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Managing Health Care-health

A major theme throughout this text is thatA second important way to balance health care
you can control many factors that influenceis to trust your instincts. Nobody knows when
your health. An outgrowth of this attitude issome thing is wrong with your body better
the self-care movement, which is the trendthan you do. Health and illness are subject
toward individuals taking increasedto a wide variation in interpretation. If you
responsibility for prevention or managementare attuned to your body, you are your own
of certain health conditions. Armed withbest expert for recognizing signs and
correct information, you can manage manysymptoms  of  illness.
aspects of your health care that were once
thought possible only with the help of aSeveral signs and symptoms warrant medical
physician.attention without question. Internal
bleeding, such as blood in urine, bowel
Answers to the following questions providemovement, sputum, or vomit, or blood from any
clues to the use of health-care services,of the body's openings requires immediate
providers, and products and facilitate theattention. Abdominal pain, especially when it
self-care  approach  to  wellness:is associated with nausea, may indicate a
wide range of problems from appendicitis to
When  should  you  seek  health  care?pelvic inflammatory disease and requires the
diagnostic expertise of a physician. A stiff
What can you expect from a stay in theneck when accompanied by a fever may suggest
hospital?meningitis and justifies immediate medical
intervention. Injuries, many first aid
How can you select a health-careemergencies, and severe disabling symptoms
professional?require  prompt  medical  care.
When  To  Seek  Health  CareThere is debate as to when medical care is
needed in the case of fever. An elevated
Many people tend to fall into two extremetemperature may be a sign that the body's
groups regarding health care: those who seekimmune system is responding to an infection
health care for every ache and pain and thoseand working to destroy pathogens, or
who avoid health care unless experiencingdisease-producing organisms. On the other
extreme pain. Both groups unwisely use thehand, if left untreated for an extended time,
health-care establishment. Those in the firsta fever may cause harm to sensitive tissues
group fail to understand that too much healthin the body, such as connective tissue found
care can be ineffective or even harmful. Theyin joints and tissues in the valves of the
also fail to recognize the powerfulheart.
recuperative powers of the body. An estimated
80% of patients who seek medical care areThe normal body temperature of 98.6° F was
unaffected by treatment, 10% get better, andstudied at the University of Maryland.
9% experience an nitrogen condition in whichFindings involving 700 temperature readings
they get worse because of the medicalof 148 adults over a 3-day period suggest
treatment. Those in the latter group fail tothat the normal body temperature is 98.9°
recognize the value of early diagnosis andF. The study attributed the difference to
detection of disease. This is especially trueless accurate techniques when the earlier
for men; 30% of men have not been to a doctorstandard of 98.6° F was established. Body
in a year or more, one-third have never hadtemperature varies with exercise, rest,
their cholesterol checked, and three fourthsclimate, and gender. Fever means a reading
have not been checked for prostate cancerover 99° F. It is not usually necessary
during  the  previous  year.for an adult to seek medical care for a
fever. Home treatment in the form of aspirin,
Perhaps the best way to find a balanceacetaminophen, and sponge baths usually
between too much and too little health carelowers fever. You should consult your
is to establish a physician-patientphysician if fever remains above 102 0 F
relationship with a general practitioner. Thedespite your actions or, in the case of a
general practitioner may be a family practicelow-grade fever (99 0 to 100 0 F), if there
physician or an internist who specializes inis no improvement in 72 hours. You should
internal  medicine.consult a physician if fever lasts more than
5 days, regardless of improvement. Symptoms,
It is important to visit your doctor while insuch as sore throat, ear pain, diarrhea,
good health. This permits your doctor tourinary problems, and skin rash, may be the
serve as a facilitator of wellness andcause of the fever and should be treated as
provides a benchmark for interpretingsuch. Fever in young children should be
symptoms  when  they  occur.discussed with a physician.



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