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HFYH: Women's Health

三个女人拿着哑铃慢跑,聊得很开心 

Healthy families start with healthy moms. 保持妇女在整个生命阶段的健康是很重要的. From receiving appropriate care during childbearing ages, maternity care services, 随着女性年龄的增长进行挽救生命的乳房x光检查,随着女性接近并进入退休年龄进行骨密度检查, women’s health is crucial to the health of a family.

“At Lakeside Medical Center, 我们的团队为女性提供生命各个阶段的最佳护理, 从成年早期到母性,再到老年,” said Janet D. Moreland, APRN, MSN, LHRM,湖边医疗中心助理副总裁,管理员. “我们的目标是赋予妇女权力,使她们能够对自己的医疗保健和可用的选择做出明智的决定.”

 

Maternity Care Services

A smiling pregnant woman caresses her stomach

产妇保健的定义是向妇女提供的保健服务, babies, and families throughout a pregnancy, during labor and birth, and after birth for up to six weeks. 产妇护理通常由产科医生、助产士和家庭医生提供. 有些妇女还去看其他保健专业人员和社区工作人员. 这些其他的健康专家可能包括内分泌学家, a social worker, a psychologist, or a dietician. They all work together to support a women’s pregnancy and birth.

产妇保健包括监测母亲和婴儿的健康和福祉, health education, and assistance during labor and birth. In addition, 产后支助,以确保母亲和婴儿健康,也是整体产妇保健的一部分. 产妇保健的另一个重要部分包括母乳喂养指导. For more information on breastfeeding, 请收听卫生保健区的健康播客 The Benefits of Breastfeeding

 

Mammograms

乳房x光检查是一项重要的癌症筛查,可以检测到乳腺组织中可能预示乳腺癌的微小变化. The mammogram screening is an X-ray picture of the breast. 该筛查可用于检查没有任何体征或症状的女性是否患有乳腺癌, or to check a lump or other sign of breast cancer. 乳房x光检查可以帮助减少40至70岁女性死于乳腺癌的人数.

在进行乳房x光检查时,有许多不同的变量需要考虑. 女性应该与她们的医生讨论这些问题,并确定她们患乳腺癌的风险是中等还是很高. 年龄和家族史等变量将有助于确定风险水平.

根据美国妇产科医师学会(ACOG)和美国癌症协会(ACS), 年龄在40到49岁之间的女性应该每年做一次乳房x光检查. 对于50至74岁的平均风险女性,ACOG建议每年进行一次筛查. However, 美国癌症学会建议50至54岁的女性继续每年进行一次筛查,55岁及以上的女性每两年进行一次乳房x光检查.

风险高于平均水平的女性建议在40岁之前开始进行乳房x光检查, if not earlier. The mammograms should be performed annually. 对于风险高于平均水平的女性,也建议进行核磁共振成像筛查. 风险高于平均水平的妇女应与医生讨论其病史和个人情况. 一些表明罹患乳腺癌风险高于平均水平的变量包括近亲患有乳腺癌的女性. 此外,携带BRCA基因突变的女性患乳腺癌的风险高于平均水平.

 

Bone Density Testing

A woman consults with her doctor and a nurse骨密度检查主要用于检测骨质疏松症(瘦), 骨质疏松)和骨质减少(骨量减少),以便尽早治疗这些疾病. 有风险的人群包括未服用雌激素的绝经后妇女, women over 65 and men over 70, anyone who smokes or drinks too much alcohol, people of certain ethnic backgrounds, and those with a family history of hip fracture or osteoporosis. 

Early treatment helps prevent bone fractures. 由于骨质疏松症引起的骨折并发症通常很严重,因此早期识别和治疗非常重要, particularly in the elderly. The earlier osteoporosis can be diagnosed, 越早开始治疗,就能改善病情或防止病情恶化. 

骨密度测试用于测量骨矿物质含量和密度,可用于确定患者未来骨折的风险. 这个测试可以在门诊进行,也可以作为住院的一部分. 在检查过程中,病人平躺在x光台上. x射线与质子发生器结合使用来测量患者骨骼中的骨矿物质密度. The entire procedure takes about 30 minutes.

Maternity care services, mammograms, 骨密度测试是优质妇女保健服务的关键组成部分. For more information on women’s health services, please contact Lakeside Medical Center at 561-996-6571 and the C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics at 561-642-1000.

 


About the Health Care District

澳门美梅高官方网站提供初级医疗保健, 牙科服务和COVID-19检测在C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics, health coverage programs for eligible uninsured residents, a pharmacy operation, a nationally-recognized Trauma System, registered nurses in nearly 170 public schools, 短期和长期的熟练护理在5星级的爱德华J. Healey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riviera Beach, and acute care at its teaching hospital, Lakeside Medical Center, 由联合委员会认可,服务于贫民区的乡村社区.

 

About the C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics

该项目得到了美国卫生资源和服务管理局(HRSA)的支持.S. 由美国卫生与公众服务部(HHS)资助,资助编号为H80CS25684的卫生中心集群,资助金额为7美元,019,063.  Of the total project, 78.6% is financed with nongovernmental sources. 这些信息或内容和结论是作者的,不应被解释为官方立场或政策, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government. The C. L. Brumback初级保健诊所被授予联邦侵权索赔法(FTCA)认定地位,于1月1日生效, 2020.

 

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