Birmingham, Alabama is home to 877 practicing internal medicine doctors who have offices in 3 counties and 28 zip codes, including zip codes 35233, 35209, 35205, 35213, 35294, 35249, 35211, 35235, 35234, 35243, 35242, 35216, 35223, 35215, 35244, 35296, 35214, 35203, 35218, 35207, 35210, 35208, 35212, 35255, 35287, 35226, 35222, and 35206.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Birmingham has a population of 231,483, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 internal medicine doctor for every 263 residents.

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According to 2005 Census estimates, Alabama has a population of 4,557,808. Of this population, 1,074,627 are under the age of 18 and 600,258 are at or above the age of 65.

Description

Internal medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with treating the whole patient. An internal medicine physician, also called an internist, can treat many illnesses and conditions, and is skilled in treating a patient who has several illnesses or disorders at the same time. This internist, who can be a primary care physician, emphasizes disease prevention and wellness, but can treat problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs, along with mental health or substance abuse issues.

The internal medicine physician can also treat cancer or diseases of the heart, blood, kidneys, joints, and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems, while concentrating on the wellness of the patient as a whole.

Diseases / Illnesses Treated

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are emphysema, broncho-esophagology, bronchitis, pneumonia, osteoarthritis , hyper / hypoglycemia, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, asthma, pectus excavatum, osteoporosis, macular degeneration, cancer, infection, autism, congestive heart failure, herpes, hypertension, heart attack, and anemia.

Procedures Performed

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including lithotripsy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp, dialysis, angioplasty, mechanical ventilation, endoscopy, cardioversion, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp), cardiac ablation, and intra-aortic balloon pump.

Tests Performed

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including  faa-flight physicial, physicial / check up, bone density test, dialysis, physicial examination, computed axial tomography (ct or cat scan), magnetic resonance imaging (mri), ultrasound, x-ray, biopsy, blood test, electrocardiogram (ecg or ekg), upper gi (barium swallow), electrolyte test, lower gi (barium enema), stool test, ph probe test, and microbiological culture.