Patient discussions
Advise patients about exercise, diet, foot care, driving, and lifestyle management as required, and provide information about support groups.[1]
Physical limitations are related only to degree of disability from weakness or gait difficulty. Care must be taken to avoid falls and other injuries. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy, and orthotist and wheelchair specialist evaluations, may be appropriate.
Patients on long-term corticosteroid therapy should be advised to follow a low-fat, low-sodium diet and limit their intake of simple sugars. Patients on immunosuppressants should be made aware of their lowered immunity, the need for frequent laboratory monitoring, and that they should avoid receiving live vaccines.
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