Is full body checkup of no use? This was revealed in the report

Full Body Checkup : In a full body checkup, all parts of the body are examined, which includes many tests like blood test, urine test, X-ray, mammography, MRI. Nowadays, a large number of people get their full body checkup done to avoid the fear of diseases or to stay fit.

Many times people go for body checkup without consulting a doctor. But is this checkup really correct, do all the tests done in it give the correct result. A report has claimed that full body checkup is not correct, not all the tests in it are correct. Read the report…

Research on full body checkup

Recently, Lancaster University conducted a research on the benefits of full body checkup. It has been found that there is no benefit of getting an MRI scan done for heart disease. Many diseases cannot be detected correctly through this. This test is not very beneficial in heart checkup. It gives information about some changes happening in the body but most of the symptoms cannot be guessed.

Is there no benefit of MRI scan

In a research conducted by Lancaster University, MRI was done on 16 thousand participants. It was found that MRI is not very effective in serious diseases. It works well in the case of brain but when it comes to heart, it does not give as good information as CT scan and X-ray. MRI also gives false positive results. In breast diseases, at least 97 out of 1,000 scans were false positive. Whereas, in the case of prostate, 29 out of 100 scans were false positive. According to this research, MRI scan is not able to accurately detect diseases like heart disease, high blood pressure and cholesterol, so that we can avoid them.

What do experts say

Many health experts and doctors say that a full body checkup is done to find out what problems are there in the body. It is also very expensive and its report is beyond the understanding of a common man. In many cases, even after getting an MRI, many other tests have to be done. However, it is not that there is no benefit of MRI test. Brain related diseases can be easily detected through this. Stroke and spinal cord injury can also be detected, it is a failure only in the case of heart diseases. Better results are obtained from CT scan, angiography and treadmill test.

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