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Dr. Ankit Khandelwal clinic logoDr. Ankit KhandelwalConsultant Physician — Medicine

Services

Adult medicine, start to finish

From a single fever consultation to a decade of diabetes care — every service below lists the symptoms it covers, when you should consult, and what you gain from treatment.

01 · 6 services

General Medicine

First-contact care for everyday illness — an accurate diagnosis, rational prescribing and a written plan you can follow at home.

Fever

Evaluation of acute and prolonged fever, including dengue, typhoid, malaria, viral syndromes and urinary or chest infections, with targeted testing rather than blind antibiotics.

Symptoms

  • Temperature above 100.4°F with chills or sweating
  • Body ache, headache and severe fatigue
  • Rash, bleeding spots or reduced urine output
  • Fever continuing beyond five days

When to consult

  • Fever persisting more than 3 days or recurring in waves
  • Breathlessness, drowsiness, persistent vomiting or dehydration
  • Fever in a person with diabetes, pregnancy or low immunity

Benefits

  • Same-day platelet and fever profile interpretation
  • Day-care monitoring instead of unnecessary admission
  • Responsible antibiotic use with clear stop dates

Cough & Respiratory Illness

Assessment of acute and chronic cough — post-viral cough, bronchitis, pneumonia, allergic airway disease, reflux-related cough and smoker's cough.

Symptoms

  • Cough lasting more than two weeks
  • Wheeze, chest tightness or breathlessness on exertion
  • Coloured sputum, chest pain or blood in sputum
  • Night-time or early-morning coughing spells

When to consult

  • Cough with fever, weight loss or night sweats
  • Any episode of blood-stained sputum
  • Cough that disturbs sleep or limits daily activity

Benefits

  • Chest examination with spirometry or X-ray only when indicated
  • Correct inhaler selection and technique training
  • Screening for tuberculosis where risk exists

Headache

Structured evaluation of migraine, tension-type headache, sinus headache and headache caused by blood pressure, medication overuse or eye strain.

Symptoms

  • Throbbing one-sided pain with nausea or light sensitivity
  • Tight band-like pressure across the forehead
  • Headache on waking or worsening when bending forward
  • Increasing need for painkillers each week

When to consult

  • Sudden, severe 'worst-ever' headache
  • Headache with fever, neck stiffness, weakness or visual loss
  • More than four headache days a month

Benefits

  • Trigger diary and preventive medication where appropriate
  • Neuro-imaging advised only when red flags are present
  • Reduction in painkiller dependence

Allergies

Diagnosis and long-term control of allergic rhinitis, urticaria (hives), dust and pollen allergy, drug allergy and food-related reactions.

Symptoms

  • Sneezing bouts, blocked or runny nose, itchy eyes
  • Recurrent itchy welts or skin swelling
  • Seasonal worsening or reaction after specific foods
  • Cough or wheeze triggered by dust and smoke

When to consult

  • Symptoms present most days or disturbing sleep
  • Any lip, tongue or throat swelling after food or medicine
  • Repeated courses of antihistamines with no lasting relief

Benefits

  • Written trigger-avoidance plan for home and workplace
  • Non-sedating, long-term-safe medication schedule
  • Emergency action plan for severe reactions

Infections

Management of bacterial, viral and fungal infections — throat and ear infections, urinary infections, skin and soft-tissue infections, and post-viral complications.

Symptoms

  • Burning urination, urgency or lower abdominal pain
  • Painful, red or discharging skin lesions
  • Sore throat with fever and difficulty swallowing
  • Symptoms returning soon after finishing medication

When to consult

  • Infection recurring more than twice in six months
  • No improvement after 48–72 hours of treatment
  • Infection with diabetes, kidney disease or immunosuppression

Benefits

  • Culture-guided antibiotic choice where possible
  • Antibiotic stewardship to prevent resistance
  • Clear guidance on completing and stopping treatment

Digestive Disorders

Care for acidity and GERD, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, gastritis, fatty liver and food intolerance.

Symptoms

  • Burning chest or sour regurgitation after meals
  • Bloating, cramping and irregular bowel habit
  • Loss of appetite, nausea or unexplained weight loss
  • Black stools or blood in stools

When to consult

  • Symptoms for more than a month despite antacids
  • Difficulty swallowing, vomiting blood or black stools
  • New bowel-habit change after the age of 45

Benefits

  • Diet plan matched to your symptom pattern
  • Liver and endoscopy referral only when justified
  • Reduction in long-term acid-suppressant dependence

02 · 5 services

Lifestyle Diseases

Long-term conditions managed to target, with scheduled reviews so doses stay correct and complications are picked up years early.

Diabetes

Structured management of type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes: HbA1c targets, medication titration, insulin initiation, diet counselling and complication screening.

Symptoms

  • Excess thirst, frequent urination and tiredness
  • Unexplained weight loss or increased appetite
  • Slow-healing wounds and repeated skin infections
  • Tingling or numbness in the feet

When to consult

  • Fasting sugar above 126 mg/dL or HbA1c above 6.5%
  • Family history of diabetes with a widening waistline
  • Existing diabetes without a review in the last six months

Benefits

  • HbA1c brought to an individual, realistic target
  • Annual eye, kidney and foot screening schedule
  • Fewer hypoglycaemic episodes through careful titration

Hypertension

Blood pressure control and cardiovascular risk reduction using home BP readings, ECG, lipid profiling and stepwise medication adjustment.

Symptoms

  • Often completely silent — detected only on measurement
  • Early-morning headache or neck heaviness
  • Palpitations, breathlessness or nosebleeds
  • Blurred vision during BP spikes

When to consult

  • Readings consistently above 140/90 mmHg
  • BP above 180/110 mmHg at any time
  • Chest pain, breathlessness or swollen ankles

Benefits

  • Home BP monitoring protocol you can actually follow
  • Lower long-term stroke and heart-attack risk
  • Kidney function protected through regular testing

Thyroid Disorders

Evaluation and dose stabilisation for hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, subclinical thyroid disease and thyroid problems in pregnancy.

Symptoms

  • Fatigue, weight gain, cold intolerance, dry skin
  • Palpitations, weight loss, heat intolerance, tremor
  • Hair fall, irregular periods or infertility
  • Neck swelling or a change in voice

When to consult

  • Abnormal TSH on a routine report
  • Planning pregnancy with known thyroid disease
  • Persistent symptoms despite being on thyroid medication

Benefits

  • Correct interpretation of TSH, T3 and T4 together
  • Stable dosing with a fixed monitoring calendar
  • Safe management through pregnancy

Asthma

Diagnosis, inhaler-based control and action planning for asthma and allergic airway disease in adults, including exercise-induced symptoms.

Symptoms

  • Recurrent wheeze and chest tightness
  • Night-time or early-morning breathlessness
  • Cough triggered by dust, smoke, cold air or exercise
  • Frequent need for a reliever inhaler

When to consult

  • Reliever inhaler needed more than twice a week
  • Any night waking due to breathlessness
  • An attack requiring nebulisation or emergency care

Benefits

  • Correct inhaler device and technique verification
  • Written personal asthma action plan
  • Fewer emergency visits and steroid courses

High Cholesterol

Lipid assessment and cardiovascular risk scoring, with diet-first management and statin therapy where the evidence supports it.

Symptoms

  • Usually no symptoms until a cardiac event
  • Fatty deposits around the eyelids or tendons
  • Chest discomfort or breathlessness on exertion
  • Often found alongside diabetes or obesity

When to consult

  • LDL cholesterol above 100 mg/dL with other risk factors
  • Family history of heart disease before age 55
  • Already on a statin but never re-tested

Benefits

  • Ten-year cardiovascular risk explained in plain numbers
  • Diet and activity plan before or alongside medication
  • Liver-safe monitoring while on lipid therapy

03 · 4 services

Preventive Care

Screening and counselling designed to find problems while they are still reversible — and to keep healthy people healthy.

Annual Checkups

Age- and risk-appropriate health evaluation with a physician-led explanation of every value in your report — not just a printout.

Symptoms

  • No symptoms required — this is preventive
  • Persistent tiredness or reduced stamina
  • Family history of diabetes, heart or thyroid disease
  • Sedentary work with rising weight

When to consult

  • Once a year from age 30, or earlier with family history
  • Before starting a new fitness programme
  • When a corporate health report needs interpretation

Benefits

  • Early detection of diabetes, hypertension and anaemia
  • A single-page personalised prevention roadmap
  • No unnecessary or duplicated tests

Lifestyle Counselling

Practical, culturally realistic guidance on nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress and tobacco or alcohol reduction.

Symptoms

  • Low energy, poor sleep or daytime drowsiness
  • Stress-related acidity, headache or palpitations
  • Difficulty sustaining diet or exercise changes
  • Rising blood pressure, sugar or cholesterol

When to consult

  • Borderline reports that do not yet need medication
  • Wanting to reduce or stop existing medicines safely
  • Planning to quit tobacco or cut down alcohol

Benefits

  • Goals set in small, measurable steps
  • Indian-diet-based meal structuring
  • Documented progress at each review

Vaccination Advice

Adult immunisation planning — influenza, pneumococcal, hepatitis B, typhoid, tetanus, HPV and travel vaccines.

Symptoms

  • Not symptom-based — protection is planned in advance
  • Frequent chest infections each winter
  • Occupational or travel-related exposure risk
  • Chronic illness increasing infection risk

When to consult

  • Adults above 60, or with diabetes, asthma or heart disease
  • At least 4–6 weeks before international travel
  • Uncertainty about childhood vaccination status

Benefits

  • A written adult vaccination calendar
  • Country-specific travel health advice
  • Guidance on contraindications and timing

Weight Management

Medically supervised weight reduction addressing thyroid, insulin resistance, PCOS, sleep and medication-related weight gain.

Symptoms

  • BMI above 25 or increasing waist circumference
  • Snoring, daytime sleepiness or joint pain
  • Weight regain after repeated crash diets
  • Fatty liver on an ultrasound report

When to consult

  • Weight gain despite diet and exercise efforts
  • Obesity with diabetes, hypertension or fatty liver
  • Before considering weight-loss medication

Benefits

  • Underlying hormonal causes tested and treated
  • Sustainable 5–10% weight loss targets
  • Improvement in sugar, BP and lipid numbers

04 · 3 services

Specialised Care

Focused medicine programmes for older adults, women and men, built around the risks that matter most at each life stage.

Geriatric Care

Comprehensive care for older adults — medication review, fall and memory assessment, nutrition, bone health and coordination of specialist care.

Symptoms

  • Unsteadiness, falls or fear of walking alone
  • Forgetfulness or confusion with medicines
  • Poor appetite, weight loss or weakness
  • Multiple prescriptions from different doctors

When to consult

  • Taking five or more medicines daily
  • Any fall in the last six months
  • New confusion, low mood or withdrawal from activity

Benefits

  • De-prescribing of unnecessary or duplicated medicines
  • Fall-prevention and bone-health plan
  • Single physician coordinating all specialists

Women's Health

Internal medicine care for women — anaemia, thyroid disease, PCOS-related metabolic issues, bone health, menopause symptoms and preventive screening.

Symptoms

  • Fatigue, hair fall or heavy menstrual bleeding
  • Irregular cycles with weight gain or acne
  • Hot flushes, sleep disturbance or mood change
  • Joint aches or backache after menopause

When to consult

  • Persistent tiredness with low haemoglobin
  • Planning pregnancy with diabetes or thyroid disease
  • Around and after menopause for bone and heart screening

Benefits

  • Iron, vitamin D and thyroid status corrected properly
  • Metabolic risk in PCOS addressed early
  • Coordinated referral to gynaecology when needed

Men's Health

Preventive and therapeutic care for men — cardiac risk, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, stress, sleep apnoea and tobacco or alcohol reduction.

Symptoms

  • Rising waistline with fatigue and low stamina
  • Snoring with daytime sleepiness
  • Chest tightness or breathlessness on exertion
  • Stress-related acidity, sleep loss or high BP

When to consult

  • From age 30 with a family history of heart disease
  • Regular tobacco or alcohol use
  • Abnormal liver, lipid or sugar values on a report

Benefits

  • Cardiac risk quantified and reduced systematically
  • Fatty liver reversed through targeted lifestyle change
  • Screening for sleep apnoea and stress-related illness

How a consultation works

What to expect at your visit

A predictable, four-step process that keeps every consultation thorough without being rushed.

  1. 01

    History & examination

    A structured conversation about your symptoms, past illness, medicines and family history, followed by a full clinical examination.

  2. 02

    Focused investigation

    Only the blood tests, ECG or imaging that will change your treatment are advised, with an explanation of what each one is looking for.

  3. 03

    Written treatment plan

    You leave with a printed plan: diagnosis, medicines with timing, lifestyle steps, warning signs and the date of your review.

  4. 04

    Follow-up & monitoring

    Chronic conditions are reviewed on a fixed schedule so doses stay right and complications are picked up early.

Not sure which service you need?

Describe your symptoms when you book and the front desk will schedule the right length of consultation for you.