 |
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Diabetes |
Blood glucose test5 |
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Breast cancer |
Mammogram, ovarian cancer tests6 |
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Endometrial cancer |
Colon screening7,8 |
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Ovarian cancer |
Pelvic exam, ovarian cancer tests, colon screening, clinical breast exam9 |
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Osteoporosis, bone fracture in adulthood |
Bone mineral density test10 |
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Thyroid disease or thyroid cancer |
Thyroid test and/or genetic counseling11,12 |
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Gum (periodontal) disease |
Oral exam13 |
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Hearing problems, deafness |
Hearing test14 |
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Vision problems, eye disease, blindness |
Vision exam15 |
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Inflammatory bowel disease; colon polyps; colon, ovarian, or endometrial cancer |
Colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, DCBE, rectal exam, fecal occult blood test, pap test, pelvic exam, ovarian cancer tests16-21 |
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Cancer, heart disease, or any illness at an unusually young age (50 or under) |
Genetic counseling, possible early screening tests22,23 |
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Two relatives with the same kind of cancer |
Genetic counseling, possible early screening tests24 |
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Birth defects or genetic disorder (you or your partner) |
Genetic counseling, possible early screening tests. If you want to become pregnant, genetic counseling for you and your partner.25 |
Current as of February 2007
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