Illness-Wellness Continuum Encomprises Preventive and Curative Healthcare #2

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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Why is preventive medicine of utmost importance?
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Prevention

  • Universal
    • Whole population
  •  Selective
    • Population at risk
  • Indicated
    • Early signs
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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.

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Examples of curative care include all of the following EXCEPT:

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