Health in your 30’s

Fertility tends to top the list of women’s health concerns in their 30s, says Renée Scola, M.D., who practices internal medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “Educated professional women tend to put off childbearing longer, but fertility begins to decline slightly in your early 30s, and more significantly with each passing year,” she notes.

It’s also the time in which women who battle their weight may develop pre-diabetes–a dangerous condition of above-normal blood glucose levels that puts them on the cusp of developing diabetes.

Screenings you need: If you’re overweight or have other diabetes risk factors, including a family history of diabetes, get a glucose test to find out if you have pre-diabetes or diabetes.

The American Thyroid Association recommends having your thyroid-stimulating hormone levels checked (a TSH screening) beginning at age 35 and again every five years, although “you should be checked again sooner if you’ve gained or lost weight, or feel sluggish,” says Scola.

In addition, if you’ve been unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant for over a year, your gynecologist may recommend fertility testing. Also check if you have cysts or fibroids which might cause problems when you are trying to conceive.

If you are feeling excessively fatigued or dull you also need to check your Vitamin D levels and take supplements if they are low.

Source:Forbes