GENERAL MEDICINE
Avivo Health Group’s General Medicine department deals with the prevention, diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of disorders and diseases that are associated with all internal structures of a human body. General Medicine practitioners’ primary approach to health condition and treatment is a comprehensive management and non-invasive procedural structure that does not include surgery.
GPs affiliated with Avivo Health Group’s clinics and hospitals in UAE provide their comprehensive care and services for all types of diseases. They treat contagious diseases, acute infections, chronic systemic diseases and support you with overall wellbeing.
During any illness, the General Practitioner is the first person you will consult. After their thorough examination and diagnosis, they will either help you with medication to support recovery, aid in nutrients by prescribing multivitamins and suggest lifestyle changes. In some cases, they may ask you to undergo further diagnostic tests and refer you to a specialist for specialized care.
The art of managing, preventing, treating, and diagnosing all adult health conditions is known as General Medicine. At AVIVO Group, our General medicine practitioners are one of the most exceptional professionals in UAE. They diagnose and manage general medical conditions that affect adults ages 18 and older. As the first point of contact, usually general medicine practitioners direct patients to specialists if a medical condition needs advanced treatment or whenever required. Advanced diagnostic methods are employed, and if the severity persists or discovered, the patient is referred to a specialist.
All our GP doctors specialize in the health and well-being of seniors and older people. Our clinics consist of well-experienced doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
Our GP doctors aim to establish a long-term bond with you and your family, focused around keeping you healthy and preventing any illness. The care they provide includes preventive care counseling, physical exams, and acute medical conditions management. It also includes children’s health care and well-child visits for services such as developmental screenings, immunizations, and parental guidance to help meet growth milestones.
The range of diseases managed by our General medicine Department includes – general health issues to the management of chronic and complex conditions. Some of the services and treatments at the Department are:
Primary care, including routine check-ups
The General specialist is a primary source of care for diabetic patients. They may suspect if a patient has diabetes if they possess risk factors for it or if they have high levels of blood sugar in the urine. The level of an individual’s blood sugar, also called blood glucose, may be elevated if his or her pancreas produces little or no insulin (Type 1 Diabetes), or if the body is not responding appropriately to insulin (Type 2 Diabetes).
Our General specialists complete a full medical review upon diagnosis considering any other medical problems.
The role of the GP doctor involves initial diagnosis, treatment, coordination of consultant and allied professional care, and continuous management that includes the education (including diet and lifestyle) and counseling of the patient and their family.
Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of blood vessels. The heart pumps blood into blood vessels that transport the blood to the body. High blood pressure, is commonly called as hypertension as well, is fatal because it pressurizes the heart to pump blood to the human body and contributes to hardening of the arteries and may lead to stroke, kidney disease, and heart failure.
Our GP doctors provide comprehensive care in the management of your blood pressure by suggesting diet and lifestyle changes.
High blood pressure may occur due to the following reasons:
- Smoking
- Consumption of excessive salt in diet
- Lack of physical activity
- High consumption of alcohol
- Genetics
- Stress
- Family history
- Chronic kidney disease
- Thyroid disorder
- Sleep Apnea
Hypertension (HP) or high blood pressure (HBP) also called a “silent disease” because people don’t know they suffer from it. There could be no signs or symptoms.
At AVIVO Clinics, the GP specialists monitor your blood pressure regularly, especially if it has ever been in the high or above the “normal” range, or if there is a family history of hypertension.
Gastrointestinal diseases refer to disorders and conditions of the digestive system. Our clinic’s GP doctors and specialists provide the best service to all the patients experiencing chronic and acute disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
Various diseases are taken care of at our clinics, and some of them are the following:
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Irritable bowel diseases
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Peptic ulcer
People suffering from respiratory illness often find it very difficult to breathe without any effort. Most of the time, the lung diseases affect your independence, thereby reducing the quality of life. We are concerned about your health; hence our GP doctors and specialists offer the best set of treatments for your care.
Treatments include asthma, allergies, lung infection, cough, sinusitis, tuberculosis, and pneumonia.
Urinary infections are infections that result from microbes. A UTI can affect the urinary tract. The urinary tract comprises kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. Most UTIs only affect the urethra and bladder in the lower tract. However, UTIs can affect the ureters and kidneys in the upper tract. Although upper tract UTIs are rarer than lower tract UTIs, they are also usually more severe.
The GP doctors at AVIVO Group help in the diagnosis and treatment of UTI’s and deliver exceptional care to help you lead a healthy life.
Our kidneys function to filter about 180 liters of blood and remove ions, toxins, and medications and excrete it in the urine. It also retains the necessary substances and sends it back to the blood. Kidneys also help to maintain water-salt & acid-base balance in your body; they control blood pressure and make red blood cells.
But sometimes, due to many factors, your kidneys get damaged and are not able to carry out its usual functions, causing medical complications.
At AVIVO Group, our experienced practitioners diagnose and treat both acute and chronic kidney diseases, etc. The GP usually conducts a simple urine routine examination to identify the appropriate treatment required for the patient.
The GP specialists help in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disorders. That includes hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid), hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) hypothyroidism. The GP experts determine the cause of the abnormal thyroid levels and recommend the most effective treatment for patients. Their goal is to provide personalized therapies specific to the patient’s needs.
Our team of specialists offer the most advanced diagnostic and treatment options and create a personalized treatment plan for all patients. Treatments for anemia depend on the type, cause, and severity of anemia.
Rheumatology deals with arthritis and disorders of the joints, muscles, and ligaments. At AVIVO Group, the General medicine doctors use specialized remedies in the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disease and systemic autoimmune conditions.
The GP department provides a multidisciplinary approach for the treatment of rheumatic diseases. A common illness is the rheumatoid arthritis that causes joint inflammation.
At AVIVO Group, we aim at adopting collaborative and comprehensive treatment measures to give you a healthy life as quickly as possible.
General Medicine Services are offered from the following centres of AVIVO Group:
Patients with cardiovascular conditions like Ischaemic heart diseases (heart attack, strokes or angina) and hypertension (high blood pressure) can seek General Physicians for compassionate services and instant treatments that are accompanied by long-term lifestyle plans for the management of chronic conditions and prevention of recurring symptoms of the disease.
General Physicians have also earned expertise in managing the gastrointestinal system; the respiratory system that involve conditions like lung fibrosis, emphysema, pneumonia and asthma; haematological system; neurological system that involve conditions likes dementia, epilepsy (seizures), and strokes; Endocrinal system that involve thyroid diseases and diabetes; and all other human body systems.
The General Medicine department established by the Avivo Health Group all over UAE comprises of the most dedicated and highly qualified General Physicians who work with close collaboration with the endocrinologists, neurologists, immunologists, obstetrician/gynecologists, surgeons, oncologists, urologists, cardiologists, and all other medical practitioners and specialists.
While you visit our GP at our hospitals and clinics in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, they will examine you, assess your condition parallel to your complaints. During the interview, your GP will comprehensively and extensively ask you about the symptoms that you are currently experiencing, the duration of their occurrence, their onset, your previous treatment reports and laboratory tests, and other medical conditions you have been experiencing.
The Global Role of a General Medicine Practitioner
The patients visiting a General Physician can experience one or many difficult problems hence, our highly qualified GPs always inherit a comprehensive assessment procedure. This leads to the recognition of health problems and consideration of diagnostic possibilities that might otherwise be neglected by single-organ specialists.
General physicians are trained through broad medical approaches and are experts in dealing with mild to complex diseases concerning all parts of the body, and additionally addressing the psychological and social aspects of the disease.
GPs with their proficiency in combination of medications, alternative prescriptions and complimentary laboratory tests that can treat multiple illnesses of a patient.
General Health Check-up
We also provide general health check-up services. The general consultation by our GP involves the following common procedures:
- Weight and height measurements
- Blood pressure measurement
- Blood sugar tests
- Cholesterol level tests
- Throat, Ear and Eye observation
- Electrocardiogram procedure for heart disease patients
- Chest X-Ray procedure for patients with respiratory disease and heavy smokers
Our General Physicians are available in the clinics and hospitals in UAE with all the important equipment to perform your general medical exam, and erase your doubts about potential health conditions like diabetes, heart disease, cholesterol, depression, or cancer on the basis of genetic predisposition.
Vaccination and Immunization Services
Vaccination or immunization is the process whereby vaccines are injected in your body to induce the creation of antibodies that will fight off infections and strengthen your immune system.
At a child’s birth, a number of vaccines are injected to provide them life-long protection against life threatening diseases. These vaccines will help their bodies to defend the incoming infections and allergens thus supporting through their growth stages.
However, some vaccines are given to teenagers and adults at pre-determined times of their lives.
Lifestyle Disease Management
The General Medicine department offers primary care and management for the common lifestyle diseases that people experience. These include drug and alcohol abuse and smoking, type 2 diabetes, obesity and anorexia, heart attack and strokes, premature mortality, hypertension and mental disorders.
Our General Physicians will recommend you a treatment and prevention plan to alter your lifestyle and prepare you for self-management.
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