Medical Specialists
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- 4. These are experts on hormones and metabolism.
- 5. They can prescribe glasses or contact lenses and diagnose and treat diseases like glaucoma.
- 6. They use X-rays, ultrasound, and other imaging tests to diagnose diseases.
- 9. Often called OB/GYNs, these doctors focus on women's health, including pregnancy and childbirth.
- 10. These doctors work with people with mental, emotional, or addictive disorders.
- 14. They treat kidney diseases as well as high blood pressure and fluid and mineral imbalances linked to kidney disease.
- 16. They care for problems in your ankles and feet.
- 18. Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DO) are fully licensed medical doctors just like MDs.
- 19. These lab doctors identify the causes of diseases by examining body tissues and fluids under microscopes.
- 21. These specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation treat neck or back pain
- 22. These primary-care doctors treat both common and complex illnesses, usually only in adults.
- 23. These internists are cancer specialists.
- 24. These doctors give you drugs to numb your pain or to put you under during surgery, childbirth, or other procedures.
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- 1. They treat immune system disorders such as asthma, eczema, food allergies, insect sting allergies, and some autoimmune diseases.
- 2. These are specialists in the nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
- 3. These are specialists in diseases of the blood, spleen, and lymph glands, like sickle cell disease, anemia, hemophilia, and leukemia.
- 7. They treat diseases in the ears, nose, throat, sinuses, head, neck, and respiratory system.
- 8. They’re specialists in digestive organs, including the stomach, bowels, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder.
- 11. They care for the whole family, including children, adults, and the elderly.
- 12. You would see these specialists for problems like lung cancer
- 13. They specialize in arthritis and other diseases in your joints, muscles, bones, and tendons.
- 15. Specialize in skin, hair, nails, etc.
- 17. They care for children from birth to young adulthood.
- 20. They’re experts on the heart and blood vessels.