Recommended Screenings and Immunizations for Women with High Risk Factors

Recommended Screening Tests and Immunizations for
Women with High Risk Factors
(Part 3)

if it applies	Do you have or have you had?	Then ask your health care provider if you need the following screenings or tests more often or at a younger age:
	High Blood Pressure	Blood pressure test; cholesterol test; blood sugar test
	High Cholesterol	Blood pressure test; cholesterol test; blood sugar test
	Heart Disease	Blood pressure test; cholesterol test; blood sugar test; influenza vaccine; pneumococcal vaccine
	Diabetes	Blood pressure test; cholesterol test; blood sugar test; vision exam; urine test
	Gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy)	Blood sugar test
	A baby weighing more than 9 lbs.	Blood sugar test
	Breast cancer	Mammogram; ovarian screening tests
	Cervical, uterine, vaginal cancer	Pap test; pelvic exam; ovarian screening tests; colon screening
	Ovarian cancer	Pelvic exam; ovarian screening tests; mammogram; colon screening
	Previous abnormal Pap tests	Pap test; pelvic exam
	Early menopause (natural or surgically induced); absent or infrequent menstrual periods; advanced age; a personal history of bone fracture in adulthood; lifelong low calcium intake; lifelong inactive lifestyle, or little physical activity; low body weight (less than 154 lbs) or a history of an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa	Bone mineral density test
	An autoimmune disease, (including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis)	Thyroid test; TB test; influenza vaccine; MMR vaccine; pneumococcal vaccine; autoimmune screening test; bone mineral density test

This chart lists screenings or tests you might need more often or earlier due to having high risk factors,
or things in your life that increase your chances of developing a condition or disease.


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