Physical Exams

A physical exam is a routine check-up that includes a medical history, vital signs, and an examination of your body. The exam helps your doctor identify health issues and determine your medical needs.

Vital signs

• Measuring your weight, height, blood pressure, temperature, and heart rate
• Checking your breathing rate

Physical examination

• Looking at your skin, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and throat
• Feeling your neck, groin, and feet for pulses
• Checking your reflexes
• Listening to your heart, lungs, and bowels with a stethoscope
• Feeling your abdomen for abnormalities
• Checking your lymph nodes for enlargement

Screening tests

• Blood pressure screening
• Cholesterol screening
• Colon cancer screening
• Diabetes screening
• Hearing test
• Osteoporosis screening
• Infectious disease screening
• Skin cancer screening

Other tests Pap smear for women, Genital exam for men, and Laboratory tests like urine analysis or blood work.

A physical exam can help detect serious conditions like cancer, diabetes, or heart disease.