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A Healthy Lifestyle Begins with Your Doctor
Urology Services
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Sleep Disorders
Hearing Loss
Preventive Screenings

 

 

Today, more than ever, men want to take an active role in living the healthiest life possible. Pella Regional wants to help you do just that.  At Pella Regional, we stay on the forefront of men’s healthcare with new alternatives in the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with the Greenlight PVP™ and PillCam™, the first non-invasive diagnostic alternative to traditional endoscopy, to diagnose diseases of the esophagus.

Whether it’s an annual physical with one of our primary care doctors, an injury after playing a pick-up game with the guys or a preventive screening, Pella Regional can serve all of your healthcare needs with state-of-the-art medical treatment along with an array of educational and preventative services.

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A Healthy Lifestyle =
A Healthy Patient-Doctor Relationship

A healthy lifestyle begins with a healthy relationship with your doctor.  You need someone you can trust, who treats you like an individual and who will be your partner in good health.  A number of our primary care doctors are currently accepting new patients.
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Urology Services

With more than half of all men over the age of 60 developing an enlarged prostate, it's a growing problem. By age 80, nearly 80% of all men have this condition known as Benign Prosthetic Hyperplasia. Symptoms include difficulty in urinating, a reduced urine stream, straining to urinate, frequency of urination, especially at night, and urgent need to urinate and a feeling that the bladder never completely empties. 

Pella Regional now offers GreenLight PVP™, or Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate, a treatment that is unlike any other enlarged prostate treatment because it combines the effectiveness of an invasive surgical procedure with the safety and ease of a minimally invasive treatment and is delivered in a single, low risk procedure. The GreenLight PVP Laser Procedure has been proven safe, effective and durable in clinical studies conducted over a five-year period at many leading medical institutions.

Pella Regional offers this breakthrough treatment to men who suffer urinary problems such as frequent and painful urination and a weak urine stream resulting from an enlarged prostate. Dr. Russ Bandstra, Visiting Specialty Urologist, is the physician who performs the procedure.

“The standard treatment for prostate enlargement for the last 50 years has been TURP. This procedure works very well but requires hospitalization and often requires prolonged catheterization,” says Dr. Bandstra, who performs the procedures at Pella Regional Health Center. “The search for a less invasive but successful treatment for BPH has been going on for many years. We now offer PVP offer, which is a less invasive alternative to TURP that does not require prolonged catheterization or hospital stays, yet provides results that are very similar to the traditional TURP procedure” adds Bandstra.  

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Sports Medicine

The Rehab Department of  Pella Regional offers free injury evaluations at Pella Regional (641.628.6623), Diamond Trail Fitness Center (641.628.6623) and also Knoxville Family Health Center (641.828.3832). Please call the location at the number listed below their name to schedule your appointment.  During your evaluation, a certified athletic trainer will ‘inspect’ your injury and will make the proper recommendations, which may include strengthening exercises or following-up with your primary care doctor.  This free service is for both the high school and recreational athlete. 

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Pella Wake/Sleep Health Center

According to the National Sleep Foundation, two thirds of the population suffer from some form of a sleep disorder, ranging from sleep apnea to narcolepsy or insomnia. Obstructive sleep apnea is estimated to affect about 4% of men before age 50. While sleep disorders are an universal problem that strike across the board, men are particularly vulnerable for a variety of reasons. The Pella Sleep/Wake Health Center completes the testing that helps Dr. Michael McCubbin diagnose problems such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, night seizures and rest leg syndrome among others.

Sleep apnea is very common, as common as adult diabetes, and affects more than twelve million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health. Risk factors include being male, overweight, and over the age of forty, but sleep apnea can strike anyone at any age, even children. Yet still because of the lack of awareness by the public and healthcare professionals, the vast majority remain undiagnosed and therefore untreated, despite the fact that this serious disorder can have significant consequences.

Untreated, sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease, memory problems, weight gain, impotency and headaches. Moreover, untreated sleep apnea may be responsible for job impairment and motor vehicle crashes. Fortunately, sleep apnea can be diagnosed by having a sleep test performed. If you think you may have a sleep disorder, please consult your primary care doctor.

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Hearing Loss

The aging process affects the five senses—especially hearing. The ability to hear clearly declines as people age. The Pella Specialty Clinic offers two visiting audiologist to assist patients. Dr. Dean Kayser, Kayser Hearing Aid& Audiology Center and Dr. Dotty Walters, Woodward Hearing Aid Center see patients several days a month.  Please call the Pella Specialty Clinic at 641.621.2280 for more information. 

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The Best Defense is Early Detection

Click here to download the CDC Preventive Health Screening Guideline Chart (as shown below)

 

 

This chart, from the CDC, lists recommended screenings and immunizations for men at average risk for most diseases. These are guidelines only. Your health care provider will personalize the timing of each test and immunization to best meet your health care needs.
Screening Tests	Ages 18- 39	Ages 40- 49	Ages 50- 64	Ages 65 and Older
General Health: Full checkup, including weight and height	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Heart Health: Blood pressure test	At least every 2 years	At least every 2 years	At least every 2 years	At least every 2 years
Cholesterol test	Start at age 20, discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Diabetes: Blood sugar test	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Start at age 45, then every 3 years	Every 3 years	Every 3 years
Prostate Health: Digital Rectal Exam (DRE)		Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) (blood test)		Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Reproductive Health: Testicular exam	Monthly self-exam; and part of a general checkup.	Monthly self-exam; and part of a general checkup.	Monthly self-exam; and part of a general checkup.	Monthly self-exam; and part of a general checkup.
Chlamydia test	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) tests	Both partners should get tested for STDs, including HIV, before initiating sexual intercourse.	Both partners should get tested for STDs, including HIV, before initiating sexual intercourse.	Both partners should get tested for STDs, including HIV, before initiating sexual intercourse.	Both partners should get tested for STDs, including HIV, before initiating sexual intercourse.
Colorectal Health: Fecal occult blood test			Yearly	Yearly
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (with fecal occult blood test is preferred)			Every 5 years (if not having a colonoscopy)	Every 5 years (if not having a colonoscopy)
Double Contrast Barium Enema (DCBE)			Every 5-10 years (if not having a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy)	Every 5-10 years (if not having a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy)
Colonoscopy			Every 10 years	Every 10 years
Rectal exam	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Every 5-10 years with each screening (sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or DCBE)	Every 5-10 years with each screening (sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or DCBE)
Eye and Ear Health: Eye exam	Get your eyes checked if you have problems or visual changes.	Every 2-4 years	Every 2-4 years	Every 1-2 years
Hearing test	Starting at age 18, then every 10 years	Every 10 years	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Skin Health: Mole exam	Monthly mole self-exam; by a doctor every 3 years, starting at age 20.	Monthly mole self-exam; by a doctor every year.	Monthly mole self-exam; by a doctor every year.	Monthly mole self-exam; by a doctor every year.
Oral Health: Dental exam	One to two times every year	One to two times every year	One to two times every year	One to two times every year
Mental Health Screening	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.
Immunizations: Influenza vaccine	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Discuss with your doctor or nurse.	Yearly	Yearly
Pneumococcal vaccine				One time only
Tetanus-Diphtheria Booster vaccine	Every 10 years	Every 10 years	Every 10 years	Every 10 years

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