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JOSEPH LICHTER, D.D.S.
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Health
Knowing your family’s medical history can be vital to your own healthcare.
Why knowing your
family’s medical
history is important
When visiting a physician for
the first time, patients may
notice an extensive section on
family history on one of the requisite
forms they fill out before meeting
the doctor. Though it can be
hard to remember family members’
conditions, doctors have good reason
to ask about their patients’ family’s
medical histories.
Family medical histories can be
vital to one’s own healthcare. The
National Center for Biotechnology
Information states that family history
might be one of the strongest
inf luences on a person’s risk for
developing cancer, heart disease,
stroke, diabetes, and more. While
you cannot modify your genetic
makeup, knowing your family’s
medical history can help you take
the steps necessary to protect yourself.
Family-history reports can serve
as warning signs for illnesses.
These clues can help doctors prescribe
certain screening tests at
earlier ages to catch potential diseases
when they are most treatable.
For example, the U.S. National Library
of Medicine says that healthcare
professionals may recommend
more frequent screenings (such as
mammography or colonoscopy) and
screening at an earlier age for people
at an increased risk of certain
cancers. Doctors may recommend
biannual checkups to stay apprised
of any changes in health that may
signal a risk.
A thorough healthcare professional
will record your family medical
history and ask you to update it
routinely in an effort to ensure you
get the best, most effective care possible.
You can help the process by
having the information needed at
the ready. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention suggests
the following:
Talk to family. Make a list of
close family members and discuss
any conditions or issues they might
have had and at what ages.
Learn about chronic diseases.
Speak to your relatives about
chronic diseases like diabetes or
high blood pressure, being sure to
ask how severe such issues were and
if any required hospitalization.
Plot your ancestry. Learn about
your ancestry and if any medical issues
are more common among people
who share that ancestry.
Record everything you learn.
Keep the information where it can
be easily accessed and updated. For
example, My Family Health Portrait
is a free web-based tool to organize
family health information
and share it with doctors.
Family history plays a key role in
how doctors will approach patients’
treatment and preventive care.