After three years as a medical examination center director, the most profound experience is that few people understand what the real role of medical examination is. Combined with the effects of medical marketization, the number of people who benefit from medical checkups is even smaller. There are two types of people who deserve special attention. One category is those who think they are healthy and do not need medical checkups at all. Rather than spend a little money to pay attention to their health. This type of people, more than a fluke, often after a serious illness, only to completely change the concept. The other category goes to the other extreme. Spend a lot of money every year to check all the items that can be done in the hospital. It’s okay to waste, not knowing that some tests may also damage your health. Some of the benefits of the unit, the annual organization of staff physical examination, check the items really quite a lot. To reflect the fairness, regardless of each other, everyone check the same items. In fact, this is very wasteful. Each person’s health condition is different, the items may not be checked, and the check may be a waste of checking. In any case, it is far better than no medical examination. Some units, I do not know whether to cope with the inspection, or to call the staff, just a few simple items, perfunctory. For the people who lack medical knowledge, this can be fatally misleading. Usually some discomfort, and will rush to see a doctor. This is good, the unit physical examination “health”, then of course, you can not go to the hospital, the results may be delayed to the disease. The basic function of medical checkups is to help you “check the disease” when you do not feel “sick”, for early detection, early treatment, to minimize health losses. Either, each unit to engage in audit, inspection, inventory and so on why? In the past, hospitals did not have medical examination centers. Because, we all have time, it is convenient to see a doctor, a little unwell, the community doctor will help you check item by item. Later, everyone is busy, the economic construction needs. I don’t know when, and people’s health closely related to the community hospital, become more like a pharmacy, convenient to prescribe drugs. A little “minor illnesses and pains”, we are crowded to the big hospitals, registered specialist number, a few words, have to wait half a day, which has time to carefully check. So, the new thing is the medical examination center. Like a supermarket, a full range, free to buy. People who go for medical checkups are satisfied! Because of the fast, with half a day or less, you can check the “whole body” according to your own needs. However, this “full body check” can not be comprehensive. Even if you do everything you can, there is no guarantee that you will not miss anything. To check the disease, the doctor’s experience, knowledge and thinking is the key, the examination is only an auxiliary means. Now a bit strange, the cart before the horse, the doctor’s labor is not worth the money, the instrumentation is worth the money, the examination fee can save money, of course, the examination program is more popular. But resources are always limited, not to mention that many medical tests are not cheap, “value for money” well. I don’t know when, “bargaining” also spread to the “medical examination market” that requires a rigorous scientific attitude. Medical examination, is responsible for human life, the pursuit of quality, not price, and not a professional smile. How can you spend the money and really enjoy the results of the medical examination? I think that you should first find a doctor friend who you trust and has experience, so that he carefully understand your situation, and then, for you to tailor a physical examination program that best suits you, and then step by step and level to check, which may be more accurate, more comprehensive, and save money. Don’t be in a hurry, you can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry. Check the disease, more difficult than the police to solve the case, you have to find clues step by step. Unlike solving a case, no matter what the result is, it will make you feel glad or happy. The disease is clearly investigated, worth celebrating. Because, the disease, to the timely discovery, can be treated as early as possible, repair the body’s vulnerability. Found sheep lost, timely repair sheep pen, you can avoid losing sheep again. It is not too late to mend the fold. Keep the green hills in, not afraid of no firewood. If no disease is detected, one should be happy. However, there are always some people, the physical examination results are all normal, but sulking, regret spending this money for nothing. I don’t know what their mentality is, as if they have to find out some problems, find a disease to be satisfied. It is not all their fault. Spent hundreds and thousands of dollars and ended up with a bunch of reports that were “normal” for everything. If you don’t know what this pile of reports can do for you, it’s really quite a waste. Medical checkups, in addition to the most basic function of “disease detection”, are more important: to understand the current state of their health, to grasp their own health future. This is the most important role of medical checkups. If we can have a purposeful and planned physical examination every year, through dynamic comparison, and then combined with their own specific circumstances, horizontal and vertical comprehensive analysis, we can be very clear: Oh! It turns out that this way of life is not desirable, to do that to be healthy and happy. Health also requires management. Manage yourself, rationalize your body and mind, tomorrow will be healthier, happier and better. Unfortunately, the report of a problematic medical examination has become a “meat and potatoes”, carefully held, visited famous hospitals and doctors, in exchange for the size of the medicine bottle. The report of a normal physical examination, but became a “waste paper”, do not know into which corner. What a pity! That is your “treasure”, is the testimony of past success, future efforts to guide. It is not difficult to distinguish the importance of a health file from a disease file. People who pursue health should like to keep health records. Many old and sick people always keep their disease files intact, perhaps because they simply cannot believe that they can overcome the disease and win back their health. Most of the time, a more comprehensive set of physical examinations, very clear disease is not found, but high and low there are a lot of abnormal indicators, there are internal medicine, surgery, digestion, cardiovascular ……. In order to figure out all of them, you have to look at each specialty once. Because, now the hospital specialties are divided very fine, non-specialist problems we do not want to take responsibility. If each specialist doctor is to prescribe some drugs, together, the difference and more can be eaten as a meal. If you have a trusted doctor friend, the problem will be much better. Routine physical examinations are not just blood draws and two ultrasounds. Rather, a detailed medical history should be taken, including current, past, personal, marital, menstrual and family histories, etc. Thereafter, a careful physical examination of the whole body and the necessary physical and chemical examinations, such as routine blood tests, liver and kidney functions, hepatitis B markers for common infectious diseases, tumor markers, electrocardiograms, chest X-rays, ultrasound of abdominal organs, etc. should be performed. Women should also add gynecological examination, routine white belt, cervical exfoliation cells, uterine and adnexal ultrasound, breast ultrasound, etc. Medical checkups are not like meals, which can be plentiful and frugal, but should be tailored to your age, occupation and other circumstances.