Illness-Wellness Continuum Encomprises Preventive and Curative Healthcare #2

PREVENTIVE CARE

What is preventive medicine?

Preventive care, or prophylaxis, consists of measures taken for disease prevention. Disease and disability are preventive dynamic processes that are affected by

Environmental factors
Genetic predisposition
Disease agents
Lifestyle choices

Disease prevention relies on anticipatory actions that can be categorized as primal, primary, secondary, tertiary and quarternary prevention.

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Prevention

Universal
- Whole population
Selective
- Population at risk
Indicated
- Early signs

Curative

Repair medicine
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
Maintenance Care
- After care rehabilitation
- Chronic disease management

Curative Care

What is curative medicine?
Curative care implies treatment and therapies provided to a patient with the main intent of fully resolving an illness and the goal of bringing the patient to their health status before the illness presented itself.

Illness-Wellness Continuum Encomprises Preventive and Curative Healthcare #2