" Are you Travel-Ready? Tips for a Healthy Trip Winter doldrums are setting in and vacations are on everyone’s mind. I’m sure the LAST thing on your mind is infectious disease and illness that can occur as you travel around the Globe. Cultural, hygienic, and geopolitical differences can pose challenges while bounding abroad; therefore, it is important to take precautionary measures before you depart. You’ve booked your vacation and you’re already daydreaming ...
" Cold Weather Problems… FROSTBITE! The cold weather is here and care has to be taken to prevent, recognize, and treat cold-related injury to exposed areas, typically fingers, toes, ears, and nose. This is due to constriction of the blood vessels, depriving oxygen to these parts. “Frostnip” is a milder, reversible precursor to Frostbite, which can lead to actual tissue death. The symptoms typically include throbbing, burning, tingling, and numbness. There will be a color change ...
" Flu season generally begins in the fall and runs through the spring, typically peaking in January or February. This year the flu has hit fast and furious and it appears the epidemic is still packing quite a punch. Even though it’s ideal to be vaccinated early, health officials say there is still a great deal of benefit to getting your flu shot at this point in the game. It is a common misconception that ...
" I’m pretty sure everyone reading this has had a cough at some point. It is certainly one of the most common complaints prompting visits to the doctors, and resulting in lost work days, sleepless nights, and general malaise. This malady also prompts two basic questions: 1) Why is this happening? 2) What can and should I do about it? Most coughing, in otherwise healthy people, is usually triggered by a benign process. Generally, a ...
" The Flu season is just around the corner. Time to get vaccinated. Influenza (the Flu) is a serious illness affecting millions of Americans, of which about 250,000 are hospitalized each year. Of those, about 36,000 people, mostly over age 65, die each year from complications. The Flu usually last 3-7 days, although some symptoms can linger for up to 2 weeks. Flu symptoms typically include some or all of the following: Fever & shaking ...
" AFC Urgent Care in Waltham MA is now open! We are conveniently located at 1030 Main Street in Waltham. We are open every day from 8am – 8pm. Skip the emergency room – visit your local doctors express today! AFC Urgent Care opened its first Washington State urgent care in 2011, to provide affordable, efficient and effective healthcare for both insured and uninsured patients. Our experienced medical teams are on site seven days a week, to help ...
