Chronic Disease
Chronic diseases include those typically evident for greater than three months. These can be in forms of metabolic disorders such as HTN, diabetes, dyslipidemia, or include other disorders such as osteoporis, depression, arthritis, asthma, IBS, etc. Typically these diseases will need laboratory testing for diagnosis.
Treatment of the following:
- Asthma/COPD
- Diabetes Mellitus II
- Hypertension
- Hyperlipidemia
- Arthritis
- IBS
- Depression & anxiety
See the link below for an article regarding the link between chronic disease and mental health:
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/chronic-illness-mental-health