Monday, March 21, 2011

Do infectious disease specialists diagnose and treat what's wrong with a person?

Atmautluak

Do they diagnose whats wrong with a person and do they treat them? I think they do both?



Poynor

All specialists have completed medical school and have studied most diseases before turning specialists, that is focusing on one type of diseasesAs a specialist one should be able to diagnose and treat most illnesses related to their field. I say most and not all because no one is capable of learning every known illness, and treatments change from day to day. Besides treating the specific illnesses they have studied, specialists are able to recognize and treat some other illnesses out of their specialty. For example, an infectious disease specialist could recognize a skin disease while examining a patient and, either treat it if he knows how, or send the patient to a colleague who knows about the disease and is able to administer the proper treatmentBest doctors are the ones who know their specialty, diagnosing and treating specific illnesses, and are able to send the patients with other diseases to the correct specialist for their treatment



East Uniontown

If it's related to an infectious disease then yes they do. It's what they are consulted for routinely.