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Screening - what is it?

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Screening - what is it?

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Screening tests are interventions carried out in 'healthy' people, without symptoms of disease, with the aim of detecting and treating disease at an early stage.

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Screening - Symptoms and course

There are a number of screening tests and prevention programmes in Poland.

These include:

  1. A cardiovascular disease prevention programme aimed at people aged 25,40,45, 55 without previously diagnosed cardiovascular disease.
  2. Tobacco Disease Prevention Programme - for smokers >18 years of age - especially those aged 40-65 years with a diagnosis of COGCF (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease).
  3. Tuberculosis prevention programme.
  4. Breast cancer early detection programme with mammography performed every 2 years - in women aged 50-69 years.
  5. Early detection programme for cervical cancer - cytology every 3 years in women aged 25-59.
  6. Prenatal screening programme for women >35 years of age, 7. Early diagnosis and treatment programme for glaucoma.
  7. Screening for colorectal cancer - colonoscopy - at the age of 5-65 years every 10 years, and many others including phenylketonuria, cystic fibrosis, hypothyroidism, hearing defects, heart defects in newborns, etc.

When to go to the doctor and treat

We should see our doctor for all screening tests that are referred to us. There is a lot of talk about the dangerous complications of various chronic diseases as well as cancer. In view of the great opportunities offered by modern medicine and the widely available screening tests, we should do what we can to effectively protect ourselves from disease.