Most Common FAQ's about Internal medicine
Internal medicine doctors provide complete medical care, critical care, intensive care and terminal care to adults. They handle all infectious, non-infectious and medical emergencies. They conduct physical exams, order and interpret tests, diagnose, and treat diseases. After that, they provide counseling on lifestyle modifications and coordinate care with other super-specialists, such as cardiologists, oncologists, and endocrinologists if required.
Diagnosis of neurological disorders often involves a combination of medical history review, physical examination, and various tests such as electroencephalograms (EEGs), blood tests, imaging studies (MRI or CT scans), and lumbar punctures.
You should see an internal medicine doctor for a checkup at least once a year. If you have any chronic health conditions, you may need to consult more often.
Internal medicine doctors treat a wide range of medical conditions. These conditions include Heart disease, Respiratory Disease, Diabetes, High blood pressure, Arthritis, and Mental health conditions, Migraine, FITS, Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases etc. They also handle medical emergencies, critical cases and terminal cases.
Internists and general physicians both provide medical care to adults. However, internists provide medical care to only adults. On the other hand, general physicians provide medical care to patients of all ages, including children, adults, and seniors.
