ASTHMA AND HYPERTENSION
January 15th, 2010 | 
Author: Asthma affects adults and children. It is a chronic inflammation of the airways and by an allergic cause. Asthma is not cured, but can be effectively treated by daily preventative medication to take. The evaluation and treatment of adults found at primêregesondheidklinieke place where clients are examined, special investigations performed and treatment prescribed. Clients are educated about how to manage their asthma and informed about factors that could worsen as cigarette smoking, lack of exercise and huisstofmyte. For customers who are serious asthma attacks, have to emergency treatment and referral to a hospital required.
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a lewenstylsiekte found and can be treated. If blood pressure remains high for too long, can cause serious complications. This could be the blood vessels, heart, kidneys and eyes affect. The effects of hypertension can be stroke, heart disease or kidney failure and even death included. At the level of primary customers will with high blood pressure be informed of how their general health improvement and other risk factors for heart disease reduction, eg. exercise to get the smoking to abandon the use of alcohol and drugs to stop, and to reduce salt intake. If blood pressure remains high after this, treatment will be prescribed. For regular investigations and medication should customers clinic visit. Serious complications as stroke, heart disease and renal failure should be treated at hospital.
Chronic health services at all three levels – primary, secondary and tertiary – facilitate the delivery of welsynsdienstoelaes to people who need them.
Instructions:
These services are available at all clinics and hospitals throughout the Western Cape is available. If you are a new visitor to the clinic or secondary or tertiary hospital, you will be asked to create a form, after which a file is opened for you to be. You must remember your ID book to bring together. When you visit a hospital, a referral from the clinic is required. The hospital also require your most recent payslip or income tax assessment (IRP5). If you are already at the hospital is registered, bring your hospitaalkaart together.