SSG reinforces preventive medicine services at the Apaseo el Grande Health Center. – Dependencies Bulletins

I walk the Great. Guanajuato. March 14, 2023- The Gto Health System in the municipality of Apaseo el Grande presents the reinforcement of a range of services focused on prevention and detection.

Dr. Daniel Alberto Díaz Martínez, Secretary of Health in Guanajuato, explained that in Apaseo el Grande there are health personnel who are highly committed to offering quality services focused on preventive medicine, such as adolescent sexual health, prenatal care, family planning, and breast cancer. women.

Screenings are offered as timely detection of cervical cancer through the taking of cytology (papanicolao) to women between 25 and 64 years of age or outside this age range if you present any risk factor such as: family history, beginning of life sexual intercourse at an early age (under 18 years of age), repeated sexually transmitted infections, multiple sexual partners, or smoking.

The CAISES of Apaseo el Grande also offers the service of breast examination to women between 25 and 69 years of age, as well as mammography from the age of 40 for timely detection of breast cancer.

The Secretary of Health added that pre-pregnancy consultations are granted to assess your health and administration of folic acid.

The prenatal control consultation includes different screenings to detect abnormalities during your pregnancy, as well as prevent diseases and complications; After your obstetric event (delivery), medical follow-up during the puerperium is important in order to avoid maternal deaths due to late complications.

Friendly services are spaces created especially for adolescents where they can receive guidance and services on sexual and reproductive health.

The requirements for care are to be between 10 and 19 years of age, if you want the placement of a contraceptive method, go menstruating.

It is not necessary to come accompanied by an adult. The information provided is completely confidential. Go to the friendly services from Monday to Friday from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, the attention is free.