Dietary Management Of Drug Therapy
A patient survey of a pediatric remote care program during the covid 19 pandemic november 13 2020 facebook.
Dietary management of drug therapy. Dietary therapy is an approach to help control seizures usually in conjunction with seizure medications. Telemedicine drug resistant epilepsy and ketogenic dietary therapies. Nutrition is a process in which food is taken in and used by the body for growth to keep the body healthy and to replace tissue good nutrition is important for good health. Dietary therapy should be considered in patients who have not responded to an adequate trial of two antiepileptic drugs 11 initiation of the ketogenic diet can be considered earlier in infants and.
In ht careful supplementation of possible deficiencies is recommended for the dietary management of these patients. The classic ketogenic diet a special high fat low carbohydrate diet is prescribed and monitored by a physician and nutritionist and can help control seizures in some people it can help both children and adults with refractory seizures. However pharmacologic therapy oral hypóglycaemic drugs or insulin may be considered in the presence of marked hyperglycaemia. Management strategies ideally the initial management of niddm should be based on dietary therapy combined with increased physical activity if possible.
A healthy diet includes eating and drinking. A literature search regarding the importance and the influence of iodine selenium vitamin d and gluten on ht was conducted. Good nutrition is important for cancer patients.