Synonyms
U-examination, examination at the pediatrician, U1- U11, youth health counseling, development guidelines, pre-school examination, one-year examination, four-year examination
General information
The U 10 is the eleventh examination of the child and is performed at the age of about 7 to 8 years. There are a total of 12 examinations from the first minute of life until the 10th year of life. Recently, there are also J1 and J2 which are performed during puberty.
Therefore it was necessary to introduce the U 10 and 11 as well, because otherwise there would have been a too big distance between the examinations. Preventive childhood examinations are intended to detect diseases and malformations as early as possible so that the children can be treated quickly. Also the mental development, neglect and child abuse should be discovered and prevented early.
The U10 is not paid by every health insurance company. If the examination is not paid for by the insurance company, you can of course pay for it yourself. The costs are about 50 Euro.
The examination is not mandatory. If abnormalities are discovered, the treatment costs will of course be covered by the insurance company again. The U 10 is the first examination during school time. The examination is similar to the previous ones, the blood pressure is measured again, the urine is examined and an eye and hearing test is done. The difference to the U9 is that it is also checked whether the child has a reading and writing weakness or ADHD.
At what age does the U10 take place?
The additional preventive examination U10 is performed at the age of seven to eight years. The timing is deliberately chosen after the child has already had its first experiences at school in order to be able to draw conclusions about developmental disorders. For this reason, it is also known as a primary school checkup. The U10 preventive examination is intended to close the large age span between the U9 examination at the age of about five years and the J1 examination at the age of twelve to fourteen years.
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