Fact sheet
Chronic illnesses are usually lifelong conditions. This does not, however, necessarily mean that the lives of those who have a chronic illness have to be dominated by it. Disease management programmes are intended to make it easier for people to get on top of their chronic illness and have a good quality of life. "Disease management" is the concept of systematically treating and managing a condition. It should improve the therapy of chronically ill people in the long term and help them to understand their illness better. This may mean dealing with the treatment and demands of their illness in a well-informed way and finding out how to live as good a life as possible with the illness.
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