A general physician, or GP, is a medical doctor who specializes in many diseases affecting the body, whose primary treatment does not involve surgery.
What medical conditions can GPs treat?
GPs treat all medical conditions, including conditions that affect the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neurological, hematological, or endocrine systems. Examples of conditions your GP can treat:
- Cardiovascular system
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Ischaemic heart disease (angina, heart attack)
- Respiratory system
- Asthma
- Emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Pneumonia
- Lung fibrosis
- Gastrointestinal system
- Gastroenteritis
- Liver disease including alcoholic liver disease
- Neurological system
- Cerebrovascular accident (strokes)
- Epilepsy (seizures)
- Dementia
- Haematological
- Anemia
- Endocrinological
- Diabetes
- Thyroid disease
- Pituitary disease
General medicine. General medicine covers the treatment and management of a range of long-term illnesses such as diabetes and respiratory problems, but also shorter-term health problems such as skin conditions.
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