Recommended Medical Screening Tests,
Men Ages 20 and Above
In Your: |
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|---|---|---|
| 20-s | Height and weight | Every 3 years |
| Blood pressure | At all appointments; at least once every 3 years, more frequently if high | |
| Cholesterol screening | At least every 5 years, more frequently if it is high | |
| Diabetes screening | Every 3 years for those with risk factors | |
| Chlamydia & STD screening | Once a year for sexually active men up to age 26, and after for those at risk | |
| Glaucoma screening | Every 3 - 5 years for men at high risk, at least once for men with no risk | |
| Melanoma screening | At least every 5 years, no more often than once a year for men at high risk | |
| 30-s, (add or modify) | Cholesterol screening | Every 3 years for those with risk factors |
| Glaucoma screening | Every 2 - 4 years | |
| 40-s, (add or modify) | Diabetes screening | Every 3 years for men with risk factors over 45 years |
| Colorectal cancer screening | For men at high risk — colonoscopy not less frequently than every 10 years or fecal occult blood test (FOBT) every year and sigmoidoscopy every 5 years | |
| Prostate cancer screening | Counseling for men at high risk and possible prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and digital rectal exam | |
| 50-s, (add or modify) | Diabetes screening | Every 3 years |
| Colorectal cancer screening | Colonoscopy every 10 years or fecal occult blood test (FOBT) every year and sigmoidoscopy every 5 years | |
| Prostate cancer screening | Counseling and possible prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and digital rectal exam | |
| 60-s + , (add or modify) | Glaucoma screening | Every 2-4 years up until age 65, then every 1-2 years |