Preventative healthcare is essentially a form of healthcare that is designed to help prevent diseases and conditions that can adversely affect one’s life, which is an extensive list. We offer regular physical exams and checkups, vaccinations, and blood services at Quick Family Urgent Care as part of our comprehensive healthcare services. Common conditions often caught by preventive methods include: • Diabetes • Heart disease • Various cancers • And a variety of preventable diseases. These conditions and diseases can be caught in advance, which greatly improves recovery, treatment, and management when caught early. If you have a family history of diabetes or you have been diagnosed with prediabetes, certain lifestyle changes can help prevent or delay the onset of the disease. Losing weight, eating healthy foods, and increasing physical activity have all been shown to effectively reduce the progression of Type 2 diabetes and control Type 1 diabetes. By receiving regular preventive healthcare services, such as physical exams and regular blood tests, your doctor can catch signs of diabetes in advance and counsel you on how to adopt habits to help prevent the progression of the disease. As part of your regular checkups, you will have your blood pressure and cholesterol monitored for signs of heart disease. Heart disease is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, so it is important for your doctor to monitor your health (in conjunction with your family history) for signs of heart disease. You don’t have control over all factors that lead to heart disease (such as age and gender, for example, as men over 45 and women over 55 have a greater risk), but there are some things you can do to prevent heart disease. Your doctor can help you if you have concerns and provide education and counseling on maintaining a healthy lifestyle and diet. Men and women are also screened for various cancers during regular preventative health exams. The earlier cancer is caught, the more likely treatment will be effective. By receiving regular screenings, there is a higher chance that cancer will be caught early and that treatment will be more successful. By receiving regular screenings and practicing a healthy and safe lifestyle, it is possible to prevent and/or catch various types of cancer early. Common types of cancer screened through preventative healthcare are skin cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, and breast cancer. Through immunization and maintaining a regular vaccination schedule throughout your life, you can prevent catching easily preventable deadly diseases, such as diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and the flu. By receiving vaccinations for these diseases, you also maintain herd immunity, which helps protect those who are too sick or weak to receive the vaccinations themselves. If your primary care physician is unavailable but you have questions about your long-term care and require preventative healthcare services, visit Quick Family Urgent Care in Davie, FL, and our compassionate team of medical professionals, no appointment is necessary!