The Importance of Preventive Care

Preventive medical care, including routine physicals and immunizations, is a great way to ensure you enjoy good health throughout your life. Dr. Anthony DiGeorge at Southwestern Pediatrics & Family Care in Maricopa, AZ, provides a wide range of both pediatric and adult family medicine services, including preventive care services.

Why Preventive Care Is Important

Preventive care can help you stay healthy. Regular visits are essential to detect medical issues and conditions early when they are more easily treatable. Preventive care visits can give you peace of mind, knowing you are doing what’s best to maintain your health.

Regular preventive care visits including routine physicals should happen once each year, or more often if you have a chronic medical condition like diabetes or high blood pressure you are trying to manage. During a routine physical, your family medicine doctor will:

• Perform a comprehensive physical examination
• Record your height, weight, blood pressure, and other measurements
• Order laboratory testing to screen for high cholesterol and high blood sugar
• Order imaging studies if necessary to check for musculoskeletal issues
• Administer vaccines to protect against contagious diseases like flu, pneumonia, RSV, shingles, and COVID
• Provide counseling about weight control, and stopping harmful habits like using tobacco
• Provide nutritional and exercise tips to help you live a healthy, active lifestyle

If you are managing a chronic medical condition, preventive care provides the gateway to referrals to specialists including cardiologists, pulmonologists, and more. If you are living with a chronic disease, your family medicine doctor will partner with specialists to get you the care you need. Your family medicine doctor can also prescribe medications to stabilize blood pressure and cholesterol levels, to keep you healthy.

Want To Know More About the Importance of Preventive Care?

To find out more about the importance of preventive care for adults and children, call Dr. Anthony DiGeorge of Southwestern Pediatrics & Family Care in Maricopa, AZ. You can reach him in the office by calling (520) 568-9500, so call today.