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It's never too late to start prevention, so keep it in mind no matter what your age. Your general practitioner can introduce you to the possibilities, your health insurance company can also provide you with quite interesting support in the field of prevention, or you can look around on the internet yourself. In the following text you will find a summary of what to look for in which gender and at which age.
1) Osteoporosis
Particularly for women over the age of 45-50, it is important to pay attention to osteoporosis, in layman's terms, thinning of the bones. Osteoporosis is manifested by loss of bone mass and disorders of bone structure, leading to increased bone fragility and increased risk of fractures. Densitometry is performed as part of the prevention process. This test is used to determine the density of bone tissue and the amount of minerals contained in the bones. Densitometry should be performed preventively at a frequency of once every 2 years.
2) Prevention of thromboembolic disease
The target group is again women, either patients taking hormonal contraceptives or menopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy. Both of these groups are at increased risk of thromboembolism, up to threefold.
3) Prevention of colorectal cancer
This screening applies to both sexes and it is recommended that people over the age of 50 undergo testing regularly. An occult bleeding test is an option, this should ideally be performed once a year, or for those over 55 years of age there is the option to opt for a screening colonoscopy. This is then carried out once every 10 years.
4) Cancer prevention for women
Breast cancer prevention comes first. This screening is already well-known among female patients and is a so-called mammographic examination in which the mammary gland tissue is checked by ultrasound. Breast self-examination is also an essential part of prevention, and patients should be made more aware of its importance; practical training in the gynaecologist's surgery is also useful.
Another point is the prevention of cervical cancer. Screening is part of the preventive gynaecological examination, which should be carried out once a year, is painless and is actually a cytological examination of a cervical smear.
5) Cancer prevention in men
Here the main point is prostate cancer prevention. Fortunately, prevention is already quite widespread and includes both a clinical examination by a doctor (GP or urologist) and a sonographic examination and blood sampling for the specific marker PSA.
