Do You Really Need Both a Gynecologist and a Primary Care Doctor?

Do You Really Need Both a Gynecologist and a Primary Care Doctor?

If you don't have any major medical problems, is it really necessary to have both a primary care doctor and an ob-gyn? Health's medical editor weighs in on how to decide the number of doctors and health specialists you see

I for the most part suggest having both, yet it boils down to individual inclination and your own needs. In the event that you don't have any real restorative issues, you might be OK going to your ob-gyn as your customary specialist. Any great gyno will be upbeat to converse with you about general wellbeing. In spite of the fact that ob-gyns give direction as a matter of first importance on ladies' wellbeing and issues identified with the conceptive organs, bounty offer administrations outside of that domain (cholesterol screenings, say). 

All things being equal, a yearly physical exam by an essential care supplier (PCP) will most likely make significantly more progress, including metabolic, respiratory and stomach related wellbeing, first off. Additionally, some gynos may feel more great alluding you to another authority for diseases that a PCP would deal with herself. For instance, on the off chance that you have a rash, your ob-gyn may urge you to get a dermatologist's feeling, while a PCP might have the capacity to treat it in one stop. 

Eventually, everything relies on upon the specialist. On the off chance that you have an extraordinary association with your gyno and feel she gives you the 360 therapeutic help you require, fine. Simply ready her that she's the main specialist you visit routinely. Along these lines, she knows to give you thorough checkups or send you to another MD when important. 

Wellbeing's therapeutic supervisor, Roshini Rajapaksa, MD, is right hand educator of pharmaceutical at the NYU School of Medicine.