HEALTH CARE MAINTENANCE VITAL DURING PANDEMIC

SCOTTSBLUFF - Routine health care is similar to routine maintenance on your car. The better your upkeep, the better the car will run and the longer it will last. With medical care, the better you keep up with chronic medical care, whether that’s medication changes or tweaks or exams with your blood pressure or diabetes, the better you’re going to be able to take care of your condition and prevent a disaster, said Dr. Matthew Bruner at Regional West Health Services.

Measures enacted to flatten the curve and reduce the spread of COVID-19 have served their purpose, but have also lengthened the time span of the pandemic, causing people to push back routine visits, potentially pushing conditions from a preventative care situation to something more serious.

The emphasis on safely providing preventative and chronic health care maintenance should not be underestimated.

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