Sick Visits in Easton & Bethlehem, PA
Understanding Sick Visits
When your child is sick, you want medical help immediately. Our pediatric practice provides same-day sick-visit appointments. Sick visits usually occur between wellness visits, school, and sports physicals and are immediate.
Pediatric Medical Center of Lehigh Valley says a sick visit determines what is wrong and starts treatment immediately. A sick visit can be a first-time visit or a follow-up on a sick visit. Symptoms depend on how urgent the situation is.
Symptoms Flagging a Sick Visit
- High fever
- Vomiting
- Rash
- Confusion
- Headache
- Stiff neck
- Respiratory difficulty
- Diarrhea
- Refusal to eat/drink
- Persistent stomach ache, sore throat, headache, earache
- Fever and symptoms lasting three days without improvement
Benefits of a Sick Visit
- No walk-in clinics-hospital emergency rooms
- No long wait times
- Quick diagnosis and treatment
- Provider is familiar with the child and the child with their doctor
- Latest medical advice
- Same doctor monitors symptoms and treatment effects
- Manage symptoms at home under your doctor's guidance
- Avoid complications faster
- Individualized care with familiar providers
Expectations of Sick Visits
Our team will take a medical history, lifestyle and diet changes, and current medication review. The doctor examines your child's ears, nose, and throat and takes their blood pressure, pulse, and temperature. The doctor makes a diagnosis and creates a treatment plan at home.
A treatment plan may entail:
- Calling the doctor for an update
- Diet changes
- Medication
- Basic treatment approaches such as over-the-counter medications, rest, and increased water to avoid dehydration
Our doctor and his staff are here to help and support you in getting your child to feel well again. If your doctor gives your child a severe diagnosis, he may refer them to the hospital for admission or a specialist doctor for recommendations.
Rest assured, we will remain by your side during the duration of your child's illness to hasten the healing process by giving support and guidance.