When you need long-term care, it should be consistent and fit your needs. Chronic care at Monarch Health Services, Inc. in West Palm Beach, Florida, involves regular testing with individualized care recommendations that evolve according to your needs. To find out more about chronic care for arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, or another illness, call Monarch Health Services, Inc., or book an appointment online today.
What is chronic care?
Chronic care, also called chronic disease management, is a major part of primary care that you’re increasingly likely to need as you get older. Chronic diseases are illnesses that last for one year or longer but are often lifelong, even if their symptoms come and go. Monarch Health Services, Inc. provides chronic care to reduce the impact a chronic disease has on your life.
When you get chronic care at Monarch Health Services, Inc., you significantly reduce your risk for complications associated with your long-term illness while simultaneously improving your overall quality of life. When you manage a condition correctly, you minimize its symptoms and have more time and energy to put toward the parts of life you enjoy.
Do I need chronic care?
A 60% majority of adults in the United States live with at least one chronic disease, while roughly 40% have two or more. While many chronic diseases are preventable with personalized health management and preventive care, some are genetic and unavoidable.
You can benefit from chronic care at Monarch Health Services, Inc. for any one or more chronic diseases, including several of the most common:
- Arthritis
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic lung disease
- Cancer
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Asthma
The team collaborates on chronic care with specialists when necessary. If you receive treatment for two or more chronic diseases, they make sure your treatments safely coincide and don’t cause any adverse reactions.
What should I expect from chronic care?
Chronic care tends to involve multiple approaches, no matter your diagnosis or its severity. To help you manage your chronic disease, the team at Monarch Health Services, Inc. might recommend:
Nutrition programs
Changing your diet can make a major difference and sometimes can even help put a chronic disease into remission. The team helps you develop a diet plan that meets your nutritional needs.
Lifestyle changes
Other lifestyle changes, like more exercise and less alcohol, may be important in your chronic care plan, too.
Medications
Many chronic diseases benefit from medications, which can serve countless purposes. The team at Monarch Health Services, Inc. manages your prescriptions.
Monarch Health Services, Inc. also uses advanced diagnostic testing to track your illness and monitor your progress with specific treatments.
For personalized chronic care you can trust, call Monarch Health Services, Inc., or schedule an appointment online today.