Dr. Balachandar M, MD is a doctor primarily located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The doctor specializes as a Allergist, Immunologist, Pulmonologist and Somnologist. The doctor speaks English and Tamil.
Degrees
Dr. Balachandar M has the following degree:
Doctor of Medicine (MD), 2005
RSMU
Specializations
Dr. Balachandar M has the following 4 specializations:
Allergists are doctors trained to prevent, diagnose, manage, and treat allergic diseases. Allergists are also trained to manage immune system disorders, including allergies, asthma, inherited immunodeficiency diseases, and autoimmune diseases. You should see an allergist if you have difficulty breathing, or nasal congestion, or chronic sinus infection, or seasonal/year-round allergies, or severe asthma impacting your work and life, or if non-prescription antihistamine medicines are not effective.
Immunologists are doctors trained to diagnose, treat and manage allergies, asthma and immunologic disorders including primary immunodeficiency disorders. These conditions range from the very common to the very rare, spanning all ages and encompassing various organ systems. They also develop new therapies, treatments, or vaccines to control illnesses, infections, and cancer. Typically, an immunologist goes through a special training beyond just a graduate degree. For example, in the US becoming an immunologist requires at least an additional nine years of training.
A pulmonologist is specialists who diagnose and treat conditions that affect the respiratory system in men, women and also in children. They are also known as a respiratory physician. Pulmonologists treat everything from asthma to tuberculosis, and they have expertise in several types of respiratory disorders like infectious, structural, inflammatory, neoplastic, autoimmune. Pulmonologists can use and interpret exams and tests to help determine a lung-related diagnosis. They begin the diagnostic process with a general review focusing on hereditary diseases affecting lungs, exposure to toxins, exposure to infectious agents, an autoimmune diathesis.
Somnology is the field which involves scientific study of sleep. It includes diagnoses, treatment, and study of sleep irregularities and disorders. Somnologists are the doctors trained or educated in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders. They diagnose patients by asking the patients to record a two-week sleep diary that involves the details of how much time they sleep and how their sleep was interrupted. Along with this, the doctor also performs the physical examination of the lung, throat, and heart. To solve the issues regarding sleep, patients need to change their lifestyle by exercising, losing weight, darkening their rooms, or cutting back on coffee.
Locations
Dr. Balachandar M works at the following location: