Scheduling preventative health screenings are an important part of maintaining good health, especially as you get older. With an extensive background in women’s reproductive health, Solvera Health Nurse Practitioner Emily Mynatt shares when women should begin those annual screenings:
“For women, once you are around 45, you can request to start at 40, you should start getting your annual mammograms. We can’t personally do the mammogram for you, but we can definitely get you that order and get you to a local hospital to complete that. Pap smears, those guidelines can vary a little bit, but I think the best approach would be if you have any women’s health concerns, I would love to just have you come in and I can see you, we can talk about it, even if we don’t do an exam that day, we can figure out where you are at.”
Solvera Health serves patients in the greater Galesburg, Peoria, and Carbondale areas.
