Here’s an interesting factoid, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Approximately 3 to 4 percent of American adults are affected by food allergies and, unlike many affected children who outgrow their food allergies, adult food allergies tend to be lifelong. A food allergy occurs when your body’s immune system identifies a
Read MoreThe Guide to Respiratory Illnesses
A respiratory disease by definition is “a medical term that encompasses the pathological conditions that affect the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in your lungs and upper respiratory tract.” Whether these issues present themselves as difficulty breathing or obstruction of deep breaths, respiratory illnesses can be severe if not treated by a
Read MorePatient Care Now Urgent Care: Where You are Treated by Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physicians
If you are experiencing symptoms of an illness or have suffered an accident, consider going to Patient Care Now Urgent Care before anywhere else. Forget overpaying and the long wait times that await you at your local hospital’s emergency room. You can feel at ease knowing all the medical professionals at Patient Care Now are
Read MoreWHEN TO USE URGENT CARE INSTEAD OF YOUR DOCTOR
In each of these scenarios, you should probably go to an urgent care center. Although an urgent care center is not a substitute for your primary care physician, it serves a distinct and useful purpose in the overall landscape of health care options. How many times have you been injured or fallen ill, but your
Read MoreCAN YOU TRUST AN URGENT CARE DOCTOR TO PROVIDE GOOD DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT?
What Illnesses and Injuries do they Treat at an Urgent Care Center? The doctors at the Urgent Care Clinic should have the knowledge and skills to diagnose and treat conditions including: · Illnesses such as fever, flu, a cold, or a stomach virus · Muscle strains and sprains · Minor broken bones that do not
Read MoreThe Importance of Going to an Orthopedic Urgent Care
What Can Be Treated at an Orthopedic Urgent Care? Almost any orthopedic injury can be treated in an orthopedic urgent care center. Simple sprains and strains may not necessarily need a specialist’s attention, however, until you’ve been examined, you have no way of knowing how serious your injury is. If you go to a
Read MoreWhat Does it Take to be Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Before we look at what’s required for board certification, let’s consider what is required to obtain a license to practice emergency medicine. Physicians must earn their bachelor’s degree (4 years) and then attend medical school (3 years) to earn their MD or DO degree, and then complete a full-time emergency medicine residency (typically three or
Read MoreWhy Do We Get Sick in the Winter?
Germs Have Seasons Too The common cold is more common in the fall and the spring; and the flu is more common in the winter. That is because the viruses, which cause the common cold—rhinoviruses—peak in the spring and fall months, and influenza viruses peak in the winter. Because the weather during fall and
Read MoreCan You Get the Flu from the Flu Shot?
Each year the strains of flu that affect humans are different. However, one thing that is not different is that the flu is a very contagious and dangerous illness, causing hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and tens of thousand of deaths each year. This is why scientists monitor the strains of flu that move through
Read MoreDiarrhea: When to Head to an Urgent Care
What Causes Diarrhea in Adults If you are having 3 or more loose or watery stools daily, you have diarrhea. Many of the causes of diarrhea in adults will resolve in a few days, so in most instances you can take care of yourself at home. The following are a number of potential reasons
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