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Symptomatic treatment, supportive care, supportive therapy, or palliative treatment is any medical therapy of a disease that only affects its symptoms, not the underlying cause.
- Signs and symptoms
When a disease is evidenced by symptoms it is known as...
- Therapy
A therapy that does not treat or improve the underlying...
- Signs and symptoms
There is no convincing evidence for pharmacological treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Medication for HFpEF is symptomatic treatment with diuretics to treat congestion. Managing risk factors and comorbidities such as hypertension is recommended in HFpEF.
- 35% risk of death in first year
- Diuretics, cardiac medications
Nov 8, 2017 · Symptomatic treatment vs Curative treatment: “Relief of Symptoms and Cure of Infection are different aspects of treatment”. In symptomatic infections & diseases, patients need relief of symptoms as early as possible & as a priority, although both are required in patients.
Symptomatic treatment. The United States authority on disease prevention, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recommends that people with influenza infections: Stay at home; Get plenty of rest; Drink a lot of liquids; Do not smoke or drink alcohol; Consider over-the-counter medications to relieve flu symptoms
A disease-modifying treatment, disease-modifying drug, or disease-modifying therapy is a treatment that delays, slows or reverses the progression of a disease by targeting its underlying cause. They are distinguished from symptomatic treatments that treat the symptoms of a disease but do not address its underlying cause.
