General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  The main symptoms of COPD include shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, and a reduced ability to perform physical activities. As the condition becomes worse, the ability to breathe can become more difficult, and your energy will decrease even more. You can also experience immense weight loss, and COPD can affect your heart function.
• Snoring
  At Midwest Chest Consultants in St. Charles, Missouri, we’re experts at treating snoring and sleep apnea to help you get the best night’s sleep possible.
• Primary Care
  If your insurance is an HMO/managed care plan and you are required to obtain a referral from your primary care physician, we'll help you make sure you have a referral before you are seen for an office visit.
• Sleep Disorders
  At Midwest Chest Consultants, we treat all types of lung diseases and sleep disorders. We recognize that your respiratory or sleep problem is as individual as you are, which is why Midwest Chest Consultants offers personalized care.
• Emergency Care
  The main symptoms of asthma include a wheezing sound when you breathe, shortness of breath, chest pain or chest tightness, nasal flaring, and difficulty speaking. Asthma flare-ups occur periodically and can last for mere minutes to days. If you experience severe asthma, you need to go to an emergency room immediately.
• Bronchitis
• Pneumonia

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  After medical school, a pulmonologist completes residency training in internal medicine and then specializes in pulmonology. This specialty training involves an additional two to three years in another residency and/or a fellowship studying respiratory conditions and becoming board certified in pulmonary diseases.
• Lung Cancer
  Effective treatment of a lung condition starts with a thorough diagnosis performed by a qualified expert known as a pulmonologist. A pulmonologist is a physician who specializes in diseases of the lungs, or pulmonology, including such conditions as COPD, asthma, and lung cancer.

Neurologists

• Neurology
  A sleep specialist is a healthcare provider that is specially trained in sleep medicine. Sleep specialists may also be trained in related areas such as pulmonology, neurology, and/or cardiology. Working with a sleep specialist who is board certified in sleep medicine and uses an accredited sleep lab improves the likelihood of positive outcomes in patients with sleep problems.

Psychiatrists

• Depression
• Mental Health
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Radiologist

• MRI
  We may also diagnose cancer by using chest X-rays, an MRI scan, and/or a CT scan. Other tests that may be used include a bronchoscopy, which views the insides of your lungs, and a thoracoscopy, where a biopsy is taken of the lining inside and outside your lungs.
• X-Rays
• Computed Tomography
• Chemotherapy
  The treatment we recommend for lung cancer will depend on the type and stage of lung cancer you have. It can include radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and/or surgery to remove the tumor, part of a lung, or all of a lung.
• Radiation Therapy

Surgeons

• Otolaryngology
  According to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 45% of normal adults snore occasionally, and 25% are habitual snorers. Problem snoring is more frequent in males and overweight people, and it usually worsens with aging. Sleep apnea is also a common sleep disorder that involves frequent instances of stopped breathing during sleep.