29M. Been feeling consistently tired and rundown for a while, want to go for a doctor for a general health check-up, check I’m getting the right nutrients, etc. What should I expect to be included, and is there any specific I should ask for? Could go through either GP or health insurance
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The GP will ask questions about your lifestyle, will order up some blood work on some of the usual suspects like Iron and vit b12.
Most likely they will give you a leaflet or information on what to do and where to get information.
You then contact them back a week later for the blood results and you then either get a prescription for meds to help with whatever vitamin your short of And/or an appointment (eventually) for the hospital for a scan of your kidneys/liver.
Private insurance will be much the same just faster. Though they may throw in a body mot as well.
You could have a private blood test done, separately, which is used to check many of the markers the drs usually have to request. They then send you the results back. Costs are extra and can vary.