You have shown signs and/or symptoms what happens next?
If you have shown signs and symptoms or a virus or syndrome your next step is to go see a health care specialist.
Your health care specialist will give you a diagnosis and a prognosis based on your signs and symptoms.
Your health care specialist will give you a diagnosis and a prognosis based on your signs and symptoms.
Diagnosis vs Prognosis
Diagnosis - Identifying the cause of signs and symptoms shown by an organism. For example using an x-ray to see that your tibia has broken results in a diagnosis of a broken leg.
Prognosis - A forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery. For example the recovery time for a broken leg is 3-6 months.
Prognosis - A forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery. For example the recovery time for a broken leg is 3-6 months.
How do I recover?
Once you have been given a prognosis, you will be given therapy recommendations to promote a healthy recovery.
Therapy- Management and care of a patient or the combating of disease or disorder. For example performing selected movements during a rotator cuff tear, as seen in the picture to the right.
Therapy- Management and care of a patient or the combating of disease or disorder. For example performing selected movements during a rotator cuff tear, as seen in the picture to the right.
What other types of Medicine are there?
Complementary/Alternative Medicine -
Health care approaches developed outside of mainstream Western, or conventional
medicine.
E xamples: naturopathy, acupuncture, yoga, aromatherapy, therapeutic
massage, meditation…
Integrative Health - It combines conventional Western medicine with alternative or complementary treatments, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, yoga, and stress reduction techniques -- all in the effort to treat the whole person.For example, there is evidence that teaching breast cancer patients to meditate, a complementary treatment, in combination with chemotherapy, a conventional treatment, improves their recovery chances.
Preventative medicine - Preventative medicine is the utilization of therapies and complementary medicine to help prevent the onset of injury and maintain homeostasis
Integrative Health - It combines conventional Western medicine with alternative or complementary treatments, such as herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, yoga, and stress reduction techniques -- all in the effort to treat the whole person.For example, there is evidence that teaching breast cancer patients to meditate, a complementary treatment, in combination with chemotherapy, a conventional treatment, improves their recovery chances.
Preventative medicine - Preventative medicine is the utilization of therapies and complementary medicine to help prevent the onset of injury and maintain homeostasis