Question 177 · LEK · Tertiary prevention
Tertiary prophylaxis:
- A. prevents the occurrence of social and environmental conditions that could lead to disease onset.
- B. reduces the risk of or avoids disease.
- C. detects the disease in its basic stage and treats it.
- D. reverses the course of the disease, stops or delays its development or sequelae.
- E. assesses the risks associated with iatrogenic complications.
Hint
Primary prevention stops disease onset and secondary finds it early; ask what the third level does once disease is established.
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