“What diseases can be treated with palliative care?”
My grandmother is really sick with chronic lung disease. Does she qualify? What diseases can be treated with palliative care?
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HospiceandPalliativeCareSpecialistPalliativeCare
ESRD, Chronic heart ds, CHF-stg3,4; Cancers, Chronic lung ds, dementia, End stg liver ds; AIDS, MS, ALS, any disease that causes symptoms.
Any disease process that is not curable can be considered terminal. Palliative care is specialty designed to achieve patient comfort. You may want to reach out to her primary physician to see if she can receive a consult for palliative care or if she qualifies for hospice.
Yes anyone with chronic lung disease qualifies for palliative care. You should ask her pulmonary or primary physician for referral.
