There are many factors that affect our health and worsen the condition of living. Our health is a complex system. There are n numbers of things that influence our good health like age, family history of illness, employment, education and living conditions including behavioural habits like smoking, alcohol, poor diet leading to obesity or malnutrition, lack of physical exercise, sexual behaviour and problems resulting from drug taking.

When illness attacks an individual, it does without warning in any age and to any gender. But many of these chronic and lifestyle diseases can be prevented to a greater extent with the help of regular full body preventive and master health check-ups. And in city like Mumbai, which is burdened with lifestyle diseases, preventive and regular full body health checks become a crucial part of life. These tests help in marking early signs of health issues such as heart problems, diabetes, cancer and other complications that can reduce the quality of life.

Mumbai is a very expensive city may it be buying food, getting shelter or healthcare facilities. Hence there is no doubt that master health check-ups in Mumbai is both, effective and less cheaper than the treatment costs. A regular full body health check-up and preventive master health check-ups not only improve the quality of life but also reduces the long term healthcare expenses. Therefore to enjoy a long term good health in a city like Mumbai it is crucial that everyone takes the advantage of the offers available at the best and quality centres that provide different packages for assessing an individual’s health.

How can Chronic diseases be diagnosed with Health packages?

Let us take a closer look at the tests which help identify chronic health problems and their early symptoms.

Heart diseases like coronary heart diseases, ischemic heart diseases, stroke and even simplest of the blocks can be identified by the cardiac risk markers tests. These tests include parameters like Apo B / Apo A1 Ratio (Apo B/A1), Apolipoprotein - A1 (Apo-A1), Apolipoprotein - B (Apo-B), Homocysteine, High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (Hs-Crp) and Lipoprotein (A) [Lp(A)] that assess problems associated with the functioning of the heart and indicate the risks of getting a heart attack in near future.

Other than these, tests like TMT and ECG are also performed to diagnose heart problems. TMT assess whether your heart is able to receive enough oxygen, finds out the issues related to blood flow, where as ECG finds problems associated with the electrical activity in your heart.

A complete hemogram tests that includes 24 parameters like Hb level, total count of RBCs and WBCs help in diagnosing any infections and abnormal values of these parameters can be indications of many diseases. Heart disease is the top killer of our country and more than 80% of the people who suffer a heart attack suffer from CAD.

India stands second after China to host people suffering from diabetes. This disease is genetically transferred and also attacks individuals other organs of the body if left untreated. The fasting and random blood collection helps assess the blood sugar level in the body.

We also offer HbA1c also known as the haemoglobin A1c or glycated haemoglobin test used as the diabetes deciding factor test. It calculates the blood sugar level when haemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells, becomes bonded with glucose in the bloodstream. An HbA1c level generally reflects a person’s blood glucose levels over the previous 8-12 weeks that is an average of 3 months.

Chest X-ray is the traditional method which captures images of the heart, lungs, airways, blood vessels and bones of the spine/chest. Most of the lungs and respiratory diseases can be diagnosed with this simple imaging method. A small indication during this test can help the doctor decide on the requirement of further advanced testing like CT or MRI.

PFT is another test that helps assess the volumes of your lungs, rates of flow and gas exchange, basically the breathing.

Cholesterol and obesity are not really interlinked but they definitely can cause the same problem to the heart health. There two element in the body need to be in control so that you can prevent many lifestyle diseases that occur sue to presence of these two ailments. A Lipid profile test helps in assessing the cholesterol profile in the body. Due to high cholesterol levels in the body, the artery walls are deposited with plague like substance which makes it difficult for the blood to flow through the heart, thus resulting in heart attack or stroke.

After CHD, stroke and Diabetes, a larger population of Mumbai is suffering from Liver diseases. Our liver helps regulate our hormones, cholesterol levels, vitamin levels and 500+ functions and is the energy store house of the body. Unhealthy eating habits and heavy consumption of alcohol can cause severe damage to the liver that can cost you your life. With the liver function test consisting of parameters like Serum Albumin/Globulin Ratio, Alkaline Phosphatase, Total Bilirubin (including Direct and Indirect), SGOT and SGPT and other parameters hep in assessing the liver health, the level of damage that has occurred and how it can be treated.

Kidneys play a very important role in keeping our bodies free from the waste and toxic elements. It is very important to maintain the right levels of Uric Acid, Creatinine – Serum, Bun / Sr.Creatinine Ratio, Blood Urea Nitrogen (Bun) and Calcium as they help in keeping the kidneys in good condition. A simple blood and urine test can identify the above parameters and any abnormal values in these parameters indicate that the kidneys are not functioning properly and there may be a possibility of damage to the kidneys.

Cancer being one of the top killers in India, needs early detection and diagnosis. Timely diagnosis of this fatal disease is very important and a simple blood test can diagnose almost 8 types of cancer. Our package includes PSA for Men and CA125 for Woman as cancer screening tests. Prostate-specific antigen or PSA is an element present in the male blood stream that indicates cancer if elevated. CA 125 is a protein used as a tumour marker and is usually present in greater concentration in ovarian cancer cells.

• Iron Deficiency (4) – Anaemia can be caused due to different reasons like menstrual blood loss, accidental injuries, haemorrhage and many more and if not diagnosed at the right time can prove to be fatal. An Iron deficiency blood test, commonly called as anaemia profile test in our package includes CBC tests (Complete blood count), Serum Iron tests & TIBC tests (Total iron binding capacity).
• Thyroid (3) – – thyroid is a hormone that regulates your entire body. It helps in balancing metabolism rate and growth in the body by producing hormones and releasing them into the bloodstream. T3 (Total Triiodothyronine) & T4 (Total Thyroxine) are the two hormones produced by the thyroid glands and it is very important to have them in place. Distortion of these hormones can affect your daily life. Thyroid helps in balancing metabolism rate and growth in the body by producing hormones and releasing them into the bloodstream.
• Vitamins (2) - Vitamin B-12 and 25-Oh Vitamin D (Total) are the important vitamins that keep our body regulated. Any irregularities and deficiencies of these vitamins may hinder the growth and development of the body.
• Pancreatic (2) – – pancreas is the energy store house of our bodies and plays two important roles like digestion and regulation of blood sugar levels. Disorders affecting the pancreas include pancreatitis, precancerous conditions such as PanIN and IPMN, and pancreatic cancer. Tests that measure the values of Amylase and Lipase may help diagnose problems associated with the pancreas at the earliest.
• Electrolytes (2) –– our body is made up of different elements and during the functioning, our body releases different toxins that need to be excreted. Toxic elements also enter your body along with contaminated water and pesticides on vegetables and fruits. Few toxins cause serious health problems like, Arsenic poisoning may cause severe hair loss, stomach pain and blood in urine, high Barium in your blood may cause immediate paralysis and other dangerous toxic elements such as Cadmium, Cobalt, Chromium, Caesium, Mercury, Lead and Selenium can cause life threatening problems.
• USG Abdomen – ultrasound is yet another technically sound imaging test that can diagnose problems associated with the organs in the abdomen area. This test provides a clear picture of the organs and helps identify structural problems affecting the organ.

Bookmyscans offers these master health check-ups at affordable prices in Mumbai. Here are a few out of many reasons, “Why Bookmyscans?”

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