Healthy Trust Preventive Health Screening and Periodic Physical Exams

Regular physical exams and health screening tests are an important part of preventative health care. They can help insure that common, serious diseases are detected and treated. You may not have symptoms, but you could be at risk. Get the answers you deserve and take control of your health today.

Healthy Trust Preventive Health Screening offers extremely affordable health screening, periodic physical exams, and recommended labwork in age/gender specific packages.

Stroke / Carotid Artery Disease Screening

Stroke occurs when a blood vessel feeding the brain bursts or is clogged, causing a sudden disruption in the blood flow to the brain. Stroke is the third leading killer in the United States. Carotid artery disease is the leading cause of strokes. More than 50% of stroke victims present no warning signs. After the age of 55, the risk of stroke doubles every 10 years. Most significantly, 97% of the adult population cannot name a single warning sign of a stroke. With carotid artery disease, the carotid arteries become blocked with plaque (atherosclerotic plaque), and blood flow to the brain is thus compromised.

Healthy Trust Preventive Screening uses painless and non-invasive Doppler colorflow ultrasound imaging to provide images of the carotid arteries on both sides of your neck and measure the velocity of the blood flow through these vessels.

The technologist applies an acoustic gel on your neck over your carotid arteries. A painless instrument, a transducer, is moved around your neck to visualize the inside of the carotid artery.

An ultrasound monitor visually depicts the inside of the carotid artery and the rate of blood flow. 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening

The abdominal aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It is the main artery stemming from the heart. An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an enlargement in the lining of that blood vessel. As the lining gets weaker, primarily due to age and other risk factors, the vessel wall becomes thinner and expands.

The most common location for an abdominal aortic aneurysm is below the area where the aorta divides to supply blood to the kidneys and above where it divides to supply blood to the pelvis and legs. Once discovered, an abdominal aortic aneurysm is measured in diameter and is carefully monitored. When it grows beyond five (5) centimeters in diameter, the aneurysm is often surgically corrected. An abodominal aorta aneurysm can rupture producing catostrophic bleeding and results in a fatality 80% of the time. Most people with an abdominal aortic aneurysm present no warning signs.

Healthy Trust Preventive Screening uses ultrasound energy to screen for the presence of an aneurysm in the abdominal aorta and measure its size along the course of the vessel. The technologist applies an acoustic gel on your abdomen. A painless instrument, a transducer, is moved around your stomach to visualize the inside of the abdominal aorta, and to the detect stomach aneurysms.

Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), more commonly known as hardening of the arteries, affects 12-15 million Americans. It is a condition in which the large and medium sized arteries supplying blood to the lower extremities become narrowed or clogged, slowing or stopping the flow of blood. It is caused by atherosclerosis, which is a gradual process in which cholesterol and scar tissue build up in the artery, forming a substance called plaque that clogs the artery.

The effects of this peripheral arterial disease not only cause pain, disability and put limbs at risk, it is also one of the strongest risk markers available for predicting heart disease. Individuals with Peripheral Arterial Disease are at a four-fold increased risk of heart attack and a two to three-fold greater risk for stroke, compared to individuals of the same age without PAD.

Healthy Trust Preventive Screening evaluates for peripheral arterial disease (plaque build-up) in the lower extremities. A painless, quick and non-invasive Ankle Brachial Index (ABI index) test is performed using blood pressure cuffs on the arms and ankles. The ABI index is a ratio between the pressures in your arms and legs and will identify most cases of peripheral arterial disease.

• Ultrasound Test Preparations
• Blood Test Preparations

Periodic Physical Examinations

A physical examination is an evaluation of the body and its functions using inspection, palpation (feeling with the hands), percussion (tapping with the fingers), and auscultation (listening). A complete health assessment also includes gathering information about a person's medical history and lifestyle, doing laboratory tests, and screening for disease.

A comprehensive physical examination provides an opportunity for the healthcare professional to obtain baseline information about the patient for future use, and to establish a relationship before problems happen. It provides an opportunity to answer questions and teach good health practices. Detecting a problem in its early stages can have good long-term result.

Male Periodic Examination Package Package Includes Comprehensive Physical Exam with Lab Work listed below: Complete Blood Count Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Lipid Profile TSH - Thyroid Urinalysis EKG (40 and over) Fecal Occult Blood Test (40 and over) Pulmonary Function (For Smokers) PSA (Males over 50)

Female Periodic Examination Package Package includes Comprehensive Physical Exam with Lab Work listed below: Complete Blood Count Comprehensive Metabolic Panel Lipid Profile TSH - Thyroid Urinalysis EKG (40 and over) Fecal Occult Blood Test (40 and over) Pulmonary Function (For Smokers) PAP

Healthy Trust Periodic Examination Special Package Pricing

$155.00 Male under 40	$190.00 Female under 40
$195.00 Male over 40	$230.00 Female over 40
$220.00 Male over 50	$230.00 Female over 50
*Pulmonary Function Test for Smokers add $30	*Pulmonary Function Test for Smokers add $30

Healthy Trust Health Screening $120.00

Stroke / Carotid Artery Disease Screening

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening

Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening

Add a Comprehensive Audiogram Hearing Test for only $35 *Special Screening Pricing applies only with purchase of Periodic Examination Package