Which department does adolescent health examination go to?

Generally speaking, adolescents under the age of 14 will be given priority to go to the children's health department for physical examination. Those over 14 years old can choose the health management (physical examination) center or general medicine department according to the department settings of the local hospital. Some highly segmented hospitals also have specialized adolescent health clinics. There is no need to stick to the 14-year-old age line. The child health departments of many hospitals will admit minors under the age of 18, especially those who need growth and development-related assessments. Even if they are sixteen or seventeen years old, it is more appropriate to go to the pediatric health department than to the general internal medicine department. Last week, my aunt took my 13-year-old cousin who had just entered the second grade of junior high school for a physical examination. At first, he took the general internal medicine number for granted. When he arrived at the consultation desk, he was reminded to go to the pediatric care department. He said that children of this age are still in the stage of rapid growth and development. The examination system of the pediatric care department is specially designed for minors. In addition to routine hematuria, , liver and kidney function, chest X-ray and other basic items, as well as bone age testing, height development assessment, and puberty development screening. These are contents that ordinary internal medicine does not cover. It happened that my cousin was always worried that he was half a head shorter than the boys in his class during that time, so we did the assessment together to save him from having to register separately later. If the child is close to adulthood and only needs to undergo regular basic physical examinations for admission and further education, and if the number of child care departments is tight, it is enough to go directly to the health management center and choose a youth-specific physical examination package. Nowadays, the package configurations of most formal physical examination centers take into account the developmental characteristics of minors and will not randomly prescribe unnecessary examination items. The department settings of different hospitals vary greatly. Some county-level grassroots hospitals do not have a separate children's health department. No matter how old a teenager is to undergo a routine physical examination, there is no problem in attending a general practice or a general internal medicine department. If you are really unsure, ask at the guidance desk before entering the hospital, or read the department introduction on the hospital's official account in advance, and you will basically not go wrong. Oh, by the way, there is another special situation to mention. If you are not doing a routine physical examination, but you already have clear symptoms of discomfort, such as frequent stomach pain, chest tightness, or irregular menstruation in girls, and you want to troubleshoot the problem in a targeted manner, then there is no need to worry about the above departments, and you can directly go to specialists such as gastroenterology, cardiology, and gynecology. Don't go through a round of routine physical examinations and fail to find the points, which will waste time.