If you're living with an ongoing condition like diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease, thyroid disease, or arthritis, steady care keeps your progress moving. You get continuity with your provider, lifestyle and preventive support, and coordination with specialists when needed, all at convenient metro Atlanta locations. The goal is to actively manage your health, not just react to it.

Recommendations for frequency of follow ups for chronic health conditions are specific; you should follow the recommendation of your health care team for follow ups as directed. Additionally, you should see a health care provider anytime you have a concern for your health. Annual screenings are also recommended for early detection and prevention of health conditions.

In some cases chronic conditions can be reversed with lifestyle management or medical interventions, but most will require lifetime management. However, even if a chronic health issue is resolved, it is still important to continue routine and annual screenings as recommended.

There are many risk factors for chronic health conditions but the most common risks that individuals can modify are: smoking, alcohol, poor diet, and lack of exercise.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and keeping routine annual screenings are key to prevent and identify early risk factors for chronic illness. Knowing your family history to discuss with your primary care provider to review risk factors can be helpful. Getting recommended vaccines can also help keep you healthy. You should also keep up routine recommended screenings not just with your primary care team but also your dentist and any specialists you are advised to see.

Aside from the individual impact to one's quality of life, chronic conditions are the main driver of illness, disability and death in the United States and is the leading cause of health care costs. Additionally, most chronic conditions can be well managed to reduce their impact on the affected individual with proper care.

According to the CDC in the United States adult population, three out of four Americans have at least one chronic condition, and over fifty percent have two or more chronic conditions.

A chronic health condition is any health issue or disease that lasts for an extended period (usually one year or more), requires ongoing medical management and can progress to or impacts daily life. A few examples of chronic conditions are diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, thyroid disease, epilepsy, and chronic kidney disease.