The Most In-Need Primary Care Specialties - Maitri Hospital

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With the number of diseases spreading so far and
wide, and newer unknown diseases coming up every
now and then, primary care is very important in
the field of healthcare. There is an extreme
demand for such primary care doctors in every
country and state. However, primary care is
divided into different segments depending on the
kind of patients the doctor can treat, namely
family medicine, internal medicine, paediatrics,
and geriatrics.
Family medicine As the name itself suggests,
these doctors are meant to treat an entire family
consisting of all age groups right from children
to adults. They have a basic knowledge about all
kinds of general diseases that may hit people of
any age group. They generally work with
diagnosing and treating a variety of diseases,
while also being skilled to perform physicals
and health screenings. They are those who have
received extensive training to treat most
conditions and provide health care for everyone,
regardless of age. While specialists work with a
particular age group or organ, family medicine
serves the entire family for a wide range of
conditions. Internal medicine Internal medicines,
although may sound as treating ailments on the
internal part of the body, is a specialty that
works on adult patients suffering from diabetes,
blood pressure, and obesity. They can provide
health screenings and general preventive
medicines. Internists, who are doctors taking
care of internal medicine, treat all types of
adult diseases, ranging from common ailments to
severe chronic diseases to rare complicated
conditions. Paediatrics Paediatrics is the
specialized field where doctors work with
treating ailments of the younger age group
ranging from babies to children to adolescents.
They specialize in providing care
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and treatment for common diseases as well as
injuries, while also handling physicals,
vaccinations, and general preventive medicine.
They also counsel parents on the growth and
development of their children. Geriatrics Just
like internal medicine doctors handle adults, and
paediatricians handle children,
similarly geriatricians are specially trained
doctors who care for senior citizens, that is,
adults over the age of 60. There are certain
ailments that strike only people after the age of
60. Geriatricians are specialized to treat only
those conditions. They diagnose and treat a wide
range of elderly ailments and injuries related
to memory issues and falls. They also assist with
medication management as older patients tend to
have comparatively more prescriptions than
younger adults for acute and chronic
conditions. No matter which particular segment
out of the four mentioned above, primary care is
critical to patient health. In fact, people who
have regular access to a primary care physician
are less frequently admitted to hospitals and
emergency rooms as they are always in touch with
specialists who can detect any problem beforehand
and provide preventive measures and medicines at
the earliest to avoid any further complications.
One very reliable general physician in Kota is
the one at Maitri Hospitals, who is skilled to
treat all forms of deadly diseases too like
dengue, chicken gunya, tuberculosis, and
pneumonia. There is also a specialized
paediatrician to take care of growth disorders,
low birth weight baby issues, urinary tract
infections, pneumonia, cleft repairs, diaphargm
hernia repairs, exploratory laparotomy, appendix
removal, anoplasty, and meningocoele repair.