Chronic Disease Management

While some primary care physicians may treat each disease independently, our methodology is to recognize how your body’s various systems are working to influence one another. Oftentimes a patient is struggling with more than one chronic disease, so we look for the treatment options and lifestyle modifications that will have the greatest results.

Prevention is also an important part of disease management. We will identify your risk factors for diseases that could arise later on and then make recommendations for the changes you can make now to preserve your health in the future.

We can work in partnership with your specialists by providing more frequent care and the encouragement to follow their treatment plans. Sometimes there may be a wait to see a specialist, so you can come to us in the meantime. If we discover that there is an urgent need for their care, we can help you to coordinate an appointment with them at the soonest date.

Even if you can’t cure a disease, you can control it for a better quality of life. We can help you to manage the following conditions:

• Allergies
• Anxiety and depression
• Asthma
• Chronic heart disease
• Chronic kidney disease
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Congestive heart failure
• Coronary artery disease
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Hyperlipidemia
• Insomnia
• Nicotine addiction
• Obesity

We will always consider how your treatments will affect other aspects of your life. For example, will certain medications or combinations of medications lead to negative side effects? Will they cause weight gain? Or negatively affect your mood? We will also look at drug-free methods of treatment that will support your specialist’s plan, such as diet and supplements, weight loss, exercise and stress management. You are mind, body and spirit … and that is very special to us at the Pria Wellness Center.