Rhematology Clinic

Rheumatology is a sub-specialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. Rheumatology is a rapidly evolving medical specialty, with advancements owing largely to new scientific discoveries about the immunology of these disorders. Because the characteristics or rheumatological disorders in terms of the autoimmune system, viz., as an autoimmune disease. 

Chest Clinic

It is the specialty that deals with diseases of the lungs and the respirator tract. It is called chest medicine and respiratory medicine.

Chest medicine is not a specialty in itself but is an inclusive term which pertains to the treatment of diseases of the chest and contains the fields of  pulmonology, thoracic surgery, and intensive care medicine. Pulmonology is concerned with the diagnosis and  treatment of lung diseases, as well as secondary prevention.

Physical diagnostics are as important s in the other fields of medicine.

• Inspection of the hands for signs of cyanosis or clubbing, chest wall, and respiratory rate. Palpation of the cervical lymph nodes, trachea and chest wall movement. Percussion of the lung fields.
• Auscultation (with a stethoscope) of the lung fields

Other tools include

• Laboratory investigation of blood (blood tests)
• Spirometry
• Chest X-rays, CT scanning, MRI scanning

Endocrinology clinic

Endrocrinology is a branch of medicine concerned with the study of the biosynthesis, storage, chemistry, and physiological function of hormones and with the cells of the endocrine glands and tissues that secrete them. The medical specialty of endocrinology involves the diagnostic evaluation of a wide variety of symptoms and variations and the long-term management of disorder of deficiency or excess of one or more hormones. The diagnosis and treatment of endocrine diseases are guided by laboratory tests to a greater extent for most specialties.

Endrocrinology involves caring for the person as well as the disease. Most endocrine disorder are chronic  diseases that need life-long care. Some of the most common endocrine diseases includes diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism and the metabolic syndrome. Care of diabetes, obesity and other chronic diseases necessitates understanding the patient at the personal and social level as well as the molecular, and the physician-patient relationship can be an important therapeutic process.

Vascular Clinic

     
 Vascular surgery is a specialty of surgery in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries and veins, are managed by medical therapy, minimally- invasive catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction.It Includes

Arterial diseases (especially in Diabetics)
Aneurysms
Ischemia
Extracranial cerebrovascular disease :

Venous disease
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Thrombophlebitis
Varicose Veins
Varicosities

Vascular Medicine
Medical disorders with a significant vascular components,

For example :
Raynaud’s syndrome Scleroderma Treatment includes both medical and surgical procedures

Nephrology Clinic

 Nephrology is the medical specialty which focuses on the treatment of kidney conditions and abnormalities.

Scope of the speciality

Nephrology concerns the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases, including electrolyte disturbances and hypertension, and the care of those requiring renal replacement therapy, including dialysis and renal transplant patients. Many diseases affecting the kidney are systemic disorder not limited to the organ itself, and may require special treatment. Examples include acquired conditions such as systemic vasculitides (eg. ANCA vasculitis) and autoimmune diseases (eg lupus), as well as congenital or genetic conditions such as polycystic kidney disease.

Child Clinic

Paediatric

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The upper age limit of such patients ranges from age 12 to 21

Padiatrics differs from adult medicine in many respects. The obvious body size differences are paralleled by maturational changes. Congenital defects, genetic variance, and developmental issues are greater concern to pediatricians than they often are to adult physicians.

Common pediatric diseases that may require pediatric surgery include

•  Congenital malformations : Lymphangioma , cleft lip and palate, esophageal atresia and  tracheoesophageal fistula.  Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, intestinal atresia, necrotizing enterocolitis, meconium plugs, Hirschsprung’s disease, imperforate anus, undescended tests,…
•  Abdominal wall defects: omphalocele, gastroschisis, hernias…
•  Chest wall deformities : pectus excavatum
•  Childhood tumors : like neuroblastoma, Wilms’ tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, ATRT, liver tumors, teratomas...
•  Separation of conjoined twins

Mind Clinic

 Psychiatry

      The department of psychiatry is stated with objectives of promoting better psychiatric care for the patients attending this hospital. The field of psychiatry includes child and adult psychiatry, adult psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, addiction and substance abuse psychiatry, forensic psychiatry.

     A person with one or more of the following symptoms should be evaluated by a psychiatrist as soon s possible.

• Marked personality change
• inability to coupe up with problems daily activities
• Strange ideas
• Excessive worries
• Prolonged depression and apathy
• Marked changes in eating or sleeping patterns
• Extreme highs and lows
• Abuse of alcohol or drugs
• Excessive anger , hostility or violent behavior

Facilities

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• Management strategies
• Psychotherapy
• Behavior therapy
• Family therapy, marital counseling
• Stress management for students
• De-addiction therapy
• Electro-convulsive therapy
• Biofeedback therapy
• Group therapy
• Recreation therapy
• Occupation therapy
• Rehabilitation