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Should You Take Your Child to Urgent Care or to the Emergency Room?
As a parent, there are few things worse than knowing that your child is sick or hurt. When your pediatrician’s office is closed, an urgent care center such as Integrity Urgent Care can be a much more cost-effective option than the emergency room. Urgent Care centers are open in the evenings and on weekends, and your child can be seen without an appointment.
Winning the War Against Your Allergies
A quick check of the pollen counts explains the stuffy noses, watery eyes, and throbbing headaches many of us are experiencing lately. Pollen levels have been high nearly every day. During the spring and summer months, trees, weeds, and grasses release tiny grains of pollen, which travel through the air and enter the nose and throat, potentially causing an allergic reaction.
Plan a Heart-Healthy Date Night! (Keeping Your Heart Healthy – Part Two)
How did you celebrate Valentine’s Day last week? Often it’s difficult to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your significant other on February 14th, especially when it falls in the middle of the workweek. Why not schedule a heart-healthy date night this weekend?
Keeping Your Heart Healthy Part One
Happy February! This month, in honor of Valentine’s Day and American Heart Month, our Integrity Urgent Care blog will include tips for keeping your heart healthy! Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. Read on for simple changes that can make a big impact on your heart health!
Understanding Your Health Insurance Plan
Health insurance can be confusing and overwhelming. In order to better understand your insurance plan, you need to be familiar with these four terms: premium, deductible, coinsurance, copay.
Get a Healthy Start in 2017!
Many of us start out the New Year by resolving to “get healthy”, but it’s often overwhelming to know where to start! We often start strong but have a difficult time creating sustainable changes. Check out these resolutions anyone can keep! Resolve to stay away from fast food breakfast. Resolve to stop drinking soda. Resolve to start walking. Research your best choice for an emergency room and urgent care center. On behalf of all of us at Integrity Urgent Care we wish you good health for 2017!
Sick or Injured over the Holidays? Now What?
Urgent care centers are designed to handle any non-life threatening illness or injury. On average, an urgent care visit costs 1/10th of an emergency room visit ($150 vs. $1,233).
Staying Healthy This Holiday Season
December should be a month filled with fun and festivities, not the flu! Follow these tips to keep colds and the flu away this holiday season.
Integrity Urgent Care Ribbon Cutting
Integrity Urgent Care was excited to open our doors on November 30th for our ribbon cutting with the Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce. A special thank you to everybody who came out and supported us. We are proud to be members of the Chamber and look forward to serving the Bryan/College Station community.
Accidental Pediatric Overdose
Accidental overdosing is easier than you think. Majority of the time, a very tired, sleep deprived mom or dad is trying to reduce fever or help a child feel better, and the directions on the box are not that specific. It only takes once for harmful effects to happen to your child, and it could potentially be damaging. A recent study put out by New York University found that 80% of parents have made dosing errors and most of those were when dosing was in a cup as opposed to a syringe. Signs or symptoms to look for if you suspect your child has been given too much of a medication are abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, dizziness, ringing in the ears, fatigue or lethargy. More dangerous symptoms include confusion, unconsciousness, vomiting blood, severe headache, extreme sleepiness or trouble being awakened.
