MenonPriya M Menon,TNN | Feb 16, 2014, 10.36 AM IST
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CHENNAI: Earlier, it was the practice to match horoscopes before getting married. Today, new-age couples may still get horoscopes matched but they are also going in for more practical means of ensuring a long and healthy life together — pre-marital health check-ups. These include a gamut of tests that screen for potential health problems and hereditary diseases.
"There is more awareness now. While women used to come earlier with their mothers, aunts or friends, now they are coming with the men they are going to marry," says fertility specialist Dr Priya Selvaraj. "While some couples are comfortable with each other as they are in love, even in the case of arranged marriages, the couple get talking, get to know each other, and are honest about their problems."
Pre-marital health check-ups are very important, says sexologist Dr Narayana Reddy. "You need to get not just blood tests done but also a physical examination by a doctor. It can rectify certain things that can later on impact a marriage."
While blood tests screen for hereditary diseases like thalassemia and haemophilia, it is also essential to get blood sugar and cholesterol levels checked. "For instance, if a person has diabetes, it is better to avoid marrying someone with the condition as the chances of the baby being diabetic is higher if both parents have it," says Reddy.
A few hospitals and diagnostic centres have come up with special packages. Apollo Hospitals offers pre-marital health checks for couples as well as individuals that includes blood group and Rh typing, urine routine, screening for HIV as well as semen analysis and consultation with an urologist for men, and pelvic ultrasound screening and gynaecologist consultation for women. The package costs 4,000 per person and requires you to spend a couple of hours in hospital.
"There is more awareness now. While women used to come earlier with their mothers, aunts or friends, now they are coming with the men they are going to marry," says fertility specialist Dr Priya Selvaraj. "While some couples are comfortable with each other as they are in love, even in the case of arranged marriages, the couple get talking, get to know each other, and are honest about their problems."
Pre-marital health check-ups are very important, says sexologist Dr Narayana Reddy. "You need to get not just blood tests done but also a physical examination by a doctor. It can rectify certain things that can later on impact a marriage."
While blood tests screen for hereditary diseases like thalassemia and haemophilia, it is also essential to get blood sugar and cholesterol levels checked. "For instance, if a person has diabetes, it is better to avoid marrying someone with the condition as the chances of the baby being diabetic is higher if both parents have it," says Reddy.
A few hospitals and diagnostic centres have come up with special packages. Apollo Hospitals offers pre-marital health checks for couples as well as individuals that includes blood group and Rh typing, urine routine, screening for HIV as well as semen analysis and consultation with an urologist for men, and pelvic ultrasound screening and gynaecologist consultation for women. The package costs 4,000 per person and requires you to spend a couple of hours in hospital.
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