Reasons to Seek Urgent Care Visit Q&A
Urgent care clinics are the perfect happy medium, providing high-quality medical care for the vast majority of medical conditions much more effectively and efficiently. Urgent care services are available at Getwell Urgent Care in Santa Clara, CA. Contact us today or schedule an appointment online. Visit our clinic conveniently located at 2803 E El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA, 95051.


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What are the most common reasons people go to urgent care?
What are some urgent health issues?
What conditions do urgent health care centers treat?
Where should I go for minor illnesses?
Urgent care clinics are one of the best additions to the health care system, alleviating a significant amount of strain that has been placed on primary care physicians and emergency rooms by providing faster, more affordable, but just as high-quality care for all minor injuries and illnesses, which take up the majority of the medical conditions that are requiring care on a daily basis.
Urgent care clinics are able to provide quick, reliable health care for those who are suffering from a mild health condition, including mild injuries or illnesses that require medical attention in the next day or so to prevent them from becoming more severe or to manage uncomfortable symptoms as quickly as possible. It is very common for patients who are suffering from an upper respiratory infection to visit an urgent care clinic for medical attention, typically to manage their symptoms or receive antibiotics to help them recover as soon as possible.
In cases such as colds, flu, or other upper respiratory infections, the symptoms can make recovering quickly difficult as the congestion, sneezing, sore throat, fever, and more can make getting good sleep or resting as much as possible quite difficult. The medical professionals that provide care at an urgent care clinic will be able to diagnose the patient’s cause of symptoms, as well as provide treatment for the symptoms, to allow them to return to full health as soon as possible.
If the urgent care center offers these services, many patients will also visit specific centers to receive vaccinations, allergy testing, physicals, employer drug testing, and worker’s compensation evaluations.
Urgent health issues include any health condition that requires medical attention fairly quickly in order to prevent the condition from worsening, or for new symptoms to develop. These conditions will be non-life- and non-limb-threatening when brought into the clinic, and will not require emergency surgery or other more invasive treatments immediately from the clinic as they will not be equipped to handle such situations. This can include any infections that just require a quick assessment and antibiotics, treatment for acute pain, medications to help manage symptoms from a bad cold, and treatment for minor cuts, scrapes, burns, and sprains.
Whether you have incurred a minor injury from a recent accident, or have caught an infection that has been going around your children’s daycare, an urgent care clinic will be able to provide high-quality, fast, and effective treatments for your entire family. Urgent care clinics treat a wide variety of health conditions, most of which come up unexpectedly and just require a quick check-over from a qualified professional. Some of the most common conditions that are treated at urgent health care centers include:
● Infections (including UTIs, STIs, eye infections, ear infections, etc.)
● Minor allergic reactions (rashes, congestion, asthmatic symptoms, etc.)
● Minor burns and sunburns
● Fractures, strains, sprains
● Minor cuts and lacerations
● Marine and bug stings
Many urgent care clinics will be able to provide lab testing services as well to allow for accurate diagnoses and treatment for all urgent injuries and illnesses that are brought in to receive care.
With several different medical care options in most of the United States, it can be difficult to determine which type of clinic will provide the type of care that is appropriate for your specific condition. When it comes to minor injuries and illnesses, the best option that will provide the fastest, high-quality care will be an urgent care clinic.
Most primary care physicians will also be able to provide medical care for minor illnesses, but are unable to accommodate same-day or shorter notice appointments, whereas urgent care clinics will typically offer walk-in patient care as most minor illnesses and injuries are unplanned but should be treated as early as possible. It is also likely that the minor injury or illness will be able to receive proper medical care from a hospital or emergency room, but the wait times will be significantly longer, and emergency care will often end up costing quite a bit more. Contact us today or schedule an appointment online. Visit our clinic conveniently located at 2803 E El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA, 95051. We serve patients from Santa Clara CA, San Jose CA, Campbell CA, Cupertino CA, Sunnyvale CA, Milpitas CA, Fruitdale CA and surrounding areas.


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