Are you and your Doctor asking the right questions at a check-up?

As parents - we often think we are doing all the right things. We take our children  to the Doctor, to the Dentist, we have their immunizations and we even research schools and colleges before sending our kid's away. But many times, we as parent's are not investigation the health of our child like we should.

Are you paying attention when your child is getting their "check up"? Are you asking questions and making sure that the physician knows all they should about your child?

A recent MSN article reports that 28 percent of physicians didn’t always ask if a teen if he or she had chest pain during exercise. 26 percent didn’t always ask about a family history of early deaths from heart related issues.

What does that tell us? You cannot always trust that the physician will do these things, therefore it is up to US as parents to ask our own kid's if they are having any heart issues, chest pain or feeling faint or shortness of breath. This doesn't mean that your physician is a bad physician it means that they really don't even know to ask about heart related issues. It is imperative that you as a parent find out all you can about how your child is feeling and your family history so that you can share this information with your Doctor.

Inquire to your kid's what is going on with them, go the extra mile and dig to how they are feeling, especially after exercise or sporting events. With all the recent deaths and SCA occurrences it is OUR job to have our child's heart screened if our normal physician isn't asking questions.

We encourage you to call 1-800-4BAYLOR today to schedule a Living for Zachary screening for your child today and you won't have to wonder any longer.