General Medicine
Diabetes
Diabetes type 2
Type 2 diabetes (also called type 2 diabetes mellitus) is a disorder that is known for disrupting the way your body uses glucose (sugar), it also causes other problems with the way your body stores and processes other forms of energy, including fat.
Common infectious diseases
Infectious diseases are illnesses caused by harmful agents (pathogens) that get into your body.
The most common causes are viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. Infectious diseases usually spread from person to person, through contaminated food or water and through bug bites.
Some infectious diseases are minor and some are very serious.
Fever
Fever is the most common disease affecting people. To evaluate fever, your doctor may ask medical history and symptoms. The doctor conducts a physical examination and recommends undergoing a blood test if necessary.
For low-grade fever, the doctor may not prescribe many medications. For high fever, medications such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen are given.
Asthma
It’s a chronic disease which affects the airways of the lungs. This condition makes the airway narrow, swell and produces extra mucus. This creates difficulty in breathing, causes wheezing and cough.
For some people, asthma is a major problem which troubles their daily normal activities and can also lead to an asthma attack.
Hypertension
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common cardiovascular disease. For most adults, there is no specific reason to cause hypertension.
The blood pressure tends to develop with increasing age.
Secondary hypertension appears suddenly and causes high blood pressure. Thyroid problems, sleep apnea, kidney problems, certain drugs, and medications, etc can be a cause of secondary hypertension.
Thyroid malfunctions
Thyroid gland is responsible for the metabolic process in the body.
Thus the disorders in thyroid gland slow down the body's metabolism rate.
The most common thyroid problem is abnormal production of thyroid hormones which leads to conditions like hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. These problems may result in various physical problems such as weight loss or weight gain, excess fatigue and if it is left untreated it may lead to cancer.
Heart Diseases
There are many types of heart diseases which are caused due to the damages to parts of the heart, damages to coronary arteries or due to insufficient supply of nutrients and oxygen.
Overweight, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, junk foods, etc., are some of the risk factors of heart disease. Heart disease can be treated with medications or surgery.
high cholesterol, headache, chest pain, abdomen pain, cough, respiratory infections, pneumonia, anxiety, and other diseases are covered and treated under general medicine.