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Why choose Wockhardt Hospitals
for Internal Medicine?
Wockhardt Hospitals is a chain of top multispecialty hospitals that provide all-inclusive treatment for many serious health conditions. To excel at Internal Medicine, every healthcare institution and the doctor needs years of experience. The world-renowned expert doctors at Wockhardt Hospitals not only have plenty of experience but are also supported with cutting-edge technology, modern facilities, and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Our healthcare professionals prefer the patient-centric approach to give the highly accurate diagnosis and best internal medicine treatment.
Internal Medicine doctors are trained to treat ailments in the medical fields, including Endocrinology, Infectious diseases, Pulmonary diseases, Cardiovascular diseases, Critical healthcare, Hematology, Oncology, Nephrology, Psychiatry, Gynecology, Palliative medicine, Geriatrics, and Rehabilitative medicine.
Renowned Doctors
in Internal Medicine
- Mumbai Central
- Mira Road
- Nagpur
- Rajkot
What is Internal Medicine?
Internal Medicine is a branch of medicine that deals exclusively with the application of scientific knowledge and expertise to reach a diagnosis of various ailments. They treat a large range of illnesses and work with other specialties to help understand the root cause of the condition and to plan their treatment.
Specialists who hold expertise and qualifications in Internal Medicine are called internists. Internists are trained to provide primary and secondary care and follow-up for the patient throughout their life. They may be working in association with other hospitals or rehabilitation centers and outpatient care. They are the fillers and bridges between different super specialties.
What are the medical procedures
in Internal Medicine?
A specialist in Internal Medicine is trained to:
- Provide precise diagnosis and treatment options for a broad range of conditions and diseases.
- Be able to understand the conditions that affect any of the body’s normal functioning.
- Provide guidance and counseling on prevention and improvement of overall health.
- Provide palliative care.
Medical Procedures Involved in Internal Medicine Treatment
- Vaccines: for diphtheria, tetanus, flu shots, hepatitis A and B, HPV, pneumonia, and whooping cough.
- Therapeutic injections: Analgesics, Cortisone injections
- Diagnosis and screening: BP and cholesterol screening, colorectal cancer screening, hormonal tests, mammograms, breast and cervical cancers.
What are
Internal Medicine Doctors trained to treat?
Best Internal Medicine doctors are trained to treat and manage a wide variety of conditions. The Internal Medicine doctors at Wockhardt hospitals are capable of providing one of the best Medical treatments and diagnoses in India. Some of the treatments are:
- Adolescent medicine - It includes all primary healthcare that is required by an adolescent. This means treatment and care of physical as well as psychological conditions, including reproductive health, eating disorders, chronic illnesses, and substance abuse.
- Cardiovascular medicine - Coordinate with other specialties for individuals who have cardiac conditions and provide long-term care.
- Infectious diseases - Help in diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care for infectious diseases. They can also handle vaccination and maintain vaccination schedules for patients.
- Hematology - Diagnose and treat blood-related abnormalities like anemia and hemophilia and also maintain the overall health of the patient through treatment follow-ups, diet, etc.
- Gastroenterology - Work with other specialists to handle abdominal and digestive conditions like gastroenteritis, hepatitis and peptic ulcer.
- Nephrology - Take care of kidney abnormalities
- Neurological conditions - These include the general management and treatment of neurological problems like migraine, cluster headaches, neuralgias, etc.
- Dermatology - Deals with the treatment and maintenance of skin ailments
- Endocrinology - Help in maintaining a balance in those patients with endocrine irregularities like diabetes, thyroid, plop, obesity and other metabolic disorders.
- Geriatrics - Specialize in the treatment of older individuals and provision of palliative care.
What is the role
of Internal Medicine physicians?
- The role of an Internal Medicine physician is wide and ranges from being able to understand the mechanism of the patient’s bodily functions and what is going wrong to being able to treat the patient more efficiently, and working with other specialists. They are also responsible for the maintenance of the general health of the patient and overall palliative, rehabilitative, and mental wellness as well.
- To be a successful Internal Medicine specialist, he should be able to understand the disease in depth and should be able to advise solutions for that.
The responsibilities of an internist include the following:
- Consultation with the patient and understanding their problems
- Providing diagnosis and treatment options for health conditions. These include conditions like diabetes and hypertension and infections.
- Regular monitoring of the patient and their progress.
- Explaining the procedure, discussing the treatment plan with the patient, and follow-up with the patient.
- Administration of medications, injections, vaccinations, immunization, and other special medical treatments.
- Provide advice and counsel regarding health, diet, exercise, medication, lifestyle, etc.
- Maintaining records of patients who have been receiving treatments.
- Providing mental and moral support
- Providing official health documents when required
- Providing required referrals
- Conducting research for new medications, procedures, or management of the disease.
Our Advance Technology
For Internal Medicine
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The vision and leadership of Wockhardt’s Founders have been instrumental in shaping the organisation’s ethos of providing high-quality and affordable healthcare services to patients worldwide. Read and listen to the heartfelt experiences of our patients as they share their stories about the exceptional care they received at Wockhardt Hospitals.
Paresh Vyas
Excellent facility with renowned Cardiologists like Dr Dharmesh R Solanki. Very humble doctors, and good staff. Value for money.
Meena Kothari
Excellent facility with renowned Cardiologists like Dr Dharmesh R Solanki. Very humble doctors, and good staff. Value for money.
Life Wins Stories
Paresh Vyas
Excellent facility with renowned Cardiologists like Dr Dharmesh R Solanki. Very humble doctors, and good staff. Value for money.
Meena Kothari
Excellent facility with renowned Cardiologists like Dr Dharmesh R Solanki. Very humble doctors, and good staff. Value for money.
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FAQs
Q. Why is it called Internal Medicine?
Q. What is the benefit of Internal Medicine?
Q. What does a doctor of Internal Medicine treat?
- Acute conditions like the common cold and flu
- Rheumatologic conditions like arthritis
- Blood disorders like anemia
- Heart disorders
- Diabetes and hypertension
- Immunologic disorders like asthma, allergies
- Kidney functional problems
- Neurological conditions like migraine, multiple sclerosis, etc.
- Endocrinal disorders like hyper and hypothyroidism