Medicina Preventiva

1st LEVEL- avoid disease, preventive atlention
General measures:
1. Preventive programns (ex. Iodized salt)
2. Vaccination (every child is entitled to free vaccination since birth)
3. Education-rural areas (oral hygiene)
- protective clothes ( en las ambulancias tienen que llevar guantes y googles para que no se contagien de enfermedades)

4.Nutrition- free breakfast in public schools
- folic acid in pregnant women (1st trimester)
- milk for childen and eldenly people


2nd LEVEL: hospitals
" routine"health problems



3rd LEVEL- most specialized attention:
- cardiology
- oncology
- rehabilitation
-respiratory diseases





Preventice medicine

1. Primary level will be developed during pre-pathogenic perido to avoid disease, its prupose is to PROMETE HEALTH.
a. health education: -thosewho have no knowladge at all
- those who know but do not use their knowledge (smokers)
b. Nutrition acording to age
c. Mental hygiene (school programsaccording to age in orrder to promote divelopment of personality)
d. Adequate home and work conditions
e. fenetical support ( when a congenital or hereditary disease is diagnosed befor birth, parentscan be prepared and education on what to expect)
f. regular health check- ups

Also ther are specific actions that help promoting health, souch as:
- Inmunizations
- Providing adequateprotection to avoid risk at work: masks for coal miners, to lead clothing if a person works with radioactive material
- Cleaning the envirnoment- make sure water sources are not polluted.

2. Secondarylevel. Takes place when the individual is already ill.
a. Early diagnosis and treatment ( diabetes, hypertension, cancer)
b. Avoidin impairmetens: if disease is not treated on time, can cause...