preventive treatment
Stopping problems early
Preventive treatment is medical care aimed at stopping disease before it starts, rather than treating existing illness.
Vaccinations, cancer screenings, and cholesterol medications for at-risk patients are all preventive treatments.
The term appears in insurance contexts, where preventive treatment is often covered differently from curative care: Annual physicals count as preventive treatment under most plans.
- mammogramBreast tissue X-ray
- early detectionFinding something at onset
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- flu shotYearly illness prevention injection
- booster shotSubsequent dose strengthening immunity
exercise · sanitation · colonoscopy · prophylaxis · diet · clean water access · water fluoridation · statin · immunization · sleep hygiene · chemoprevention · smoking cessation · wellness visit · aspirin · sexual health education · stress reduction · meditation · blood test
- treatmentstreatments, medication, medicine, therapies, surgery
- Migrainesmigraine, aura, throbbing, photophobia, phonophobia
- malaria treatmentantimalarials, chloroquine, quinine, hydroxychloroquine, doxycycline
preventive treatmentdisease management
Controlling illness progression systematically
acute care · emergency treatment · crisis intervention · palliative care · damage control
preventive treatmentcure
Treatment that heals
disease eradication · remediation · healing · remedy · rehabilitation
preventive treatmentwatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
non-intervention · benign neglect · neglect · letting nature take its course · doing nothing
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