"Overweight and obesity diagnostics" screening package.

A comprehensive health screening for the causes and effects of obesity, including metabolic, endocrine, psychosomatic and eating disorders.

The screening takes just 6 hours.

When should you undergo an obesity screening?

Indications for screening for causes of overweight and obesity include:

• inability to lose weight,
• recurrent overweight despite maintaining a proper diet,
• metabolic health problems.

Obesity - causes

The screening allows to diagnose diseases that cause overweight problems, such as:

• hypothyroidism
• testosterone deficiency
• insulin resistance
• hypercortisolism
• hyperprolactinemia
• eating disorders

And diseases caused by excessive weight:

• diabetes
• atherosclerosis
• hypertension
• hypercholesterolaemia
• osteoarthritis
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• fatty liver
• heart arrhythmia
• heart failure
• functional lung diseases
• lung failure
• venous thromboembolism
• vitamin D deficiency

Medicover Hospital

Location of service: Medicover Hospital, Al. Rzeczypospolitej 5, Warsaw

The scope of obesity screening

laboratory tests complete blood count - blood test general urinalysis creatinine - kidney test sodium, potassium - level of electrolytes in the blood uric acid - diagnostics of gout and kidney disease ALT (GPT), AST (GOT), GGTP - liver test amylase - pancreas examination fasting glucose, glycated haemoglobin - test for diabetes insulin - test for insulin resistance lipid profile - risk of cardiovascular disease PT (INR, Quick) - blood clotting test CRP - test for ongoing inflammation serological tests: HBs total, HBs antygen HCV test - hepatitis B or C HIV test - with antigen p24 - COMBO test - exclusion of HIV infection vitamin D-25 (OH) D - vitamin D deficiency adiponectin - a hormone that affects metabolic processes hormone tests: fT4, TSH prolactin test - PRL cortisol test APTT (kaolin-cephalin clotting time) Blood group and immune alloantibodies (anti-Rh and others) postprandial glucose (120 min) - risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes postprandial insulin levels

imaging and functional tests echocardiogram - non-invasive assessment of the heart rate spirometry chest x-ray abdominal ultrasound Doppler ultrasound of the veins of the lower extremities gastroscopy with anaesthesia and test for Helicobacter Pylori ECG – controlling cardiac abnormalities weight, height and waist measurement

3 specialist medical consultations consultation with a bariatrician consultation with a dietitian consultation with a sports psychologist/motivator

The screening service may be provided within three (3) months from its purchase (starting from the date indicated in the order confirmation).
The screening service is provided in Medicover Hospital in Warsaw.
Out of concern for the quality of your results, we kindly ask you to adequately prepare for the tests/examinations. Precise information on how to do it can be found below.

Dokumenty:

How to prepare for the "Diagnostics of overweight and obesity" screening

Scope of Screening "Diagnostics of overweight and obesity"

Screening Regulations "Diagnostics of overweight and obesity"