What Every Woman Should Know About Her Annual Well-Woman Exam

Keeping your reproductive health on track with women’s wellness exams offers a dedicated space to ask the questions you’ve been wondering about. 

From Pap smears and breast exams to conversations about periods, birth control, and mental health, this exam is about more than a clipboard and gown. It’s about keeping you well-taken care of.

Schedule an appointment with our primary care specialists at Mansfield Primary Care Doctors in Mansfield, Texas, for your next annual well-woman exam.

What are well-woman exams?

Well-woman exams are designed specifically with women’s healthcare needs in mind. These medical evaluations play a critical role in maintaining your health. 

They’re not necessarily related to an injury, illness, or disease. But they can detect potential problems, ease symptoms, or help you better manage a previously diagnosed medical problem. 

Professionals with specialty training in women’s health complete all well-woman exams at Mansfield Primary Care Doctors.  

Reasons to schedule well-woman exams

Here are some benefits of completing annual well-woman exams.

1. They focus on prevention

Well-woman exams focus on preventive care, offering services like cancer and cholesterol screenings, sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing, mental health screenings, and vaccinations. They can detect gynecologic conditions and diseases early, when they’re typically easiest to treat.

Women’s health education and counseling at Mansfield Primary Care Doctors can help you make informed decisions about your well-being. 

1. You discuss your health history 

During a women’s wellness checkup, your provider discusses essential information about your health. 

You can expect to discuss your medical history, family medical history, past vaccinations, medications, lifestyle, and potential symptoms. This information is essential to determine which medical screenings and/or treatments are best suited for you.

1. Wellness exams are money savers

Insurance companies often cover annual wellness exams; you might pay no or a minimal amount of money out-of-pocket. Because of early detection, women’s wellness exams help save you time and money in medical costs long term. 

1. Schedule around your menstrual cycle

It’s easiest to complete pelvic exams in women who are not currently menstruating. Ask your provider if it’s okay to complete the exam during a light period, but heavy bleeding may affect Pap testing or similar lab results. You can still complete a breast exam and annual physicals, which don’t require pelvic exams, during a heavy menstrual flow.

1. You can complete on-site lab work

Annual women’s wellness checkups are a time to complete convenient on-site lab work to manage existing health concerns or detect potential new medical issues. Completing annual (more frequent if necessary) lab testing allows the experts at Mansfield Primary Care Doctors to tailor a plan that optimizes your health. 

When to schedule women’s health exams

Schedule women’s wellness exams at Mansfield Primary Care Doctors once yearly for routine health screenings. Contact us anytime you develop new symptoms, become ill or injured, or have questions about your well-being. 

Schedule a women’s health evaluation at Mansfield Primary Care Doctors by calling our office or requesting an appointment online today.