Preventive medicine is a direction whose main goal is to preserve human health.

What is Preventive/Prophylactic Medicine?

Preventive medicine is a direction in modern medical science and practice, the main goal of which is to preserve human health. This is possible due to early detection and timely correction of imbalances in the body, which in the future would lead to various diseases and pathologies, their complications.

In past centuries, the main task of doctors was to save lives and carry out emergency "repairs" of the human body, as people died from injuries, wounds and acute diseases.

Nowadays, the vast majority of visits to doctors are associated with the treatment of slowly developing and chronic diseases: cardiovascular, endocrinological, neurological, allergic, etc.

And here, early diagnosis comes to the fore, which allows doctors to start timely treatment. However, in most cases, the doctor begins treatment when the disease already has obvious symptoms and is accompanied by characteristic changes in the tests.

How to prevent the disease even before it develops into specific symptoms and changes in the analyzes? That's what preventive medicine is for.

What are the characteristics of preventive medicine?

Preventive medicine considers the human body as a whole, as a single open system, and takes into account the deep biochemical processes that occur both at the level of cells and tissues, and at the level of organs and the whole organism. The main principle of preventive medicine is not a passive expectation of the disease and its subsequent treatment, but the implementation of preventive, preventive measures long before it starts.

The principle “disease is easier to prevent than to cure” is known to many people, but few people follow it in practice. Preventive medicine is aimed precisely at minimizing the risks of developing the disease and their complications, preserving the health and youth of a person for many years.

Preventive medicine allows you to manage human health. In preventive medicine, a person does not passively undergo treatment – with the help of a competent medical specialist, he gets to know his body, understands what negatively affects his health and what improves it, and, most importantly, learns to manage these processes himself.

Expert assessment of clinical analyzes and the results of instrumental methods of examination of the patient allow the specialist doctor to draw up an individual program of measures to preserve and improve health. In addition to the classical treatment of human diseases, a distinctive feature of preventive medicine is targeted treatment algorithms aimed at correcting specific molecular and cellular changes detected in humans.And regular monitoring of target markers gives doctors the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing therapy and preventive measures.

Specialist doctor with unique and deep knowledge in the field of preventive medicine, during the initial communication with the patient, conducts a medical examination, carefully examines all complaints and symptoms, it would seem the most insignificant, as well as the presented results of tests and examinations. For a complete and comprehensive study of the state of health, the patient is offered before visiting a specialist doctor fill out a form, which reflects the slightest changes in well-being. Also, before visiting a doctor, it is advisable to send the results of available tests and examinations (scanned copies to the address: [email protected]). During the consultation, if there are medical indications, the doctor prescribes an additional examination to the patient, and also issues a conclusion with specific recommendations on lifestyle, nutrition, medication, vitamins, trace elements, herbal remedies, etc. Next, the doctor will determine which indicators in the analyzes need to be monitored to assess the effectiveness of treatment and set a date for a follow-up consultation.

Attention! As a rule, the initial consultation lasts at least 1.5-2 hours.

The purpose of the consultation is to establish a trusting relationship between the patient and the doctor and start working together to actively and effectively prevent diseases, treat existing conditions, improve the quality of life and achieve long-term results in restoring and maintaining health.

Thus, the application of the principles of preventive medicine makes it possible to bring a person's concern for their own health to a new qualitative level.