Women’s Wellness

Defining the difference between health and wellness varies among philosophies, professions, and individuals. Most define health as being free from disease, while wellness is a balance in various areas of life including physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual wellbeing.

Your annual wellness exam usually includes bloodwork and similar tests to evaluate your health.

A wellness doctor takes the time to get to know each patient to provide the most effective care possible. A wellness doctor will use natural health solutions whenever possible.

Routine wellness blood tests include a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel which measures key indicators in your blood chemistry like cholesterol, glucose, electrolytes and fluid balance including sodium, calcium, and more.

The annual tests a woman should have vary depending on age.nnIn her twenties, a woman should have a pelvic exam, breast cancer screening, and physical. She should have a Pap smear every two years until age 29 provided results are normal. At age 30-70 Pap smears can be performed every 3 years.nnIn her 40s, a woman should also have a skin check as well as a yearly mammogram. However, mammograms may be recommended earlier or more frequently if she has a family history.nnA baseline colonoscopy should be performed at age 50 unless the patient has a family history of colon cancer. This should then be repeated every 5-10 years.nnWithin 2-3 years of menopause (typically in the patients early 50s), bone density tests should be performed.nnAfter about age 65, women should also have their hearing tested regularly.