• In the long term, it can also reduce the overall health expenses as treating a disease at an initial stage is much cheaper than treating its complications.
• It helps to screen for diseases that are prevalent in society and ones that we, due to our genes are at an increased risk of getting.
• It can help detect lifestyle diseases like hypertension and diabetes early. Deranged blood sugar and high blood pressure are all tests that can help catch these diseases early. It can also pick up small dysfunction that could affect a system, like elevated cardiac enzymes in case of pain in the chest.
• It can also help prevent serious illness and mortality due to diseases with a long latent period, ones that are affecting the body subtly but not causing overt disease.
• Knowing what may be wrong with you can help motivate you to lead a healthier lifestyle and slow the progression of the disease.
• A complete health check-up, and certifying your good health can also help you secure better deals on your health insurance and you can get a good cover even at a lower premium.
• Sometimes things as simple as a blood picture can give you an idea about how your environment is affecting your health. Lead poisoning, working in a coal mine, asbestos factory, or lead factory can lead to characteristic findings in the body. These tests can help trigger a warning for you to change out of your work environment or residence if it is affecting your health.
• It can also be a tool to help you detect the presence of genetic diseases like certain heart conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy where the heart enlarges and eventually fails, a certain type of blood disorders like hereditary spherocytosis where the red blood cells become round and fragile, kidney diseases like polycystic kidney disease where there are cysts in the kidney and so on.
• It is less time-consuming as all the tests can be done at the same time reducing your time to travel and just a half a day to one day off from the office.