Preventive Guidelines for Healthy Men

Hill Physicians recommends the following screenings and exams for healthy men. These guidelines are general in nature and the judgment and experience of your physician, informed by these standards of care and as applied to your specific case, are the final determinants of patient care.

Recommended Screenings

Screening/Procedure	Age Range	Frequency
Health assessment or “physical”	19 to 39 years	As needed
	40 to 64 years	Every 3 to 5 years
	65 years and older	Annually
Blood pressure	All ages	Once every 2 years
Cholesterol	20 to 35 years	One time if no other risk factors for coronary artery disease are present
	20 to 35 years	Once every 5 years if other risk factors for coronary artery disease are present
	35 years and older	Once every 5 years or more frequently if family history of high cholesterol is present
Colorectal cancer screening	40-49 years	As needed based on personal health history
Colorectal cancer screening	50 years and older	Every 1 to 10 years depending on screening method (fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy).
Prostate cancer screening	40-49 years with risk factors	Discuss with your physician
Prostate cancer screening	50 to 75 years	Discuss with your physician
HIV screening	19-64	As part of routine medical care

Men's Preventive Screenings Decision Guides

Our decision guides can assist men in choosing a test that best suits his personal preferences:

Recommended Vaccinations and Immunizations

Vaccination	Age Range	Frequency
Flu shot (Influenza vaccine)	All ages	Annually during fall months
Tetanus diphtheria, pertussis (Td or Tdap) booster	All ages	Td every 10 years; substitute one Tdap for Td
Pneumococcal vaccine	65 years and older	At least once
Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine	Those without proof of immunity	Two doses at least one month apart
Zoster (shingles) vaccine	60 years and older	Once
Other vaccinations	All ages	As needed without proof of previous immunity or per risk assessment

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