Premarital Health Screening is a check-up done before marriage to help couples lead a healthy and a happy married life. A premarital health check-up will clear all the doubts a person has in his mind, before getting married and entering into a marital relationship.
Premarital Health Screening For Men
It involves a series of tests mainly focused on assessing the presence of certain communicable or Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), which might affect his spouse after their sexual relationship. It also evaluates their general and reproductive health by a set of routine blood and urine tests.
Objectives
This screening test helps to limit the spread of such infectious diseases like Hepatitis B infection, AIDS, HCV and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).
Patients can be made aware of their current state of health.
Tests Included:
Haemogram: It is also called as Complete Blood Count (CBC), which analyses the blood of the patient to identify disorders like anemia etc.
Blood group and Rh typing: This blood group test before marriage serves to identify the blood group of the individual and the Rh typing that serves to see if the couples will be able to have a healthy pregnancy.
Random Blood Sugar (RBS): This test is to check the blood glucose level of the patient.
Serology: The blood serum of the patient is tested to diagnose disease conditions and the immune system response. This includes:
HIV 1 & 2
Urine routine: This provides a detailed analysis of the urine of the patient.
Doctor’s Consultation: Once these tests are done and the results are obtained, the final step will be the Doctor’s consultation, where the patients can discuss their queries with the specialist Doctor.
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