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Is palliative medicine is only for incurable diseases/ cancer? is it helps in general complains of pt? is it cures common problems?

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Terminal illness: Palliative care by definition for non-curable terminal diseases, including cancer. This mode to care is not suitable for routine problems and is certainly not geared towards a cure.

Answered 6/15/2013

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Dr. Axel Martinez-Irizarry answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

No. Yes. No.: Palliative medicine is mainly for symptom control, including those found in cancer and incurable diseases. It does help with general complaints usually not responding to normal treatment. It is not a curative approach, but an approach to resolve symptoms. Doctors can employ palliative treatment with curative treatment simultaneously. There is also a specialty in medicine in palliative medicine

Answered 6/14/2014

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Palliative care. : Palliative care places less emphasis on the aggressive treatment of medical issues and more emphasis on keeping the patient with those medical issues as comfortable as possible. Usually meant for patients with terminal,'incurable medical issues.

Answered 11/28/2017

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No: For multiple comorbidities that can cause multiple hospitalisation better treat palliative

Answered 6/10/2017

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