Cultivate the habit of Preventive Health

So far, most of the new people consult the doctor when already experiencing health problems. In this way, they want to get healed by the treatment.
But in fact when health checks done regularly and early before the illness, it can reduce the risk of the occurrence of illness which require high medical expenses. Prevention is better than cure, that's a phrase that is often delivered in a health campaign.
Importance to change the paradigm of health-related efforts by dr. Rini Sekartini pediatrician Indonesia Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo (Faculty of medicine / RSCM). He said the public should begin to leave the thinking comes only doctor after falling ill. That is, people have started to leave the curative approach and began to instill a new habit that prevention or preventive.

"One preventive method is to go to the doctor before the pain in order to understand the health of the body on a regular basis," he said in a press conference health seminar titled 'How's Your Mom Family: Growth Seminar' in Jakarta, Saturday (06/08/2013).
Rini said, the doctor checks aimed to determine health problems as early as possible in order to prevent it developing into a more severe stage. Examination doctors usually then used as a reference for laboratory examination.
Miftah Rahman Nur, representatives from Clinical Laboratory Prodia said laboratory tests for overall health includes examining anemia and other blood cell abnormalities, nutritional status, lipid profiles, and detect the presence of hepatitis B virus inveksi and the presence or absence of immunity.
Although identical to regular health checks of older people, but that does not mean the kids do not need it. Miftah explained, the true medical examination required by all ages, from newborns to the elderly.
"Even children should often receive health checks," said Miftah.
The reason, he added, there are certain medical conditions that can affect child development. Therefore, it is essential to monitor each phase of growth uintuk child.
Rini said the recommended frequency of inspection is for babies every month, school-age children every six months, every year teenage children, and adults every year or every two years.