Preventive Care

If ignoring preventive care is tempting to you, think about this: Most chronic diseases are preventable with proactive care, but once the disease develops, it isn’t curable. At Cyrus Medical Office in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, Golali Nejati, MD, and the team have a passion for preventive care. They dedicate themselves to helping every patient avoid serious diseases, as well as the complications that accompany chronic health conditions. To maintain optimal health and wellness, call the New York City office or request an appointment online today.

What is preventive care?

Preventive care is a medical specialty dedicated to avoiding disease, disability, and death. When you schedule preventive care, your physician helps you build a lifestyle that keeps disease away and finds problems at the earliest possible stage.

Chronic health conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, and heart disease develop slowly over many years. When the disease goes undetected, it keeps getting worse. 

Chronic diseases also don’t cause symptoms until they reach an advanced stage. That means you won’t have any red flags alerting you to the problem.

With annual preventive care, Dr. Nejati can catch the problem before it becomes a serious threat to your health.

What services does preventive care provide?

The only way to prevent disease is through annual wellness exams, so the first step is to schedule an appointment. During your exam, you receive comprehensive care. Cyrus Medical Office offers women’s and men’s health care, as well as services such as:

• Blood pressure screening
• Cholesterol screening
• Diabetes screening
• Depression screening
• Hepatitis B and C screening
• Complete blood work-up
• Nutrition and dietary counseling
• Weight loss management
• Mental health assessment and treatment
• Smoking cessation program
• Immunization recommendations

Though all these services protect your health, your risk assessment forms the foundation of preventive care.

How does a risk assessment support preventive care?

During a risk assessment, you and Dr. Nejati work together to identify every aspect of your life that increases your risk of developing a disease.

Dr. Nejati explores:

• Lifestyle habits (e.g., diet, exercise, sleep habits)
• Risky behaviors (e.g., smoking, alcohol, drug abuse)
• Emotional and mental health
• Social connections
• Exposure to stress
• Environmental toxins
• Family history of disease
• Personal history of disease

If he finds factors that increase your risk of disease, he can create a customized treatment plan that gradually changes your behaviors and lowers your risk for health problems.

Dr. Nejati also uses your risk factors to recommend when you should get routine screenings. For example, people with an average risk for colon cancer should start screening around the age of 45. But if you have a risk factor like inflammatory bowel disease or a family history of colon cancer, you need earlier screening and more frequent follow-ups.

To schedule the preventive care you need to stay healthy, call Cyrus Medical Office or book an appointment online today.