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General Medicine

General medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness.

Fever and Common Cold

Cold symptoms usually begin with a sore throat, which usually goes away after a day or two. Nasal symptoms, runny nose, and congestion follow, along with a cough by the fourth and fifth days. Fever is not so common in adults, but a slight fever is possible. Children are more likely to have a fever with a cold.

Seasonal Flu and Cold

Seasonal flu is caused by influenza viruses, which infect the respiratory tract like – the nose, throat, lungs. Unlike many other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold, the flu can cause severe illness and life-threatening complications in many people. In general, the flu is worse than the common cold, and symptoms such as fever, body aches, extreme tiredness, and dry cough are more common and intense. Colds are usually milder than the flu. People with colds are more likely to have a runny or stuffy nose.

Sore Throat

A sore throat is a condition marked by pain in the throat, typically caused by inflammation due to a cold or other virus.IT can involve irritation, pain, and itchiness that can make it hard to swallow. It may last longer than a week and if it’s accompanied by other symptoms, like a fever, rash, joint pain, or difficulty breathing.

Acidity and Abdominal Pain

A sore throat is a condition caused by pain in the throat because of virus. It can involve irritation, pain, and itchiness that can make it hard to swallow. It may last longer than a week and if it’s accompanied by other symptoms, like a fever, rash, joint pain, or difficulty breathing.
Abdominal pain is pain that is felt in the part of the trunk below the ribs and above the pelvis. It comes from organs within the abdomen or organs adjacent to the abdomen. Abdominal pain is caused by inflammation, distention of an organ, or by loss of the blood supply to an organ.

Allergies

Allergies, are a number of conditions caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system to something in the environment that usually causes little problem in most people. These diseases include hay fever, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic asthma, and anaphylaxis. Symptoms may include red eyes, an itchy rash, runny nose, shortness of breath, or swelling.