Dahiliye

Dahiliye, or internal medicine, is a medical specialty focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and non-surgical treatment of diseases in adults. Dahiliye physicians manage a broad range of conditions that may involve multiple organ systems, often dealing with complex or chronic illnesses. The specialty emphasizes diagnostic reasoning, preventive care, and long-term management, and frequently serves as a primary medical service in hospitals and outpatient settings. Internists coordinate care with other specialists when diseases affect several organ systems.

Training and practice typically begin after medical school, with residency programs in internal medicine lasting several years and culminating in board certification or an equivalent credential in the respective country. The curriculum covers clinical assessment, diagnostic methods, pharmacology, and evidence-based practice. Many internists pursue additional training in subspecialties to gain deeper expertise in areas such as cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, nephrology, pulmonology, rheumatology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, or geriatrics, while others practice as broad generalists.

Subspecialties and collaboration: Internal medicine encompasses numerous focused fields, and internists often serve as consultants for complex cases or as primary care providers for adults. Subspecialists may handle advanced procedures, complex organ-specific conditions, or systemic diseases, while the internist maintains overall coordination of the patient’s medical care.

Common patient care tasks include evaluating adults with nonspecific or multi-system symptoms, managing chronic diseases (for example diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), coordinating preventive services, ordering and interpreting laboratory tests and imaging, and designing comprehensive, patient-centered treatment plans.