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Conservative management
Before deciding on the type of treatment you want, ensure that you know all your options. For patients who are contemplating and not doing anything aggressive like surgery or medical intervention, there is the wait & watch therapy, also known as conservative management.
Dr. Jeffrey Ng reviewed this
33 year experience in Family Medicine
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What is the best conservative management for bronchiectasis?
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Can you please tell me which is the top conservative management for cough caused by bronchiectasis?
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26 yo m with history of progressive venous insufficiency failed one year of conservative management. + family hx. Is delaying surgery a good idea?
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What are conservative method to be done while common cold?
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5 year old reads, writes, adds, multiplies, subtracts, and comprehends conservatively as a 2nd grader. When he speaks, his thoughts are jumbled and frankly incomprehensible. Smyptomatic of anything?
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A 45-year old asked:
Are you more conservative in recommendations since you don't know us?
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A 28-year old female asked:
If the tmj retrodiscal tissue tears entirely and choose only the conservative method., what can happen in long time( as 1 year )?
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A 59-year old female asked:
What are all the conservative treatments for plantar fascistic?
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Who is a candidate for conservative surgical treatment?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Wer can I book conservative back scan that is a free screening with discovery ?
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A 48-year old female asked:
I have gall stones.But no symptoms.At this time how can this b treated conservatively.
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A 38-year old asked:
What is the best option for ossifying fibroma: total resection surgery or conservative surgery?
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A 46-year old asked:
I have to provide aetna with justification for conservative treatment. Why do they have so much power?
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A 36-year old female asked:
If a doctor describes himself or herself as conservative, what does that mean? Is it inherently better than being less conservative?
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A 57-year old asked:
Broke proximal humorous in sept, 2011, no healing with conservative tx. Surgery 2/2012, wondering if chances of healing better. Am 57 year old femal?
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A 25-year old male asked:
What is the conservative treatment for fibroadenoma of the breast?
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A 38-year old asked:
Has anyone out there treated a cecal volvulus conservatively?
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A member asked:
Can you provide me with a conservative treatment at home for migraine?
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A 50-year old male asked:
Plantar facitis with morton meuroma and arthritis conservitive tx failed have had greater than 10 years?
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A 29-year old female asked:
How long does it take minimal to mild endometriosis to return after laparoscopic conservative surgery? Removed via cauterization.
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A 39-year old male asked:
Asking for general knowledge: can chronic pain that doesn't respond well to conservative tx result in increased blood pressure? TY
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A 20-year old male asked:
Is it ever too late to do a surgery for a tfcc injury? I have been trying conservative treatment for roughly 6 months with mild improvements so far.
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A 20-year old female asked:
Do pars defects get worse over time? Left L5 pars defect. Pain since march 2014. OTC meds taken daily. Surgery options? Conservative options failed.
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A 18-year old female asked:
How long can pressure be put on nerve before irreversible damage? Tried conservative treatment for 4 months after injury and am looking at surgery now
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A 22-year old female asked:
He didn't evaculate in me but he had his pre cum inside and it was day of me ovulating, i live in conservative area i might get killed perid 10 dys lat?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Snapping triceps syndrome is conservative treatment effective?
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A 34-year old asked:
What's the remedy for a peroneal tendon tear if conservative tx failed?
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A 19-year old male asked:
For how long should one avoid gym after conservative (non surgical ) treatment of appendicitis?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is the best treatment for ossifying fibroma, total resection surgery or conservative surgery?
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A 35-year old male asked:
What is treatment for MCL scarring after conservative treatment has not worked? Constant pain going on two years
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