Fukumori Internal Medicine Clinic
About
Located at 2-3-21 Kuzushima, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, this internal medicine clinic provides general internal medicine care, lifestyle disease management, gastroscopy, and smoking cessation treatment. They diagnose and treat a wide range of health issues including fever, cold symptoms, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, stomach pain, headaches, stiff shoulders, dizziness, palpitations, shortness of breath, eczema, insect bites, hay fever, and insomnia. Regular blood and urine tests enable blood sugar management, and they adopt a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to lifestyle diseases such as hypertension, high cholesterol, high uric acid, gout, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, and smoker's lung through medication combined with dietary guidance, exercise, and lifestyle counseling. For patients concerned about indigestion, stomach pain, heartburn, or H. pylori, they are equipped with the latest gastroscopy system using special light and thin endoscopes designed to minimize throat discomfort. These are used for screening abdominal symptoms and regular examinations of chronic digestive disorders including fatty liver, chronic liver disease, gallstones, and chronic pancreatitis. They also treat conditions common in the elderly, including chronic lung diseases, chronic heart failure, chronic kidney failure, and reduced activities of daily living. In addition to COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, they offer adult pneumococcal vaccine, adult rubella vaccine, and vaccinations for elementary school students and kindergarten children. Specific health checkups, general health checkups, gastric cancer screening, and colorectal cancer screening are available. Smoking cessation treatment is covered by health insurance, and fever patients are seen with separate timing and spatial arrangements from general patients. The clinic has parking, is barrier-free, and provides English language support.
