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Call your health care provider if symptoms of hemochromatosis develop.Call for an appointment with your health care provider(for screening) if a family member has been diagnosed with hemochromatosis.
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Iron tests may be ordered by physicians or by nurse practitioners. Blood samples are usually drawn by nurses or phlebotomists.
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Detailed information on hematology, the study of blood and its disorders Hematology is the study of blood and its disorders. Hematologists, board-certified internists, look specifically at blood components such as blood count, and blood and bone marrow cells. Hematological tests can help diagnose anemia, hemophilia, blood-clotting disorders, and leukemia.
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After a doctor completes medical school and is licensed to practice medicine, the physician may pursue a rigorous 3 year training program in Internal Medicine.
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Harvard Medical School doctor addresses the question of whether a woman should see a gynecologist or an internist beyond her childbearing years.
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The American Board of Medical Specialties recognizes Family Medicine as a distinct discipline requiring an additional three years of training for doctors who wish to become Board Certified in this field. Family Medicine doctors are usually primary care providers (PCPs) [formerly general practitioners, or GPs] for the entire family.
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A Medical Geneticist is a doctor who completes a two- to four-year residency training program in medical genetics, and is expert in diagnosis and treatment recommendations for genetically linked diseases. There are four pathways to certification that the medical geneticist may pursue of which clinical cytogenetics is one.
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