Women's Health
Early Disease Detection - Screening, 11 to 24 Years
In general, your child or teen is evaluated yearly. At each well-child visit, the doctor will check your child's growth and development and examine your child for possible problems.
Normal checks include:
Sex, Exercise, and Stress Incontinence
Stress incontinence has an annoying way of showing up at the most inopportune times. You're jogging along, feeling great -- and then you realize your running shorts are damp with urine. Later that night, during a romantic rendezvous with your partner, a trickle of urine appears again, definitely spoiling the moment. Lest you think stress incontinence is a problem only of middle-aged or elderly women, think again. Surprisingly, young women actually have more stress incontinence during...
Read the Sex, Exercise, and Stress Incontinence article > >
- School and behavioral concerns, such as failing classes or dropping out of school, relationship problems with friends and family that affect home or school life, severe mood swings, lack of interest in normal activities and withdrawal from others, being physically aggressive, becoming sexually active, and drinking alcohol or using tobacco or drugs.
- Blood pressure. Your child or teen should have his or her blood pressure checked every year. After age 21, he or she should follow the adult blood pressure screening guidelines.
- Hearing.
- Height, weight, and body mass index (BMI).
- Scoliosis.
- Vision (children and teens).
- Vision (adults).
Other tests may include:
- Alcohol abuse (misuse) screening.
- Breast cancer screening for females.
- Cervical cancer screening for females.
- Cholesterol screening (children and teens).
- Cholesterol screening (adults).
- Coronary artery disease risk screening.
- Depression screening.
- Diabetes type 2 screening for children and teens.
- Diabetes type 2 screening for adults.
- Gestational diabetes for females.
- Hematocrit test, which checks the amount of red blood cells.
- HIV test.
- Sexually transmitted disease screening.
- Testicular cancer screening for males.
- Tuberculosis screening.
Pregnant women or those trying to become pregnant may be screened for genetic conditions, sexually transmitted diseases, and other conditions. For more information, see the topic Pregnancy.
Dental checkups are recommended for all children, teens, and young adults once or twice a year.
For more information on the milestones of teen growth and development, see the topics Growth and Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years and Growth and Development, Ages 15 to 18 Years.
WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise
Early Disease Detection Topics
Top 12 Women's Topics-
1.
-
2.
-
3.
-
4.
-
5.
-
6.
-
7.
-
8.
-
9.
-
10.
-
11.
-
12.
Today in Women’s Health
Health Solutions From Our Sponsors
©2005-2012 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.
WebMD does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. See additional information.