tertiaryy prevention level of prevention

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1. Tertiary Prevention It is used when the disease process has advanced beyond its early stages. It is defined as “all the measures available to reduce or limit impairments and disabilities, and to promote the patients’ adjustment to irremediable conditions .” Intervention that should be accomplished in the stage of tertiary prevention are : 1 Disability limitation. 2 Rehabilitation .

2. Disability limitation

3. DISEASE Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that are associated with specific symptoms and signs . IMPAIRMENT Any loss or abnormality of psychological , physiological or anatomical structure or function.

4. DISABILITY A ny restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for the human being . HANDICAP D isadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role in the community that is normal (depending on age, sex, social and cultural factors) for that individual .

5. 2. Rehabilitation The combined and coordinated use of medical, social, educational, and vocational measures for training and retraining the individual to the highest possible level of functional ability. Requires cooperation from different sections of society.

6. Types of Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Medical Rehabilitation Vocational Rehabilitation Social Rehabilitation Psychological Rehabilitation

7. Types of Rehabilitation Medical Rehabilitation :Restoration of bodily function . Vocational Rehabilitation: Restoration of the capacity to earn a livelihood. Social Rehabilitation: Restoration of the family and social relationship. Psychological Rehabilitation :Restoration of the personal dignity and confidence.

8. Examples of rehabilitation Establishing schools for the blind Exercise in neurological disorders Prosthetic restoration of lost tooth Reconstructive surgery in leprosy

9. Some examples of rehabilitation include: speech and language training to improve a person’s communication after a brain injury physical exercise training to improve muscle strength, voluntary movements and balance in persons with stroke  modifying an older person’s home environment to improve their safety and independence at home and to reduce their risk of falls educating a person with heart disease on how to exercise safely preparing a person with an amputation to be able to use a prosthetic and making, fitting and refitting the prosthesis

10. positioning and splinting techniques to assist with skin healing, reduce swelling, and to regain movement after burn surgery prescribing medicine to reduce spasticity for a child with cerebral palsy psychological therapies for a person with emotional distress following a spinal cord injury Social skills training for persons with schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders or disorders of intellectual disability working with a patient in intensive care to improve their breathing, prevent complications and speed their recovery after critical illness

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