There are three common things that people have to fight come wintertime. The flu, the common cold, pneumonia, and even worse, strep throat. None of these are fun to have, and all cause a loss in time at work, school and time with your family. Some of these sicknesses are minor inconveniences, but can get intense. Others can knock you out, but can also put you in the hospital. Are you ready for winter illness? Do you know where to go to get prepared?
There are some fundamental questions that are often not considered until sickness sets in. Here's a good reason for not procrastinating: when you're sick you can't process well, and you may not make good decisions. That means you need to figure things out before the event comes to pass. The best option for dealing with winter illness is going to urgent care.
Unlike seeing a traditional doctor, you can get in to see an urgent care doctor within a few minutes, and it costs you less time and money. Urgent care doctors have the same training and experience, than emergency room doctors, because in most cases they were emergency room doctors first. Even if you have pneumonia and need to be admitted, most urgent care doctors can admit you to a hospital if they are the physician of record at a given hospital. What that means, simply, is they've applied to be able to see patients at that hospital. Keep in mind that if you're sick enough to be admitted, they will be glad to contact your primary care physician, and notify them of your illness and describe their plan of action. You would then be handed over to your primary doctor, and you would have continuity of care. You'd get the help that your body needs to become healthy again.
Being ready for winter illness is not complicated as long as you prepare ahead of time. It's not just a matter of having a flu shot or not. That works for some people, but it's a matter of knowing what to do if the other 235 viruses that weren't in that flu shot come a-knocking. It's a matter of knowing what to do if you get a bacterial pneumonia, instead of viral pneumonia and need to be admitted to the hospital. Have a plan in place before you get sick, and you'll be much better equipped to take care of yourself.
There are some fundamental questions that are often not considered until sickness sets in. Here's a good reason for not procrastinating: when you're sick you can't process well, and you may not make good decisions. That means you need to figure things out before the event comes to pass. The best option for dealing with winter illness is going to urgent care.
Unlike seeing a traditional doctor, you can get in to see an urgent care doctor within a few minutes, and it costs you less time and money. Urgent care doctors have the same training and experience, than emergency room doctors, because in most cases they were emergency room doctors first. Even if you have pneumonia and need to be admitted, most urgent care doctors can admit you to a hospital if they are the physician of record at a given hospital. What that means, simply, is they've applied to be able to see patients at that hospital. Keep in mind that if you're sick enough to be admitted, they will be glad to contact your primary care physician, and notify them of your illness and describe their plan of action. You would then be handed over to your primary doctor, and you would have continuity of care. You'd get the help that your body needs to become healthy again.
Being ready for winter illness is not complicated as long as you prepare ahead of time. It's not just a matter of having a flu shot or not. That works for some people, but it's a matter of knowing what to do if the other 235 viruses that weren't in that flu shot come a-knocking. It's a matter of knowing what to do if you get a bacterial pneumonia, instead of viral pneumonia and need to be admitted to the hospital. Have a plan in place before you get sick, and you'll be much better equipped to take care of yourself.
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