Prevention & Diagnostics

Preventive care, early detection and diagnostics, so that illnesses can be identified as early as possible – for patients with statutory health insurance, self-paying and privately insured patients.

Health Check (Check-up)

As a service covered by statutory health insurance, this consists of a full-body examination, a urine test and the testing of very few blood values (only lipid profile and blood sugar). Statutory health insurance covers it once between the ages of 18 and 34 and every 3 years from the age of 35; on this occasion we also check your vaccination status. On request, interim health checks (e.g. annually or every 1.5 years) are available as a private service. I consider these interim health checks medically very worthwhile, as the 3-year interval is very long and undetected illnesses can develop during that time. I also recommend having more blood values tested during the health check in order to get a good overview of possible illnesses. These additional blood values must be paid for privately – I will be happy to advise you on which ones make sense in your case. Also not included in the health check are an ECG, lung function testing, a neurological examination and dermatoscopy (incident-light microscopy of the skin). All of these examinations can additionally be carried out as a private service on request.

Statutory health insurance every 3 years · annually as self-pay View prices →

Cancer Screening for Men

Statutory health insurance covers this examination annually for all men aged 45 and over. It involves feeling the prostate via the anus (digital rectal examination). As individual cancer cells or small prostate tumours cannot be detected this way, it is advisable to combine it with a PSA test (a blood screening test for prostate cancer). Both examinations together, carried out annually, make for good prostate screening. For high-risk patients, we recommend the examination more frequently.

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Adolescent Health Check & Youth Employment Examination

Statutory health insurance covers the adolescent health check (J1) at around the age of 13. The examination required under the German Youth Employment Protection Act is carried out in accordance with the statutory requirements.

Covered by statutory health insurance

Skin Cancer Screening

Examination of the skin for early detection. Statutory health insurance currently covers it every two years from the age of 35 – but only as a visual inspection without magnification. Naturally, less can be seen with the naked eye than under magnification. We therefore also offer dermatoscopy (incident-light microscopy of the skin) as a self-pay service – in addition to the skin cancer screening covered by statutory health insurance or completely independently of it. In my view, it is advisable to have it done annually together with an annual health check.

Statutory health insurance every 2 years · dermatoscopy as self-pay View prices →

ECG, 24-Hour Blood Pressure Monitoring & Lung Function

A resting ECG provides information about heart conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias; signs of reduced blood flow to the heart and other heart conditions can also be detected early with it. For 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, you wear a cuff for 24 hours – this allows us to assess your blood pressure in your everyday life and during periods of rest. Lung function testing can usually detect conditions such as asthma or COPD at an early stage. All three examinations are also available as self-pay services; you will find the approximate prices on the Services & Prices page.

Diagnostics at the practice · also as self-pay View prices →

Laboratory Tests, Blood Analyses & Micronutrients

Through our three partner laboratories, we carry out a wide range of laboratory tests – from basic diagnostics (for example organ values such as kidney, liver, heart and lipid values) to extended laboratory and micronutrient profiles (e.g. vitamins, minerals, amino acids, extended fatty acid status, enzymes, hormones, inflammation markers and mediators, oxidative and antioxidant capacity, and mitochondrial diagnostics), allergy tests for pollen, foods and house dust, hormone tests and many more – over 1,500 different, in some cases very complex, tests in total. We also offer extended micronutrient and specialist analyses as self-pay services. Examples include: complete vitamin status, complete mineral status including toxic exposures, complete fatty acid status, tryptophan metabolism as a marker of silent inflammation, stress hormone and overall hormone status, and profiles for questions such as vascular disease, hair loss, menopause, dementia and much more (more on this under functional medicine).

We also carry out urine and stool tests: a urine test provides indications of kidney and bladder disease and of possible diabetes; among other things, we use stool tests for bowel cancer screening (test for hidden blood in the stool). We also offer both as self-pay services – as part of functional medicine, for example, we test urine for chronic inflammation and stool for gut flora.

You will find sample prices for analyses by our specialist laboratory – such as micronutrient profiles, vitamins, minerals, hormones or gut flora diagnostics – under Services & Prices: Specialist Laboratory Analyses.

Over 1,500 different tests View prices →

Allergy Testing

We have said goodbye to the old-fashioned prick test: we now carry out allergy testing exclusively by means of blood tests for a wide variety of allergens – from house dust and pollen to foods. A great deal is possible, from simple individual tests to complex testing for a wide range of allergens. Lactose and fructose intolerance, histamine intolerance and similar conditions can also be tested here.

You will find sample prices for allergy tests under Services & Prices: Specialist Laboratory Analyses. Only a selection is listed there – of course, far more allergens can be tested than are named there. Please feel free to ask us.

Blood-based allergy testing View prices →

Vaccinations & Travel Vaccinations

We vaccinate according to the recommendations of the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) and ask you to bring your vaccination record with you regularly. We also provide travel vaccinations and special vaccinations. Travel vaccination advice is a self-pay service; travel vaccinations themselves are self-pay services, but some of them are reimbursed by statutory health insurance. We can measure your vaccination status for the relevant diseases in the blood (self-pay service). Some vaccinations are also paid for by employers – for example the measles vaccination for staff in schools or the hepatitis B vaccination for staff in healthcare.

Wide range of vaccinations View prices →

Pre-operative Examinations

Before an operation, we check your fitness for anaesthesia within the scope requested by your specialist on the referral – for example with an ECG, a physical examination and a blood sample. For operations that are not medically necessary (e.g. cosmetic surgery), these examinations can also be carried out as a self-pay service.

Before operations · also as self-pay View prices →

Preventive Care & Early Detection

What the statutory health check covers – and what else is worthwhile

From the age of 35, you are entitled to the statutory health check only every three years. That is a long interval, during which a lot can change in terms of your health. An ECG, a lung function test or other examinations – apart from a physical examination – are also not included in this health check.

The blood test as part of the statutory health check includes only very few values – namely a few blood lipids (basic lipid profile) and fasting blood sugar. A person’s state of health cannot be properly assessed with these few values.

I recommend an annual health check for the prevention and early detection of chronic diseases. Depending on your needs, it can be smaller or more extensive; the costs depend on the scope chosen. You will find an overview under Services & Prices.

You can receive useful additional examinations as a self-paying patient. Of course, a consultation can take place beforehand if you wish, and together we will find the right additional examinations for you. Taking them up is, of course, voluntary.

What we also offer – as part of the health check and independently of it:

Resting ECG Lung function test 24-hour blood pressure monitoring Neurological examination Dermatoscopy of the skin More frequent interim health checks (e.g. annually) Numerous further laboratory & micronutrient profiles Advice on dietary supplements Urine & stool tests Acupuncture & acutaping Intramuscular & intravenous injections Infusions (iron, vitamin B, vitamin C and others) Wrinkle treatment with botulinum toxin or hyaluronic acid Injection lipolysis (“fat-dissolving injection”) PRP (platelet-rich plasma) therapy for hair loss Travel vaccination advice Smoking cessation & weight reduction Consultations (e.g. menopause, exhaustion)

I bill self-pay services according to the German scale of medical fees (GOÄ). You will find the approximate prices on the Services & Prices page.

Preventive care is a matter of trust

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