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 -- hypoparathyroidism

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

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