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Private Health Insurance - Womens' Health Checks
Medical experts now recognise the benefit of regular health checks. These non-intrusive procedures can discover a problem before it develops into a more serious complaint.
This is particularly true for women and statistics show that cervical cancer, when caught early on, has a much better chance of being cured. A reduction of up to 25 per cent in the incidence of cervical cancer has been recorded since regular screenings were introduced in Britain in the 1990s. Likewise with breast cancer where regular screening can spot any abnormalities early on allowing the specialists to take action. The mammogram can detect small changes in breast tissue which may indicate cancers which are too small to be felt either by the woman herself or by a doctor.
Regular checks on a woman’s bone density can allow the professionals to assess the need for treatment for osteoporosis.
Lifestyle changes or medication may be recommended following cholesterol and blood pressure checks.
Because of this El Perpetuo Socorro offers the following Well-Woman health checks as part of its private medical insurance:
- regular smear tests
- bone density checks
- cholesterol monitoring
- blood pressure checks
- yearly mammograms
