Everyday & chronic illness
In short
General Medicine at AJ Subaitha Medical Centre in Egmore, Chennai is the first stop for fever, infection, body pain, weakness and stomach trouble, and for long-term conditions such as high blood pressure, thyroid disorders and high cholesterol. Annual health checks are done here. Outpatient consultations run Monday to Saturday, 10am to 9pm.
If you are not sure whether this is the department you need, this is what it covers and what each of these conditions actually involves.
Fever is a symptom, not a diagnosis, and in Chennai the causes worth ruling out change with the season — dengue and other mosquito-borne illness after the rains, waterborne infection when water gets contaminated. Fever lasting more than two or three days, or with severe headache, breathlessness, rash or persistent vomiting, needs examining rather than treating at home.
Feeling persistently tired, weak or aching is common and is often dismissed. It can follow infection, anaemia, thyroid problems, diabetes or vitamin deficiency — all of which are found by testing rather than by how the symptom feels. AJSMC's laboratory is in the building, so tests ordered on the day are processed here.
Acidity, indigestion, loose motions, constipation and abdominal pain are among the most common reasons people come in. Most settle. What is worth examining is pain that keeps returning, any bleeding, unintended weight loss, or a change in bowel habit that has lasted.
Blood pressure is high in a great many people who feel entirely well, which is precisely the problem — it does its damage to the heart, kidneys, eyes and brain silently over years. It is found by measuring, and once found it is controlled and monitored rather than treated once and forgotten.
An underactive or overactive thyroid can look like tiredness, weight change, hair fall, feeling cold or hot, palpitations or low mood — vague on their own, which is why the condition is often carried for a long time before it is picked up. A blood test settles it.
Cholesterol causes no symptoms at all. It is found on a blood test and it matters because of what it contributes to over years. It is managed with diet, activity and treatment where needed, and rechecked rather than assumed to have stayed put.
A yearly check exists to find the silent things — blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol, thyroid, anaemia — while they are still easy to deal with. Worth doing before something prompts it, particularly if these conditions run in your family.
Not every symptom needs a specialist, and waiting is reasonable for a great many of them. These are the ones worth an appointment rather than another week of watching.
Bring any previous reports and the actual strips of the medicines you are taking — the packaging carries the strength, which the name alone does not. Tests ordered on the day are processed in the laboratory here, so most reports reach your consultant within the same visit.
AJSMC does not run a casualty or trauma unit. In a life-threatening emergency — an accident, chest pain, stroke symptoms or heavy bleeding — call 108 or go directly to the nearest hospital with a 24-hour emergency department.
The things people ask before booking. Still unsure? Our team is a call away on 044 2532 2021.
General Medicine at AJSMC in Egmore, Chennai is the first stop for adults with fever, infection, body pain, weakness and stomach trouble, and for long-term conditions including high blood pressure, thyroid disorders and high cholesterol. It is also where annual health checks are done. If a specialist is needed, this is usually where that is worked out. Outpatient consultations run Monday to Saturday, 10am to 9pm.
