Blood checks Important for Men

One of the most important health check is a check of blood. For men there are at least six important blood checks that should not be missed.

Blood can menungungkapkan important details about the conditions that occur in a person's body, therefore sometimes a person can know or disease interference in the body through blood tests.

As quoted from Menshealth, Sunday (14/11/2010) there are six blood tests should be done by men, namely:

Check full blood
David Perkins, MD, a specialist in internal medicine in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, said that by doing a complete blood check an unknown number of red blood cells, white blood cells, blood platelets, red blood cells in a proportion of total blood volume and hemoglobin measurements. With a complete blood check can be known signal from anemia and other blood disorders.

Check blood sugar levels
These blood tests can be a tracer for the disorder of type 2 diabetes, for type 2 diabetes was conducted before and after fasting. If you get a high score on one exam, it is advisable to perform an oral glucose tolerance test (oral glucose-tolerance test / OGTT). This is important because diabetes can cause complications in almost all organs of the body.

Checks to determine levels of blood fats
In these blood tests can be known amount of good cholesterol (HDL), bad cholesterol / LDL (preferably below 130 mg / dl of blood) and triglycerides (preferably less than 150 mg / dl blood). If you have risk factors for cardiovascular disease, family history of hypertension or smoking, then LDLnya levels should be below 100 mg / dl of blood.

Check the blood as markers of inflammation

Inflammation in the arteries can be traced to conduct an examination of levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the blood. If the levels of CRP and total cholesterol is high, then the greater risk of heart attack. This examination is very sensitive to all kinds of inflammation, for it should be done at least twice within a month and the average value taken.

Check the blood for prostate examination
Prostate disorders is one of the dreaded disease by men. Therefore examination of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) may be early detection, if the high value probably refers to benign prostate enlargement or bacterial infection known as prostatitis. Generally this test is recommended at age 40 or 50 years.

Check the blood for thyroid examination
Although thyroid disorders are more prevalent in women, but that does not mean a man free from this disease. Levels of stress and also the lack of sleep can be a culprit of thyroid disorders. Therefore do blood tests for thyroid disorders and hyperthyroidism both bipotiroid