A therapist is a doctor who treats diseases that affect the internal organs. Due to the vastness of the "field" of professional activity, he must possess a huge amount of medical knowledge.
The therapist is almost the main medical specialty. Naturally, it is included in the list of basic ones, along with the surgeon, gynecologist, pediatrician and anesthetist-resuscitator.
The general practitioner is actually a specialist in a wide range of fields. In addition, he has some skills related to surgery, gynecology and other basic medical professions. The fact is that they are simply necessary for him, because it is to him that in the vast majority of cases people initially turn to him. Often only because of this, the therapist manages to identify dangerous diseases, the treatment and diagnosis of which are the work of other specialists.
At the same time, he can independently treat almost any ailments of the internal organs. If the severity of such diseases reaches a significant magnitude and the patient is in serious condition, the therapist sends him to specialized hospitals / departments (cardiology, endocrinology, immunology, neurology, nephrology, pulmonology). In addition, the patient can receive a referral to hospitalization in another medical institution if, in addition to the main therapeutic diagnosis, the doctor finds mild illnesses of a different nature. Moreover, his treatment will be carried out after and, most likely, in a planned manner.
Also, one should not forget that often the emergency department (emergency room) erroneously directs a completely different profile to the therapist. If during the examination and medical history such a doctor understands that there is no therapeutic pathology, then he is obliged to transfer the patient for treatment to other specialists. For example, if a person has signs of a surgical disease, the therapist sends him to the appropriate specialist. If a woman complains about certain symptoms relating to the genitals, and she does not have other clinical manifestations, then it is rational to send her to the gynecological department.
Who is a community therapist?
This is a rather complicated medical specialty. The fact is that the local therapist constantly has to try to determine the presence or absence of a disease in various people in very limited time periods. If in a hospital the doctors have about 3 days to make a diagnosis (in this case, treatment begins much earlier, especially if the patient has a serious condition), then the general practitioner has only about 3 10 minutes. At the same time, he must fill out a huge variety of different documents. So the local therapist is a really difficult profession. In addition, after receiving him at the clinic, he goes to the calls that have come during his work.
Hospital work
In general hospitals, the therapist is a slightly less common, but still quite important specialty. The lesser significance of this profession in hospitals is due to the fact that more "narrow" specialists work here.
The therapeutic department of any hospital is most often filled with patients by 100%. This is primarily due to the widespread occurrence of both chronic and acute diseases, the treatment of which is the therapist. This sometimes even leads to the fact that the patient simply does not have room in the wards. At the same time, you have to put it in another compartment or even in the corridor.
In a hospital, a therapist is a specialist who is often called for consultation by other doctors. The fact is that few patients, especially those aged, do not have chronic diseases, which are the field of activity of the therapist. In addition, he is often invited to participate in various consultations.
Who is a chiropractor?
The activity of this person is somewhat similar to the work of an orthopedic surgeon. A chiropractor is a specialist who treats diseases with the help of hands on the body. The most popular skills of such a doctor are in those cases when the patient has ailments that affect the musculoskeletal system. Most often, such a therapist is a specialist who fights scoliosis, flat feet, osteochondrosis, kyphosis, intervertebral hernia and other diseases of bones and joints. This specialty is quite complicated, as it requires the doctor excellent knowledge of variable anatomy, as well as remarkable physical strength.