Recent Blog Posts

What Causes Viruses to Spread in the Winter Months?

Virus cases tend to increase during the winter, and this is no accident. Less sunlight and more time spent indoors certainly have something to do with it, and we’ll have to be even more careful during the winter as COVID-19 continues to spread. To learn more about why viruses often cause more damage during the current time of year, keep reading, as our AFC Urgent Care Chapman Highway team shares some helpful info below ...

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What Causes Croup?

While croup rarely, if ever, affects adults, it is a common respiratory infection among children. If your child is sick with croup, it can be tough to hear him or her labor through the “barking” cough that croup causes. So, what gives? How do kids get this horrible-sounding infection? Our AFC Urgent Care Chapman Highway team provides some helpful answers below, so keep reading! What Is Croup? Croup is a respiratory infection that is typically ...

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Recent Blogs

Why Are My Mosquito Bites So Swollen? Prevention, Treatment & Skeeter Syndrome

Summer in East Tennessee means longer evenings, backyard cookouts, lake days, and plenty of time outdoors; but it also means mosquito season ...

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How Can You Tell Between Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke?

Summer in East Tennessee is made for getting outdoors. Whether you’re spending the day hiking on trails near Knoxville, cheering on ...

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How Can You Stay Safe Around Fireworks in Knoxville, TN?

There’s nothing quite like the Fourth of July in East Tennessee. By the time July rolls around, Knoxville is buzzing with ...

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