Allergist
Dr. Frederick W. Lowe is an Allergist in Falmouth, MA
with special training and skill in diagnosing and treating allergies and asthma.
As an Allergist, Frederick W. Lowe, MD performs
therapies and provides medication to treat conditions like seasonal allergies, year-round allergies, food allergies, and asthma. Allergy Medicine is
a medical specialty focused on diagnosing and treating conditions related to allergic reactions produced by the human immune response. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Allergists include hay fever allergy, food allergies, hives, asthma, insect sting allergies, and allergies caused by pollen or dust mites.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Allergists
include prescribing steroid nasal sprays, antihistamines, and decongestants to treat allergies, giving allergy injection treatments, recommending blood tests, and referring patients to other specialists as needed.
Allergists in Falmouth, MA
Infectious Disease Doctor
Dr. Frederick W. Lowe is an Infectious Disease Doctor in Falmouth, MA
with special training and skill in detecting and treating bacterial, viral, fungal, and tropical infections.
As an Infectious Disease Doctor, Frederick W. Lowe, MD performs
blood tests, microscopies, blood sensitivity cultures, sputum, urine, stool, joint fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid testing as well as X-ray, CT, ultrasound and MRI scans. Infectious Disease Medicine is
a medical specialty that diagnoses, controls and treats both nosocomial (hospital-acquired) and out-patient based infections. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Infectious Disease Doctors include antibiotic-resistant infections, difficult to diagnose infections, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Infectious Disease Doctors
include examining rashes, lymph nodes, chest, abdomen and genital areas; testing blood, urine, stool, joint fluid and crebrospinal fluid and examining X-ray, CT, ultrasound, and MRI imaging; prescribing antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, anti-parasitics, or botanic medicine to fight detected infections.
An internist who deals with infectious diseases of all types and in all organ systems. Conditions requiring selective use of antibiotics call for this special skill. This physician often diagnoses and treats AIDS patients and patients with fevers which have not been explained. Infectious disease specialists may also have expertise in preventive medicine and travel medicine.
Infectious Disease Doctors in Falmouth, MA
