The important roles and duties at work often come with responsibility, stress, and pressure. Besides health problems that begin to appear between the ages of 40 – 45, the increasing workload requires special health care. It’s time to stop letting your body face heavy work alone.
Why should executives get health check-ups?
“Executives” are not just CEOs (Chief Executive Officers) but also include those who play important roles in every profession. Increasing age combined with the workload responsibility may cause health problems for executives. Health check-ups are therefore important. Poor health may result in reduced work performance. Don’t wait to get sick… because good health can be created.
Executive health check-ups focus on non-communicable but chronic diseases
- Basic health check-up to assess the function of various organs in the body. Most executives use brain functions for thinking and decision-making, resulting in less physical movement than usual. Therefore, they should get health check-ups to ensure their bodies are ready for any situation.
- Blood pressure measurement Some have irregular high or low blood pressure.
- Diabetes screening Diabetes is often accompanied by high cholesterol, narrowed blood vessels, fatty liver, or gallstones.
- Lipid level measurement to evaluate heart and coronary artery function.
- Heart function tests can be done in various ways such as ECG, treadmill test, MRI (tunnel scan), or heart echo.
- Cancer screening for men should include liver cancer, lung cancer, and colorectal cancer.
- Cancer screening for women should include breast cancer, cervical cancer, and ultrasound of the uterus and ovaries.
“People aged 50 and over are recommended to undergo endoscopy of both the stomach and intestines. However, if anyone has relatives with gastrointestinal cancer, endoscopy should be done about 10 years earlier and not later than age 40.”
- Eye health check-up including eye pressure and retina examination, as well as hearing tests. Some may hear normal conversation levels but lose hearing at certain frequencies.
- Hormone and bone level tests Executives often work in offices and have little sun exposure, resulting in low vitamin D levels. This increases the risk of osteoporosis and raises the chances of diabetes, hypertension, and certain cancers.
Let’s Get Healthy: Good Body, Good Mental Health
The Health Promotion Center at Phyathai 2 Hospital collaborates with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to design the Total Lifestyle Modification (TLM) and Let’s Get Healthy (LGH) programs to assess general behavior, diet, mental state, and work alertness. Honest and open evaluation will provide accurate test results and medical advice for practical application at work.
Don’t let your job harm your body. Phyathai 2 Hospital is ready to proactively care for executives’ health. No need to wait until illness strikes because you are the hope of the organization.
Dr. Phakdee Muangpoon
Specialist in Family Medicine and Occupational Medicine
Health Promotion Center (Premium Health Check-up), Phyathai 2 Hospital
