Internal Medicine is called a specialty of medicine whose purpose is the study, diagnosis and treatment of various pathologies, which are typical of adults. This branch covers the so-called internal diseases, which are those that do not require treatment with surgery. On the other hand, the doctor who dedicates himself to this specialty is called an Internist who after graduating from medical school as a doctor must begin his postgraduate studies in internal medicine whose duration is no longer than 3 years, after this said individual can be considered a specialist in the area of internal medicine
Internal medicine has the following main objectives: Serve as a guide to the patient while he goes through his complex trajectory through the hospital health system, For this reason it is in charge of ordering and directing the action against his disease and also organizing the rest of specialists who are required to obtain a diagnosis, as well as the necessary treatments.
It should be noted that internal medicine specialists are the experts that primary care physicians and other specialists turn to in order to provide correct care to complex patients, that is, the diagnosis of said patient is quite complex, since They are affected by various pathologies or have symptoms in various organs, apparatus or systems of the body.
Despite the aforementioned, the vast training of internists does not completely prevent them from requiring experts in the control of risk factors in the cardiovascular system, or when there is the presence of infectious diseases and especially HIV.
This specialty is characterized by offering a broad vision of the sick patient as a whole, this is due to the fact that it integrates the different subspecialties, therefore the specialist in this area is the general practitioner who can be with the same patient throughout of his life, that is, he accompanies him from adolescence to old age, preparing him when he needs a surgical intervention, both on an outpatient basis in the face of various health disorders that do not compromise life, as well as during hospitalization when the patient requires special care.
