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Points to Consider

If you have symptoms, please visit the outpatient department instead of requesting a comprehensive health examination. The comprehensive health examination is intended for the effective detection of disease in asymptomatic people. If you have symptoms, the comprehensive health examination may be insufficient or not relevant. Furthermore, the condition may progress to an untreatable level before the result of the comprehensive health examination becomes available.

Contraindication
(Cases where Ningen dock cannot be performed or may be discontinued)

Ningen dock includes many types of examinations, and there are cases where satisfactory results are not obtained because of the condition of the body or where the burden on the body from examination is increased. For this reason, we may make the medical decision to stop the examination if the following conditions are present. Please be advised that examinations may be discontinued at the discretion of the doctor for reasons not included here. The rules for the health examination are set differently than for normal medical care because of the greater emphasis on safety.

Examination item Item that may be unexaminable or discontinued
Basic item Visual acuity, fundoscopy, intraocular pressure Immediately after ophthalmologic surgery, infectious conjunctivitis
Physical measurement (body fat measurement) Person with pacemaker or defibrillator
Lung function test Person suspected of contracting an infectious disease, severe hypertension (180/110 or higher)
Glucose tolerance test (overnight course only) Person with diabetes mellitus, or after gastrectomy
Chest X-ray Pregnant women (including possible pregnancy)
Optional items Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy Person with an allergy to the drug used, case where the doctor determined that there is significant disadvantage associated with the examination, person who cannot walk or transfer to the bed independently, high blood pressure, aneurysm, immediately after abdominal surgery, elderly person, pregnant women (including possible pregnancy), lactating women
Colonoscopy Person with a possible intestinal obstruction, person with inflammatory bowel disease, person with difficulty walking independently, high blood pressure, aneurysm, immediately after abdominal surgery, elderly person, case where the doctor determined that there is significant disadvantage associated with the examination, pregnant women (including possible pregnancy), lactating women
H. pylori test (breath test) Person taking antibiotics or specific antacids or stomach medicine, pregnant women (including possible pregnancy), lactating women
Lung CT Pregnant women (including possible pregnancy), person with a pacemaker or defibrillator inserted
Sputum (phlegm) cytology Person without sputum
Brain imaging (MRA, MRI) Person with metal inside the body, claustrophobia, pregnant women (including possible pregnancy), person with a tattoo or semi-permanent cosmetics, woman with an intrauterine contraceptive device
Pap smear Sexually inactive person
Uterine body cancer test Sexually inactive person, woman with a contraceptive device, person taking antithrombotic drugs, pregnant women (including possible pregnancy)
Human papillomavirus (HPV) test Sexually inactive person
Gynecological ultrasound Sexually inactive person
Mammography After breast enlargement surgery, pregnant women (including possible pregnancy), person with pacemaker or defibrillator implanted, person with ventriculoperitoneal shunt, person with CV port, lactating women, after breast reconstruction surgery
Mammary gland ultrasound Pregnant women, lactating women, after breast enlargement surgery
Bone density examination Pregnant women (including possible pregnancy), person with hip joint disorder
PET-CT Person with a pacemaker or defibrillator implanted, high blood sugar, pregnant women (including possible pregnancy), lactating women