Medical Specialists

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