Internal medicine, also known as general medicine, deals with the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of diseases that affect the body’s internal organs.

Internal medicine encompasses a broad spectrum of conditions that affect the body’s internal organs, including upper and lower respiratory tract diseases, hypertension, gastrointestinal disorders, kidney diseases, thyroid diseases, diabetes, and rheumatic diseases. Subspecialties of internal medicine include allergy and immunology, cardiology (heart diseases), endocrinology (hormone disorders), hematology (blood disorders), infectious diseases, gastroenterology (intestinal diseases), nephrology (kidney diseases), oncology (cancer), pulmonology (lung diseases), and rheumatology (arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders).

What diseases does an internal medicine doctor treat?

• Endocrine system diseases and treatment
• Bone and metabolism diseases
• Gastrointestinal system diseases
• Hematological diseases
• Rheumatic diseases
• Infectious diseases
• Kidney diseases
• Gastrointestinal System Diseases
• Abdominal pain
• Stomach diseases (gastritis, reflux, stomach ulcers, stomach bleeding)
• Intestinal diseases (diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatitis, intestinal bleeding)
• Liver and gallbladder diseases (cirrhosis)
• Hematological diseases
• Anemia
• Leukocyte diseases (white blood cell disorders)
• Platelet diseases (bleeding disorders)
• Lymph node diseases (lymphoma, lymphadenitis)
• Endocrine System Diseases and Treatment
• Hypertension (headaches and dizziness due to high blood pressure)
• Diabetes (diabetic coma)
• Thyroid gland diseases (goiter)
• Adrenal gland diseases