0
- Family Medicine doctors typically see patients in their offices with any complaint from head to toe.
- They are primary care physicians and therefore treat chronic diseases like Heart disease, Diabetes, high blood pressure, Allergies and depression as well as acute problems like fevers, colds, minor injuries, pains, etc.
- They can care for infants from birth, children, adults, elderly adults, men, women and pregnant women. They can delivery babies and perform minor surgery such as mole removal to check it for cancer.
- Patients that see family doctors may have known diseases an any organ system or may have new complaints, for which the diagnosis is unknown
- It's been said that family medicine doctors can handle 90-95% of issues in the clinic.
- Things that they aren't equipped to manage will be referred to other doctors.
- For example, a person having a heart attack will be sent to the emergency department, a person with uncontrolled schizophrenia may be referred to a psychiatrist colleague, and a person with new cancer will be referred to an oncologist (cancer doctor).
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What anti-infective medicine would a family doctor prescribe to treat pneumonia?
what is the common medicine of pneumonia
. A family doctor may prescribe this anti-infective medicine to treat pneumonia.?
Answer is A. penicillin
A family doctor may prescribe this anti-infective medicine to treat pneumonia.?
Answer is A. penicillin
What doctors treat parasite infections?
Most doctors can treat parasite infections, but the ones who see more parasitic infections than others would probably be (in no particular order) family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, infectious disease, and tropical medicine.
How do you do we treat headache?
get medicine
How we can treat the desease?
MEDICINE
Is family medicine the same as family physician?
yes family medicine the same
What kind of doctors treat osteoporosis?
Many different types of doctors treat osteoporosis including; family practitioners, internal medicine specialists, gynecologists, and gerentologists.
How do you treat tinea capitis?
medicine
How can you get a prescription medication to treat depression if you are not under the care of a therapist?
A good physician (internal medicine or family practicioner for example) can help you with anti-depressants.
Who do you see for bacterial vaginosis?
Any family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, or gynecological health care provider is able to treat bacterial vaginosis.
What kind of health problems does wilderness medicine treat?
Wilderness medicine uses techniques to assess and treat a variety of conditions and injuries, including:
