NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (RECOGNITION & REFERRAL)
Usually reflects normal ageing (greying) but occasionally signals a nutritional deficiency or underlying disease; primary care recognises and investigates if premature or associated with other findings. - Refer
Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.
No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Usually reflects normal ageing (greying) but occasionally signals a nutritional deficiency or underlying disease; primary care recognises and investigates if premature or associated with other findings.
- Premature greying with other features (fatigue, pallor) may point to an underlying nutritional deficiency or autoimmune condition.
- No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.