Ngaphambi kokuthi Uye ku-Ob-Gyn...

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Ngaphambi kokuba uhambe

• Rekhoda umlando wakho wezokwelapha.

“Ukuze uthole ukuhlolwa kwaminyaka yonke, thatha imizuzu embalwa ubuyekeze ‘indaba yakho yezempilo’ yonyaka odlule,” kweluleka uMichele Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., udokotela wezifo zabesifazane eHouston. "Bhala noma yini eguqukile, zombili izinto ezinkulu njengokuhlinzwa nezinto ezincane njengamavithamini amasha [noma amakhambi] owathathayo." Futhi phawula noma yiziphi izinkinga zezempilo eziye zavela phakathi kwabazali bakho, ogogo nomkhulu kanye nezingane zakini, uphakamisa - udokotela wakho angancoma izinyathelo zokusiza ukuvimbela izinkinga ezifanayo.

• Thola amarekhodi akho.

Uma ngabe uhlinzwe nge-gynecologic noma i-mammogram, cela ikhophi yamarekhodi enqubo kudokotela wakho ohlinzayo noma uchwepheshe ukuba eze nawo (futhi uzigcinele ikhophi).

• Bhala uhlu lwezinto ezikukhathazayo.

Bhala phansi izinto ezintathu ezikukhathazayo ngokulandelana kwazo. "Ucwaningo lukhombisile ukuthi into yesithathu ezilethwa yiziguli ngesikhathi sokuvakasha imvamisa yizo ezizilethe," kusho uCurtis. "Abantu baba namahloni futhi bafuna 'ukusifudumeza' kuqala, kodwa isikhathi sifushane, ngakho kufanele uhlale ubuza umbuzo obaluleke kakhulu kuqala."

Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha

• Bhala phansi "izinombolo" zakho

Uma ukuhlolwa kwakho konyaka kwe-OB-GYN kuwukuphela kokuhlola okutholayo unyaka wonke, bhala phansi izibalo ezilandelayo: umfutho wegazi, izinga le-cholesterol, isisindo kanye nesisindo somzimba, nokuphakama (uma wehlise ngisho ne-millimeter, kungaba uphawu lokulahleka kwethambo). Thumela imininingwane ukuze uqhathanise nezinombolo zonyaka ozayo.

• Hlola ama-STD.

Uma uke waya ocansini olungaphephile ngisho nakanye, cela amasheke e-chlamydia ne-gonorrhea. Lezi zifo zingaba nemiphumela emibi kakhulu, kufaka phakathi ukungabi nenzalo. Uma uke waya ocansini olungavikelekile nomlingani wakho ongahambisani nodwa, kufanele futhi uhlolwe i-HIV, i-hepatitis B ne-syphilis.

• Cela ukwenza isipele.

Uma udokotela wakho ehlatshwa ngama-aphoyintimenti futhi engenaso isikhathi sokungena ku-nitty-gritty yenkinga yakho ngayinye, buza ukuthi ukhona yini umsizi kadokotela, umhlengikazi noma umhlengikazi otholakalayo (noma umbelethisi, uma ukhulelwe). "Bayimithombo emihle yezeluleko futhi bavame ukuba nesikhathi esengeziwe sokuhlala neziguli," kusho uMary Jane Minkin, M.D., uprofesa wezempilo wokubelethisa kanye nezifo zabesifazane eYale University School of Medicine eNew Haven, Conn.

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