Exploring Diverse Medical Specialties: What Offers MedicusUnion

Let's embark on a journey through the various medical specialties available on MedicusUnion's platform, highlighting the diverse expertise that shapes the foundation of the comprehensive healthcare service.

Internal Medicine

Internal medicine is a broad medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disease processes and health issues affecting the internal organs of adult patients. This specialty also includes the following major branches of: 

• Cardiology - deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the cardiovascular system.
• Endocrinology - diagnoses and treats hormone-related diseases and conditions.  
• Allergology - deals with allergic diseases and involves the diagnosis and comprehensive management.
• Gastroenterology - studies the processes that are associated with the human digestive system.
• Nephrology - deals with the diagnosis, management and prevention of kidney diseases.
• Diabetology - deals with the prophylaxis, diagnosis, therapy and research of diabetes mellitus
• Angiology - deals with the function and diseases of the arteries, veins and lymphatic vessels.
• Hematology specializes in diseases and disorders of the blood.
• Infectiology - deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases.
• Oncology - deals with the detection and treatment of cancer.
• Rheumatology focuses on systemic autoimmune diseases that affect many organs of the body.

Dermatology

The task of dermatology is to manage diseases related to skin, hair, nails, and some cosmetic problems. 

Surgery

Surgery is the branch of medicine focused on using operative techniques to treat and correct diseases, injuries, and abnormalities in the body. There are many surgical specialties, the main of which are:

General Surgery, Visceral surgery, Cardiothoracic-surgery, Oncological Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic surgery and Traumatology, Pediatric surgery, Plastic and Thoracic surgery.

Radiology

Radiology is a medical speciality that helps diagnose diseases and injuries through medical imaging procedures such as CT, MRI, PET and ultrasound.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics is a medical discipline that specializes in treating children and adolescents. It’s task is to preserve the structures and functions of the body that were established at birth, to promote their further development and to provide appropriate treatment in the case of illness.

Gynecology and Obstetrics

A gynecologist is a highly specialized doctor who is engaged in the treatment of diseases of the female reproductive system. You can contact a gynecologist for menstrual disorders, pelvic pain, soreness during sexual intercourse, cervical diseases, fibroids, polyps and other pathologies, as well as for the selection of contraceptive methods and when planning and managing pregnancy period.

Urology

An urologist deals with the urogenital system’s diseases of man, women and children. Urologists can offer both therapeutic and surgical treatment for prostatitis, infertility, sexually transmitted infections, nephritis and other problems in the work of the reproductive system.

Orthopedics

Orthopedics deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries, with emphasis on bones, joints, muscles, and tendons.

Ophthalmology and Optometry

Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of eye diseases.

Ear, nose and throat medicine

ENT forms a general specialty, otolaryngology, which deals with diseases of the ears, throat and nose, as they are in close physiological relationship.

Tropical Medicine

Tropical medicine is the study of the world’s major tropical diseases and related conditions, which include a group of 17 neglected tropical diseases such as hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, river blindness, elephantiasis, trachoma, Chagas disease, Buruli ulcer, and leishmaniasis, as well as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. 

Final Thoughts

Understanding and distinguishing the differences between medical specialties is essential to help you decide which doctor is right for you. Now that you have an overview of the diversity of specialties, you can make informed decisions about your health and treatment. For each of the medical specialties listed above, MedicusUnion has licensed doctors ready to provide you with a video consultation, diagnosis and competent recommendations for further treatment.