First, the significance of physical examination on time
Modern medicine divides medicine into two parts: preventive medicine and clinical medicine. Among them, preventive medicine refers to the subject of scientific intervention when the disease has not developed to the extent of affecting the body.
Clinical medicine is the scientific diagnosis and treatment of diseases that have occurred.
One of the most important means in preventive medicine is to carry out physical examination in time, screen the sub-healthy people with scientific methods, find the cause of disease as soon as possible, intervene scientifically as soon as possible, and correct the abnormality of human compensation.
Second, the significance of physical examination for the stage of disease development
Many diseases have a process from the beginning to the influence of diseases on the body. From a medical point of view, the occurrence and development of diseases can be divided into the following five stages:
(1) Susceptibility period: During this period, the disease has not yet occurred, but risk factors already exist, such as overweight, obesity, smoking, excessive drinking and hypertension.
Liver disease, liver cirrhosis, lung disease, etc. It could happen. At this time, if you have a physical examination, you can find the abnormal situation of the body in time, adjust and improve it in time, and eliminate the risk factors of the disease.
(2) Pre-clinical stage: During this period, the disease factors have changed in a certain part of the human body, but no obvious symptoms have appeared.
For example, an index in the blood exceeds the normal value, or the function of a certain part has changed subtly. At this time, if you have a physical examination, you can find the pathological changes of your body in time, carry out early treatment in time, and eliminate the disease in the bud.
(3) Clinical stage: The symptoms of the disease are obvious in this stage.
It has caused harm and inconvenience to the body. At this time, physical examination can help doctors fully understand their physical condition and provide a basis for effective treatment. So as to obtain the medical result of correcting the condition in time.
(4) Disability period: This period is already the late stage of the disease. Regular physical examination can make doctors know the progress of treatment in time, so as to make effective treatment plans.
Prolonging patients' vital signs as much as possible and improving their quality of life is the best way to get effective treatment through physical examination at this stage.
(5) Death: At this time, the destruction of the body function by the disease affects the physiological metabolism, which makes the important organs of the body enter recession and lead to death.
Physical examination at this time can improve the pain of dying patients and obtain psychological comfort.