This document discusses the concepts of health, diagnosis, prevention, and healing. It defines health as complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Diagnosis is identifying illnesses through symptoms, prevention is aiding avoidance of sickness, and healing is restoring well-being. The document also describes traditional, Western, and alternative medical systems. Traditional medicine uses herbal remedies and spiritual therapies. Western medicine relies on evidence-based treatments. Alternative medicine is not scientifically supported but believed to have medical effects.
This document discusses the concepts of health, diagnosis, prevention, and healing. It defines health as complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Diagnosis is identifying illnesses through symptoms, prevention is aiding avoidance of sickness, and healing is restoring well-being. The document also describes traditional, Western, and alternative medical systems. Traditional medicine uses herbal remedies and spiritual therapies. Western medicine relies on evidence-based treatments. Alternative medicine is not scientifically supported but believed to have medical effects.
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This document discusses the concepts of health, diagnosis, prevention, and healing. It defines health as complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Diagnosis is identifying illnesses through symptoms, prevention is aiding avoidance of sickness, and healing is restoring well-being. The document also describes traditional, Western, and alternative medical systems. Traditional medicine uses herbal remedies and spiritual therapies. Western medicine relies on evidence-based treatments. Alternative medicine is not scientifically supported but believed to have medical effects.
This document discusses the concepts of health, diagnosis, prevention, and healing. It defines health as complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Diagnosis is identifying illnesses through symptoms, prevention is aiding avoidance of sickness, and healing is restoring well-being. The document also describes traditional, Western, and alternative medical systems. Traditional medicine uses herbal remedies and spiritual therapies. Western medicine relies on evidence-based treatments. Alternative medicine is not scientifically supported but believed to have medical effects.
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Content 6 Cultural, Social, and Political Institution
Topic 24 Health: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Healing
Topic 24: Health: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Healing
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this lesson, the learners should be able to: explain the different concepts surrounding health like diagnosis, prevention, and healing, and discuss the cultural diversity of healing such as traditional, Western, and alternative systems.
Questions:
Can you name top ten most common health issues in the Philippines today? What made them highly-occurring in our society?
Review: Health As they say, "health is wealth." Good health is valuable. Without this, a person cannot enjoy the pleasure of being wealthy even if he or she is the richest person in the world. Money cannot buy health and happiness.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
Health is achieved through proper nutrition, regular physical exercise, sufficient rest, and relief from stress. Poor health may lead to diseases.
Diseases come in different classifications and symptoms. There are diseases which are due to widespread and regular occurrences and are distinctively known. There are also those which are rare and incurable. Interestingly, some diseases are very rare that they become particular to a specific culture or population.
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Healing
Aside from being familiar with diseases themselves, it is equally important to be aware of some terms that you may hear when talking about bodily misfortune. Such terms include 'diagnosis', 'prevention', and 'healing.'
Diagnosis Diagnosis is the identification of the nature of illnesses or other problems by examining symptoms. This is made possible by a systematic analysis of the symptoms or signs, assessment of test results, review of the background, and study of the possible causes.
Prevention Prevention pertains to aiding individuals to avoid getting sick. This may also refer to detecting diseases early on so treatment can begin.
Healing Healing is the restoration of well-being. After suffering from discomfort as a result of bodily disease, healing occurs when tissues, organs, or the biological system are repaired or renewed. It is followed by the reappearance of normal functions of the body.
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Content 6 Cultural, Social, and Political Institution Topic 24 Health: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Healing
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Healing
To easily understand, let us check this example.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS is an illness characterized by vulnerability to infections and diseases as a result of weakened immune system. This is caused by a Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV. Symptoms include fevers, weight loss, fatigue, or night sweats.
Diagnosis: The doctor can diagnose HIV by testing blood for the existence of HIV antibodies or disease-fighting proteins.
Prevention: The cure or vaccine for HIV is yet to be discovered. People are asked to practice protected sex, and avoid sharing needles for injection.
Healing: Despite the absence of drugs to combat HIV, researchers have designed therapies that extend years and quality life.
Learning the diagnosis, prevention, and healing process will not lessen the pain a person faces when afflicted with a certain ailment, but it inevitably makes us more aware. It gives people the notion that after naming a disease and learning how to stop it, healing begins.
The Cultural Diversity of Healing Practices
The vast variety healing practices are found around the world and represented in most urban areas. A general model of healing includes the physiological processes central to the biomedical theory and the practice of healing that have physiological, psychological, and social effects.
Traditional The World Health Organization notes that traditional medicine refers to traditional Chinese medicine, Indian ayurveda, and Arabic unani medicine, as well as to various forms of indigenous medicine around the world. Traditional medicine accounts for approximately 40 % of health care in China, and 80 % in Africa, with methods including the use of herbal medicines and animal parts or minerals, manual therapies, and spiritual therapies to maintain well-being, to diagnose and treat illness (World Health Organization 2002).
Western Western medicine is an evidence-based treatment of medical conditions with medications by medical practitioners and other healthcare providers who engage methods developed according to Western medical and scientific traditions. Its origin can be traced in countries in Europe and Americas; thus, the name. Examples include chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation performed by doctors, specialists, therapists, and nurses.
Alternative Alternative medicine is any healing practice not supported by scientific method and biomedicine but is believed to have the same effects with that of prescribed medicine. It tries to prevent and treat different conditions with techniques such as healing touch, energy, and herbal medicines. Examples are acupuncture, chiropractic medicine, magnetic field therapy, and others.
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Content 6 Cultural, Social, and Political Institution Topic 24 Health: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Healing
Key Points: Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Diagnosis is the identification of the nature of illnesses or other problems by examination of the symptoms. Prevention pertains to aiding individuals to avoid getting sick. Healing is the restoration of well-being. Traditional medicine is the use of herbal medicines, animal parts or minerals, manual therapies, and spiritual therapies to maintain well-being, to diagnose, and to treat illness. Western medicine is the treatment of medical conditions with medications by medical practitioners and healthcare providers who engage methods that are developed according to Western medical and scientific traditions. Alternative medicine is not supported by scientific method and biomedicine, but is believed to have the same effects with that of prescribed medications.
Activity: Below is a list of common illnesses. Write practical measures you follow to prevent the occurrence of such illnesses, and write measures you usually take to get rid of them.
flu sore throat stomach ache
Points for Reflection:
What type of healing practice is most useful at present? Why?
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