What Does Immediate Care Treat?

Your pediatricians can help your child stay healthy with immediate care in Raleigh, NC.

When you have a child, it’s important to have medical help from your pediatricians when you need it. Fortunately, Dr. Jay Ozturk and Dr. Maria Guerra at Little Oaks Pediatrics offer comprehensive infant and child healthcare services, including immediate care to help your child stay healthy.

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Immediate care in Raleigh, NC, can provide the services your child needs. Examples of immediate care services include:

• Treatment for viral infections like a cold or the flu. Your child may be suffering uncomfortable signs and symptoms including fever, nausea, a runny nose, teary eyes, and breathing problems. Immediate care services can treat the virus and symptoms, so your child feels better fast.
• Treatment of bacterial infections which can occur in the ear, urinary tract, respiratory system, and other parts of the body. Your child may have a fever, swelling, redness, and other signs and symptoms. Immediate care services can provide antibiotics and other medicines to get rid of bacterial infections.
• Treatment for allergies and asthma, which can cause difficulty breathing, a rash, and even a life-threatening episode. Immediate care services can provide relief in the form of rescue inhalers and other medications to help your child breathe easier. Allergy treatment starts with allergy testing to determine the cause of your child’s allergies.
• If you have an older child, they may experience a sports injury. Immediate care can provide treatment for problems affecting the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones, to help your child heal. Common sports injuries include tendonitis, muscle strain, torn tendons and ligaments, or broken bones. Depending on the nature of the injury, a referral to a specialist may be needed. Your immediate care doctor can help you with the referrals.

Immediate care provides a vital service your child needs. To learn more about how immediate care in Raleigh, NC, can help your child stay healthy, call Dr. Ozturk and Dr. Guerra of Little Oaks Pediatrics at (919) 720-4876 now!