What is therapy: description, main directions, indications, contraindications

Therapy is a field of clinical medicine that studies the course, causes and clinical manifestations of diseases of internal organs. Therapy includes non-surgical treatment, diagnostics, rehabilitation and prevention. This specialization is represented by general practitioners.

Symptoms that require a visit to a general practitioner:

• cough;
• chronic fatigue;
• runny nose;
• sore throat;
• insomnia;
• headaches and migraines;
• high blood pressure;
• general weakness;
• loss of appetite.

Diseases that therapy studies

Therapy includes the doctor's responsibilities of prescribing medications and monitoring their effects (including side effects) during treatment:

• colds, infections;
• ARI and flu;
• anemia;
• lung and bronchial diseases (bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis);
• cardiovascular abnormalities;
• leukemia;
• gastrointestinal diseases;
• neurological disorders;
• metabolic disorders;
• pathologies of the spine, joints, bones, muscles.

As the disease progresses, therapy involves recommendations for specific preventive measures: spa and sanatorium treatment and physiotherapy.

Diagnostics and therapeutic measures in therapy

• primary examination using tapping methods (percussion), listening to the lungs (auscultation), feeling specific areas of internal organs (palpation);
• measuring blood pressure and pulse;
• prescribing a diet and nutrition regimen;
• urine and blood analysis;
• collecting anamnesis - information about past illnesses, current complaints and symptoms, analyzing the medical history;
• differential diagnostics;
• identifying indicators that require immediate hospitalization of a person.

Therapy also uses additional diagnostic methods: ultrasound, laboratory and radiological studies. Therapists write out sick leave certificates and fill out medical records with information about the diagnosis and treatment.