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A physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies: Allergists deal with medical conditions in which people become sick or the skin is covered with red and itching marks from reactions to something that is eaten, breathed, or touched.

Allergists are concerned with the diagnoses and treatments of patients who have an abnormally high sensitivity to certain substances, such as pollens, foods, or microorganisms. Common indications of an allergy may include excessive sneezing, abnormal itching, and extreme skin rashes.

A physician who is concerned with the administration of anesthesia and then the condition of the patient who is under anesthesia: An anesthesiologist uses a drug or a gas to cause the loss of bodily sensations with or without loss of consciousness.

Anesthetics, administered by anesthesiologists, can affect the whole body by making the patient unconscious, and are called "general anesthetics". Anesthetics that cause a person to have no feeling in only one specific part of the body are called "local anesthetics".

A specialist who evaluates hearing problems and advise patients about the possible use of hearing aids or other kinds of treatments: Audiologists are trained to evaluate hearing losses and related disorders of those who are having problems with their hearing, including balance (vestibular) disorders and tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and to rehabilitate individuals for their hearing losses and related disorders.

Audiologists use a variety of tests and procedures to diagnose hearing and balance functions and to fit and dispense hearing aids and other assistive devices for hearing.

A physician who specializes in heart conditions: Despite the fact that cardiologists are usually not surgeons, they often perform invasive procedures, such as angioplasties.

A medical doctor who is specialized in operating on the heart, lungs, and important blood vessels: A cardiovascular surgeon is an expert in repairing blocked arteries, bypass, defective heart valves, and congenital disorders.

A health care professional concentrates on nonsurgical and drugless treatments for patients and they use physical manipulations and procedures that are intended to relieve illnesses or injuries: Chiropractors center on the idea that unaligned vertebrae and their surrounding ligaments put pressures on spinal nerves, causing pains and a variety of internal disorders.

A doctor who concentrates their efforts on teeth and associated structures of the mouth: Dentists may specialize in dentistry that involves operating, or restoring parts of the teeth, preventive maintenance of the structures in the mouth, and prosthetic or artificial appliances to replace missing teeth.

A physician who evaluates and treats diseases of the skin: A dermatologist is a doctor who is an expert in the physiology and pathology of the skin.

A specialist who works with electrical tools that are involved with physiological processes: A electrophysiologist is active in the area of medical science dealing with the electrical activity connected with bodily functions.

A physician who specializes in the endocrine systems: An endocrinologist is an expert in the body areas of the glands that regulate body activities by special secretions, such as the pituitary, thyroid, and adrenal glands.

A physician or scientist who studies the incidences of diseases in populations and the influences of the environments and lifestyles on disease patterns: One example of an investigation by an epidemiologist could involve how tobacco, in association with smoking, has affected the health of particular areas of people.

A physician who specializes in digestive and intestinal problems: Dr. Diedrich was Virginia's gastroenterologist who performed a colonoscopy in order to detect any disorders that might be in her intestine.

Physicians who treat patients for a wide area of diseases and diaorders; and the medical problems which they do not feel qualified to handle are sent to medical specialists.

Medical doctors who specialize in the care and medical problems of older patients.

Physicians who specialize in the health and diseases of female patients.