General Medicine

General Medicine

General Medicine is a speciality of medicine which is involved in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of both acute and chronic diseases affecting different parts of the body. General medicine deals with different diseases from head to toe. Doctors specializing in general or internal medicine are called Physicians. Normally, General Physicians indulge in the following works.

  • Diagnosing and treating a wide range of health disorders and referring to specialists’ opinions if necessary.
  • Providing care and advice to the in-patients who are under the other specialists.
  • Provide general and preventive medicines to adults of all ages.
  • Manages physical conditions like asthma, arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and heart disease.
  • General medicine also concentrates on providing preventive care such as immunizations, health counselling and sports physicals.