Adult Care Services and Treatments

We provide a full range of healthcare services led by primary care providers, including:

• Services to help prevent illness, such as checkups and annual health screenings.
• Treatment for minor illnesses.
• Care for chronic conditions.
• Screenings for disease and programs to keep you healthy.

Services include:

Adult physicals

It is important to see your primary care provider (PCP) at least once a year for an overall physical. This appointment is about preventive care and lets your doctor find potential health problems before they become a health problem. Preventive care can include immunizations, lab tests, physical exams and prescriptions. During this exam the provider will discuss your overall health and concerns and perform a comprehensive exam on the entire body. 

Care of geriatric population or elder care visit

Americans are living longer and living well for longer periods of time. This has created a relatively new and growing area of healthcare and provider services, known as elder care. Elder care encompasses a wide variety of issues, including choosing an appropriate healthcare provider to care for an aging patient, specialty care for chronic disease management and making decisions about moving an elderly person from the home environment to a residential care setting.

Chronic disease management

A chronic disease develops slowly, is long lasting and typically worsens over time. Some chronic diseases cannot be prevented, but many are linked to lifestyle choices that are within your ability to change. If you have a chronic disease, it is best to partner with your healthcare provider for ongoing health care maintenance. Examples chronic diseases include, but are not limited to, heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, COPD, and arthritis. 

Flu shots

Protect yourself against the seasonal flu by following the same advice you followed last year: Get vaccinated. Everyone who is at least six months old should get a flu vaccine this season. 

Management of mental health

There are many mental health conditions that require clinical care by a physician or other healthcare professional including anxiety, depression, eating disorders and stress. It's important for families who suspect a problem in one, or more, of these areas to seek treatment as soon as possible. Treatment for mental health disorders is often available through your primary care provider. 

Women’s wellness care

It is important to see your care provider at least once a year for an overall physical. This appointment is about preventive care and lets your doctor find potential health problems before they become a health problem. For women, basic gynecology care should be included in the overall wellness visit along with immunizations, lab tests and prescriptions. Gynecology care includes pap smears and testing for sexually transmitted infections and diseases for women of all ages, from pre-hormonal ages to post-menopausal.

Your case is unique, which means your treatment will be designed around your needs. Often we will recommend treatment will be based on best practices treatments that have worked for other patients, consideration of your specific illness, the results any tests done as well as your personal preferences.

We provide treatments for these general conditions:

COPD

A type of lung disease marked by permanent damage to tissues in the lungs, making it hard to breathe. COPD includes chronic bronchitis, in which the bronchi (large air passages) are inflamed and scarred, and emphysema, in which the alveoli (tiny air sacs) are damaged. It develops over many years and is usually caused by cigarette smoking. Also called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

Diabetes

Diabetes is a serious disease, which, if not controlled, can be life threatening. It is often associated with long-term complications that can affect every system and part of the body.

Diabetes can, among other things, contribute to eye disorders and blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, limb amputation, and nerve damage. It can affect pregnancy and cause birth defects, as well.

Although diabetes is a chronic and incurable disease (with the exception of gestational diabetes), with proper medical care, clinical therapies, diet, hygiene, and exercise, symptoms and complications can be successfully treated and managed. 

Influenza

Influenza (or flu) is a highly contagious viral respiratory tract infection. About 5% to 20% of people in the U.S. get the flu each year. Influenza usually comes on abruptly, with fever, muscle aches, sore throat, and a nonproductive cough. The most common form is Influenza A. 

Sinus infections

Also called sinusitis is an infection of the sinuses near the nose. These infections usually occur after a cold or after an allergic inflammation. 

Sore throat

Although many people assume that a sore throat means strep throat, most sore throats are not strep. 

Thyroid disorders

The thyroid is a gland located beneath the larynx (voice box) that makes thyroid hormone and calcitonin. The thyroid helps regulate growth and metabolism. Disorders of the thyroid can have major implications on the body. 

Urinary tract infections

Urinary tract infections describe a health problem that results from a bacterial infection along the urinary tract. An infection occurs when microorganisms, usually bacteria from the digestive tract, cling to the opening of the urethra, travel up into the bladder and/or kidney, and begin to multiply.

Getting screening tests and vaccinations is an important part of preventive care. Find out which tests and immunizations are recommended by age group and gender. Use these guidelines when discussing a disease prevention plan with your healthcare provider. You may need a plan that is different, depending on your situation.

With an on-site laboratory and a well-trained team of medical providers, we also offer EKG diagnostic testing, blood pressure checks and monitoring, joint injections, skin biopsies, flu shots and more. A Coumadin Clinic is also available for our established patients. 

A physical exam and laboratory tests are two key components in diagnosing and treating your illness. Your doctor may order blood work, a urine sample or other laboratory tests. The doctor also may order one or more of the following tests, depending on your condition:

Basic metabolic panel

This blood test gives information about your body's metabolism, or how your body uses food for energy. It gives a snapshot of the health of your kidneys, your blood sugar levels, and the levels of key electrolytes, such as potassium and sodium. A basic metabolic panel test measures the levels of eight important things in your blood. 

Pap smears

A procedure in which cells are scraped from the cervix for examination under a microscope. It is used to detect cancer and changes that may lead to cancer. A Pap smear can also show conditions, such as infection or inflammation, which are not cancer. Also called Pap test and Papanicolaou test. 

Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing

STIs (also known as sexually transmitted diseases STDs) are those spread by sexual contact. They may also be spread from a pregnant woman to her fetus before or during delivery.