geriatric medicine
Geriatrics - forum with Physicians!
Elderly woman in a residential care home, receiving a birthday cake.
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| Significantdiseases | Dementia, Arthritis, Palliative care,Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Parkinson's Disease,Atherosclerosis, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol. |
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| Specialist | Geriatrician |
Geriatrics or geriatric medicine[1] is a specialty that focuses on health care of elderly people.[2] It aims to promote health bypreventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of ageriatrician or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of elderly people. Rather, this decision is determined by the individual patient's needs, and the availability of a specialist.
Geriatrics, the care of aged people, differs from gerontology which is the study of the aging process itself. The term geriatrics comes from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatrosmeaning "healer". However, geriatrics is sometimes called medical gerontology.
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Diseases
- abuse
- achlorhydria
- acute prostatitis
- ad [alzheimer dementia]
- age-related macular degeneration
- alzheimer dementia
- amnesia (evaluation of)
- angle-closure glaucoma
- armd [age-related macular degeneration]
- arthritis
- ateriosclerotic dementia
- bed sore
- benign prostatic enlargement
- benign prostatic hyperplasia
- bpe
- bph [benign prostatic hyperplasia]
- cataracts
- cerebrovascular accident
- climacteric syndrome
- coag [chronic open-angle glaucoma]
Drugs and medications
Services
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Response of 1 question online
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Response up to 3 questions on-line
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Response up to 7 questions on-line
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Booking medical examination or procedure
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Diagnostic or laboratory tests off-line
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Noninvasive testing and diagnosis of diseases
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Subscription medical care Off-line
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Adoption for inpatient hospitalization
Specialists
Hospital / Medical facility
New specialists
