Sick Visits Specialist

What are sick visits?

Sick visits are appointments you make with your primary care provider or another general practitioner when you’re not feeling well. These visits serve a diagnostic purpose, and your provider can give you medications, treatments, or care advice at the time of your appointment. 

Sick visits at Dr. Badawy Complete Care can address acute illnesses like:

• The common cold
• The flu
• Upper respiratory infections
• Rashes
• Acne
• Strep throat
• Ear infections
• Urinary tract or yeast infection
• Headaches and migraines
• Minor injuries
• COVID-19
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
• Dizziness/vertigo

Your provider explains your diagnosis and recommends a care plan, which might include temporary self-isolation if you can spread the illness to others. Your provider can give you prescriptions for medications to ease symptoms or resolve an infection. 

When should I schedule a sick visit?

You should consider scheduling a sick visit any time you notice new symptoms or changes in function that concern you. Some of the most common symptoms that drive people to schedule a sick visit for themselves or their children include:

• Coughing 
• Congestion
• Fever
• A sore throat
• New aches and pains
• Skin changes and symptoms like itching
• Cuts and bruises 

Not knowing what’s causing your symptoms can be a source of anxiety, and getting answers with a sick visit helps to put you in the direction of an effective treatment. 

What happens during a sick visit?

When you come in for a sick visit at Dr. Badawy Complete Care, your provider asks that you describe your symptoms in detail after they go over your medical history. They might ask additional questions to gather as much information as possible about the illness or injury, which helps make a more accurate diagnosis. 

If there are multiple possibilities of what’s causing your symptoms, you might need to undergo some type of diagnostic testing. That may include swab tests, blood tests, urinalysis, or imaging tests, depending on the type of symptoms you have. If these tests still aren’t conclusive, your provider might refer you to a specialist. 

Some illnesses are treatable with medications, like antibiotics for bacterial infections. For other acute illnesses, you may have to wait until they go away on their own. In the meantime, your provider gives you tips for relieving symptoms and stopping the spread of any contagions.

If you need a sick visit for yourself or a loved one, call Dr. Badawy Complete Care or book an appointment online today.