My Daily Healthy Dynamics 👩⚕️- Proper Disease Management by @rossnenye
| What is disease management? |
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These refers to a set of approaches and ways of managing chronic illnesses in order to reduce their symptoms and help the patients live a healthy life. It aims at early disease diagnosis, treatment, medicine management, diet, lifestyle management and patients proper monitoring.
Proper disease management is usually aimed at acute ailment like
- Stroke
- High blood pressure
- Kidney failure
- Liver failure
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Ulcer
- Asthma
- Pneumonia
| Chronic Disease and strategies for managing them |
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| Diabetes |
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Regular checking of blood sugar level
Eat healthy meals, eat more of vegetables and food low in Carbohydrate.
Regular exercise
Follow doctor's prescription and also go for routine medical checkups.
Avoid smoking.
Maintain a healthy weight.
| Ulcer |
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Do not eat over spicy food, avoid meals and fruits that are acidic.
Exercise regularly
Follow doctor's prescription and also go for routine medical checkups.
Reduce stress.
| Asthma |
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Always keep your inhaler handy.
Do not stay in a dusty or smokey place.
Wear sweaters in a cold weather.
Identify what triggers the sickness.
Follow doctor's prescription.
| High blood pressure |
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- Monitor your blood pressure regularly.
- Avoid food that contains sodium.
- Avoid noisy place.
- Maintain a healthy wealth.
- Follow doctor's prescription.
| Importance of disease management |
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Improve quality of life
Proper disease management will lead to reduced disease symptoms, improve patient's mood thereby improve quality of life.Reduce medical expenses
It also helps to reduce money spent on hospital and medical emergencies.Early Detection
Effective disease management also helps to identify serious disease at their early stage, thereby helps in finding better ways to manage the disease.Worse cases
It also helps to prevent worst scenario like death, paralysis etc.
| Effects of Improper Disease Management |
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Complications
Improver disease management can lead to serious medical complications.Death
Improper disease management in worse cases can lead to death.Reduced productivity
A sick person can't work and contribute to the society, it therefore causes reduced productivity.Over dependance
Sickness makes people weak and overdependent on others.
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