Like an the emergency room, many minor health conditions can be treated in urgent care clinics. Although urgent care is not the option for life-threatening injuries such as severe trauma, basic injuries an illness can be addressed in urgent care clinics a relatively cheap cost. Medical conditions treated in urgent care units are as follows.
- Fractures
- Strain or sprain of the knee, ankle, or shoulder
- Minor burns
- Lacerations and cut
- Injury from falling off the stairs
- Injuries from vehicular accidents
- Flu-like symptoms, abdominal pain, and the likes.
Aside from physical injuries, urgent care clinic can also provide immediate treatment to illnesses that are non-life threatening. These illnesses are usually treated with antibiotics and generic medications. The most common illnesses treated in an urgent care facility include the following.
- Pink eye
- Mono
- Urinary tract infections(UTI)
- Bronchitis
- Allergiesand asthma
- Common cold
- Head lice
- Strep throat
- Ear Infection
- Flu (influenza)
Other Symptoms
There are times that patients are not aware of the symptoms or the diagnosis that’ why they visit the doctor’s office. But when the doctor’s office is closed, urgent care clinics are always available and can provide immediate treatment to the following symptoms.
- Minor abdominal pain
- Coughing (and dry cough), wheezing an sneezing
- A sore throat
- Swollen glands
- Headaches/li>
- Diarrhea
- Other unexplained swelling or pain
When to Seek Urgent Care?
It is a must that you have better when to seek for an urgent care or emergent services. Note that urgent care facilities are not the place to seek treatment for life-threatening injuries or illnesses. For instance, for you have a cut and the bleeding will not stop, and you are losing lots of blood, you need to go to emergency rooms in hospitals. Setting proper expectation, if the illnesses or injuries above are severe enough, urgent care clinics will recommend transporting you to the local emergency room for further diagnosis and treatment.