Medical Screenings

By the time you exhibit symptoms of a chronic disease, it’s too late to prevent it. Medical screenings performed by board-certified physicians Suchitra Kamineni, MD, and Arun Amaram, MD, along with their team at North Dallas Primary Care Doctors, can help prevent diseases by detecting subtle physical changes that occur before the disease takes hold. Call the Frisco, Texas, office today to schedule an appointment or book your visit online to learn if you should consider medical screenings.

What are medical screenings?

The caring team at North Dallas Primary Care Doctors prioritizes preventive healthcare. Medical screenings provide the information needed to help each person avoid chronic diseases and maintain optimal health for life.

Medical screenings include various tests to identify the early signs of disease before symptoms appear. By the time you have symptoms, the condition has already established itself. Medical tests can detect slight changes in your body that occur years before you’re aware of a problem.

By finding these early signs, your provider can develop a treatment plan that can prevent the condition. In most cases, early preventive care involves lifestyle medicine.

Lifestyle changes focused on diet, exercise, weight, and habits like smoking help reverse or prevent chronic diseases in most people.

What health conditions do medical screenings prevent?

Health screenings are available for many chronic health conditions, including:

• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Type 2 diabetes
• High cholesterol (hyperlipidemia)
• Osteoporosis (weak, brittle bones)
• Memory loss
• Nutritional deficiencies
• Lung conditions (COPD, asthma, and others)
• Kidney disease
• Liver disease
• Breast cancer
• Cervical cancer
• Colon cancer
• Skin cancer
• Lung cancer
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm

North Dallas Primary Care Doctors follow currently accepted screening guidelines. These guidelines suggest when people should be screened for specific diseases.

More importantly, the team considers your overall health and risk factors and then recommends screenings tailored to your unique healthcare needs.

What should I expect during medical screenings?

Before recommending a health screening, your provider completes a thorough physical exam and does a risk assessment.

These assessments review the factors known to raise your risk for chronic diseases. Common risk factors include:

• Age
• Family history of disease
• Unhealthy diet
• Inactive lifestyle
• Smoking
• Excessive drinking
• Being overweight or obese
• Chronic daily stress

After carefully evaluating your health, your provider recommends the appropriate screening test. You might need:

• Blood work (for numerous early signs of disease)
• Urinalysis (also screens for many conditions)
• Pap smear (for cervical cancer)
• Mammogram (low-dose X-ray for breast cancer)
• Colonoscopy (for colon cancer)
• DXA scan (low-dose X-ray for osteoporosis)
• Ultrasound (uses sound waves to get detailed images and screen for many conditions)
• X-rays (often used to screen for bone and lung problems)

Schedule a medical screening by calling North Dallas Primary Care Doctors or booking your visit online today. You can also drop by to learn if you need a health screening.