Internal medicine
Internal medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases, that is, those that is, those which affect internal organs or the body as a whole. There is some overlap between internal medicine and primary care (or family medicine). A physician who practices internal medicine is an internist.
Topics in Internal medicine
cardiology coronary heart disease — cardiac arrhythmias — heart attack –ischaemic heart disease
gastroenterology
oesophagus
achalasia — Barrett’s disease — cancer of oesophagus — heart burn hiatus hernia — reflux oesophagitis — oesophageal pouch stomach cancer of stomach — gastric ulcer — Helicobacter pylori small bowel giardia — coeliac disease — Crohn’s disease — lymphoma — Meckel’s diverticulum — malabsorption pancreas carcinoma of pancreas — cystic fibrosis — diabetes — pancreatitis
vermiform appendix
appendicitis — carcinoid tumour
colon
colon cancer — Crohn’s disease — diarrhea — diverticulitis — infective colitis — ulcerative colitis — more…
endocrinology
thyroid
hypothyroidism — Graves disease — thyroid cancer — thyroiditis
parathyroid disease
hyperparathyroidism — hyperparathyroidism
pituitary hormones
acromegaly — pituitary tumours — prolactinoma
adrenal cortex
adrenal failure — Conn’s syndrome (mineralocorticoids) — Cushing’s disease (cortisone)infectious diseases — tropical medicine
haematology/oncology blood cancer
hepatology
liver
hepatocarcinoma — liver transplant — metastatic tumour — non-viral hepatitis — viral hepatitis —
gallbladder
cancer of gallbladder — cholecytitis — gallstones
nephrology glomerulonephritis — kidney stones — polycystic disease –pyelonephritis — renal carcinoma — renal dialysis — renal failure — test of renal function
Pulmonology or Respiratory medicine Respiratory system — Lungs — Asthma –Chronic bronchitis — Lung cancer — Pneumonia — Bronchial asthma –Chronic obstructive lung disease