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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 -- more- 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 -- more
- vermiform appendix
- appendicitis -- carcinoid tumour
- colon
- colon cancer -- Crohn's disease -- diarrhea -- diverticulitis -- infective colitis -- ulcerative colitis -- more
- thyroid
- hypothyroidism -- Graves disease -- thyroid cancer -- thyroiditis -- more
- hyperparathyroidism -- hypoparathyroidism
- acromegaly -- pituitary tumours -- prolactinoma
- adrenal failure -- Conn's syndrome (mineralocorticoids) -- Cushing's disease (cortisone)
haematology/oncology blood cancer
- liver
- hepatocarcinoma -- liver transplant -- metastatic tumour -- non-viral hepatitis -- viral hepatitis -- more
- gallbladder
- cancer of gallbladder -- cholecytitis -- gallstones
Pulmonology or Respiratory medicine Respiratory system -- Lungs -- Asthma -- Chronic bronchitis -- Lung cancer -- Pneumonia -- Bronchial asthma -- Chronic obstructive lung disease
