Health

Consumer Health

What is Consumer Health? The focus of

Consumer Health is to enable patients, families,
caregivers, and the general public to find
current, reliable, and accessible health
information. Access to this information allows
public participation and choice in health care
decision making.
Health Information is any concept,
step, or advice that various sources
give to aid the Health Status if the
individual.
Consumer Health What is Consumer Health?
The focus of Consumer Health is to enable
patients, families, caregivers, and the general
public to find current, reliable, and accessible
health information. Access to this information
Health Products are the things
allows public participation and choice in health
care decision making.
consumed by the people such as foods,
drugs, cosmetics, vaccines and etc.
Health Service refers to the
performance or act given by the
authorities.
Specialists

Cardiologist - Heart
Dermatologist - Skin
Gastroenterologist - Intestine
Geriatrician - Bones/Joints
Neurologist - Brain
Orthopedist - Bone
Ophthalmologist - Eyes
Pediatrician - Children
Pulmonologist - Lungs
Urologist - Kidney
Health Care Facilities

Places or institutions that office

health care services.
A hospital is a health care institution
providing patient treatment with
specialized staff and equipment. The
best-known type of hospital is the general
hospital, which has an emergency
department. A district hospital typically is
the major health care facility in its region,
with large numbers of beds for intensive
care and long-term care.
walk-in clinic describes a very broad category
of medical facilities only loosely defined as
those that accept patients on a walk-in basis and
with no appointment required. A number of
healthcare service providers fall under the walk-
in clinic umbrella including urgent care centers,
retail clinics and even many free clinics or
community health clinics. Walk-in clinics offer
the advantages of being accessible and often
inexpensive.
healthcare center, health center, or
community health center is one of a
network of clinics staffed by a group
of general practitioners and nurses
providing healthcare services to people
in a certain area.
extended care facility - a medical
institution that provides prolonged
care (as in cases of prolonged
illness or rehabilitation issues)
Medicinal Plants

Akapulco- for ringworm or other anti fungal skin infections.

Ampalaya- For non-insulin dependent diabetic patients.
Bawang- For blood pressure control.
Bayabas- antisenpic disinfectant wounds. Also for mouthwash.
Lagundi- for cough and asthma
Niyog-Niyogan- for intestinal worms
Sambong- for urinary stones.
Tsaang Gubat- For mouthwash.
Pansit Pansitan- for arthritis and gout.
Yerba Buena- for body aches and pain
Therapies

acupuncture a system of complementary

medicine that involves pricking the skin or
tissues with needles, used to alleviate pain
and to treat various physical, mental, and
emotional conditions. Originating in
ancient China, acupuncture is now widely
practiced in the West.
Ventosa Cupping Massage Therapy is
a form of alternative medicine in
which a local suction is created on the
skin. Cupping has been characterized
as pseudoscience.
reflexology a system/ of massage used
to relieve tension and treat illness,
based on the theory that there are
reflex points on the feet, hands, and
head linked to every part of the body.
Acupressure (a blend of "acupuncture"
and "pressure") is an alternative
medicine technique derived from
acupuncture. In acupressure physical
pressure is applied to acupuncture
points by the hand, elbow, or with
various devices. There are literally
hundreds of acupressure points on the
body.
nutrition therapy (MNT) is a
therapeutic approach to treating
medical conditions and their associated
symptoms via the use of a specifically
tailored diet devised and monitored by
a registered dietitian or professional
nutritionist.
Quackery is the promotion of
fraudulent or ignorant medical
practices. A quack is a "fraudulent or
ignorant pretender to medical skill"
or "a person who pretends,
professionally or publicly, to have
skill, knowledge, or qualifications he
or she does not possess; a charlatan
or snake oil salesman
 Types of quackery
Medical quackery

-malpractice in medical profession

-intension is always to make profit
-heal illness using advancement in technology
Nutrition Quackery
-any form of fake or unclassified claims of
nutritional value or impact
-one of the most popular and profitable hoaxes
that goes in the form of dietary supplement,
herbal remedies, weight loss products, energy
boosters and medicines, which do not have any
approval from Bureau of Food and Drugs.
Device Quackery

-pertains to the claims or information about the

product that are too good to be true.
-is after the money or profit
-they deceive the customers by exaggerating the
quality and efficiency to justify its cost, or
lower the price along with its quality.