Citywide Urgent Care Brooklyn

Colds & Flu

The differences between Cold & Flu

A cold is a milder respiratory illness than the flu. While cold symptoms can make you feel unwell for a few days, flu symptoms can make you feel quite ill with uncomfortable body aches for a few days or up to weeks. The flu can also result in serious health problems such as pneumonia.
Cold symptoms usually begin with a sore throat, which will commonly go away after a day or two. Runny nose and congestion follow, along with a cough from days 3 through 5. Fever is not common in adults. Children are more likely to have a fever with a cold. Common symptoms include:

- Sore throat - Cough - Runny or stuffy nose
- Sneezing - Mild body aches - Headache
- Watery Eyes

The flu is a contagious respiratory illness that is caused by influenza viruses. It is a seasonal virus and is spread through droplets when people with the flu cough, sneeze or talk. Flu symptoms can be mild to severe, and include:
- Heavy Cough - Sore throat - Runny or stuffy nose
- Muscle or body aches - Headache - Fatigue
- Fever and/or Chills

Young children, adults 65+, pregnant women and people with certain chronic illnesses are all at a higher risk of developing serious complications. The best way to protect ourselves, and those more vulnerable, from the flu, is to get an annual flu shot!

If a patient is diagnosed at CW with the flu, our providers will offer and prescribe antiviral medication proven to lessen the severity and duration of your illness. When taken promptly, antivirals can reduce the time you are sick by 1-2 days, ease symptoms, and prevent serious complications, such as pneumonia.

Strep & Sore Throat

Diagnosing if throat soreness is an indication of simple sore throat or a strep throat is a procedure that is easily accomplished by our medical professionals at Citywide. We have provided a brief guide to the differences in symptoms between these two very distinct conditions.

Recognizing the Differences Between Strep and Sore Throat

Strep throat is caused by an infection of streptococcus bacteria. Strep throat spreads by having contact with an infected person's saliva or nasal secretions. Although strep throat is more common in children ages 5 to 15, it also occurs in adults. To diagnose strep throat, CW can check a rapid strep test or, if necessary, send a throat swab to the lab for a culture.

Symptoms associated with Strep Throat:

- Sudden sore throat - Swollen lymph nodes
- Loss of appetite - Red tonsils with white spots
- Painful swallowing - Fever

Sore throats can be caused by viruses or bacteria. The most common cause of sore throats is viruses. Viral sore throats are often accompanied by other cold symptoms. Other causes of sore throat include smoking, pollution or irritants in the air, allergies, and dry air.

Symptoms associated with Sore Throat(which can commonly accompany a cold):
- Runny nose - Sneezing
- Watery eyes - Low Fever (below 101)
- Cough

Come to Citywide Urgent Care for Fast Diagnosis & Treatment

If you or your child is suffering from any symptoms that may indicate strep, it’s important to see a medical provider. Untreated strep throat can cause serious complications such as kidney inflammation and rheumatic fever.

If you are worried about strep throat, simply come to Citywide. We are open 7 days a week and offer on-site strep testing. A provider can perform a physical exam and run a simple rapid antigen test to detect strep bacteria. He or she will swab your throat and test the swab to see if any antigens are present, with results available in just a few minutes.

If the test is positive, we can prescribe a course of antibiotics to fight the infection. Antibiotics can lessen the severity of your symptoms and prevent spreading the illness to others. With treatment, you should start to feel better within 1-2 days and fully recover within a week or so.

Strep & Sore Throat

Diagnosing if throat soreness is an indication of simple
sore throat or a strep throat is a procedure that is easily accomplished by our medical professionals at Citywide.
We have provided a brief guide to the differences in symptoms between these two very distinct conditions.

Recognizing the Differences Between
Strep and Sore Throat

Strep throat is caused by an infection of streptococcus bacteria. Strep throat spreads by having contact with an infected person's saliva or nasal secretions. Although strep throat is more common in children ages 5 to 15, it also occurs in adults. To diagnose strep throat, CW can check
a rapid strep test or, if necessary, send a throat swab to
the lab for a culture.

Symptoms associated with Strep Throat:

- Sudden sore throat - Swollen lymph nodes
- Loss of appetite - Red tonsils with white spots
- Painful swallowing - Fever

Sore throats can be caused by viruses or bacteria. The most common cause of sore throats is viruses. Viral sore throats are often accompanied by other cold symptoms. Other causes of sore throat include smoking, pollution or irritants in the air, allergies, and dry air.

Symptoms associated with Sore Throat(which can commonly accompany a cold):
- Runny nose - Sneezing - Watery eyes - Low Fever (below 101) - Cough

Come to Citywide Urgent Care for
Fast Diagnosis & Treatment

If you or your child is suffering from any symptoms that may indicate strep, it’s important to see a medical provider. Untreated strep throat can cause serious complications such as kidney inflammation and rheumatic fever.

If you are worried about strep throat, simply come to Citywide. We are open 7 days a week and offer on-site strep testing. A provider can perform a physical exam and run a simple rapid antigen test to detect strep bacteria. He or she will swab your throat and test the swab to see if
any antigens are present, with results available in just
a few minutes.

If the test is positive, we can prescribe a course of antibiotics to fight the infection. Antibiotics can lessen the severity of your symptoms and prevent spreading the illness to others. With treatment, you should start to feel better within 1-2 days and fully recover within a week or so.

Strep & Sore Throat

Diagnosing if throat soreness is an indication of simple sore throat or a strep throat is a procedure that is easily accomplished by our medical professionals at Citywide. We have provided a brief guide to the differences in symptoms between these two very distinct conditions.

Recognizing the Differences Between Strep and Sore Throat

Strep throat is caused by an infection of streptococcus bacteria. Strep throat spreads by having contact with an infected person's saliva or nasal secretions. Although strep throat is more common in children ages 5 to 15, it also occurs in adults. To diagnose strep throat, CW can check a rapid strep test or, if necessary, send a throat swab to the lab for a culture.

Symptoms associated with Strep Throat:

- Sudden sore throat - Swollen lymph nodes
- Loss of appetite - Red tonsils with white spots
- Painful swallowing - Fever

Sore throats can be caused by viruses or bacteria. The most common cause of sore throats is viruses. Viral sore throats are often accompanied by other cold symptoms. Other causes of sore throat include smoking, pollution or irritants in the air, allergies, and dry air.

Symptoms associated with Sore Throat(which can commonly accompany a cold):
- Runny nose - Sneezing
- Watery eyes - Low Fever (below 101)
- Cough

Come to Citywide Urgent Care for Fast Diagnosis & Treatment

If you or your child is suffering from any symptoms that may indicate strep, it’s important to see a medical provider. Untreated strep throat can cause serious complications such as kidney inflammation and rheumatic fever.

If you are worried about strep throat, simply come to Citywide. We are open 7 days a week and offer on-site strep testing. A provider can perform a physical exam and run a simple rapid antigen test to detect strep bacteria. He or she will swab your throat and test the swab to see if any antigens are present, with results available in just a few minutes.

If the test is positive, we can prescribe a course of antibiotics to fight the infection. Antibiotics can lessen the severity of your symptoms, reduce the duration of the infection, and prevent spreading the illness to others. With treatment, you should start to feel better within 1-2 days and fully recover within a week or so.

Repsiriatory Conditions

Severe Cough

Coughing is the body’s way of removing foreign material
or mucus from the lungs and upper airway passages or of reacting to an irritated airway. Coughs have distinctive
traits that can be recognized. A cough is only a symptom, not a disease, and often the importance of your cough can be determined only when other symptoms are evaluated
by a Doctor or Provider.

Productive Coughs

A productive cough produces phlegm or mucus (sputum). The mucus may have drained down the back of the throat from the nose or sinuses or may have come up from the lungs. A productive cough generally should not be suppressed; it clears mucus from the lungs. Productive coughs can be caused for a variety of reasons, such as: viral illnesses, infections, chronic lung disease, smoking and others.

Non-Productive Coughs

A nonproductive cough is dry and does not produce
sputum. A dry, hacking cough may develop towards the
end of a cold or after exposure to an irritant, such as dust
or smoke. There are many causes of non-productive coughs: viral illnesses, allergies, medications, asthma,
and others

Come to Citywide Urgent Care to receive proper diagnosis and treatment for your cough.

Pneumonia & Bronchitis

Pneumonia is a respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It is a fairly common illness that may affect just one lobe, the whole lung, or both lungs.

Most of the time, pneumonia is caused by a bacterial infection, but it can also be caused by a virus, fungus, or parasite. The infection causes inflammation in the lungs and causes the air sacs within the lungs – the alveoli – to fill with fluid or mucus. This fluid makes it difficult to breathe and limits the amount of oxygen the lungs can take in.
Pneumonia symptoms include:
- Chest pain - Fatigue - Shortness of breath - Fever, shaking, and swearing chills
- Cough, which may be productive
- Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes,
which carry air to your lungs. There are two types of bronchitis: acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis is common and can be brought on by a cold or other virus.

Chronic bronchitis, however, is a constant inflammation of the bronchial tubes, usually caused by smoking. Bronchitis is considered chronic when it lasts at least three months, with recurring bouts of coughing that happen for at least
two years in a row.
Bronchitis symptoms include:
- Cough - Shortness of breath
- Mucus present when coughing - Slight fever and chills
- Fatigue - Sore chest

Asthma

Treatment for Mild to Moderate Asthma Symptoms

When asthma problems aren’t severe enough to need emergency intervention but are too severe to treat at home, Citywide Urgent Care is here to help.

Asthma treatment measures vary widely based on the severity of a given attack. Mild asthma flare-ups can
require as little as a rescue inhaler, while some asthma attacks may require emergency room treatment followed
by further observation.

Common symptoms of an asthma attack include:
- Wheezing - Tightness in the chest - Coughing - Difficultly catching breath
If an individual experiences any of the above symptoms, they should utilize their rescue inhaler and seek medical treatment immediately if symptoms do not subside.

Repsiriatory Conditions

Severe Cough

Coughing is the body’s way of removing foreign material or mucus from the lungs and upper airway passages or of reacting to an irritated airway. Coughs have distinctive
traits that can be recognized. A cough is only a symptom, not a disease, and often the importance of your cough can be determined only when other symptoms are evaluated
by a Doctor or Provider.

Productive Coughs

A productive cough produces phlegm or mucus (sputum). The mucus may have drained down the back of the throat from the nose or sinuses or may have come up from the lungs. A productive cough generally should not be suppressed; it clears mucus from the lungs. Productive coughs can be caused for a variety of reasons, such as: viral illnesses, infections, chronic lung disease, smoking and others.

Non-Productive Coughs

A nonproductive cough is dry and does not produce
sputum. A dry, hacking cough may develop toward the
end of a cold or after exposure to an irritant, such as dust
or smoke. There are many causes of non-productive coughs: viral illnesses, allergies, medications, asthma,
and others

Come to Citywide Urgent Care to receive proper diagnosis and treatment for your cough.
Pneumonia & Bronchitis

Pneumonia is a respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It is a fairly common illness that may affect just one lobe, the whole lung, or both lungs.

Most of the time, pneumonia is caused by a bacterial infection, but it can also be caused by a virus, fungus, or parasite. The infection causes inflammation in the lungs
and causes the air sacs within the lungs – the alveoli – to fill with fluid or mucus. This fluid makes it difficult to
breathe and limits the amount of oxygen the lungs
can take in.
Pneumonia symptoms include:
- Chest pain - Fatigue - Shortness of breath - Fever, shaking, and swearing chills
- Cough, which may be productive
- Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes,
which carry air to your lungs. There are two types of bronchitis: acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis is common and can be brought on by a cold or other virus.

Chronic bronchitis, however, is a constant inflammation of the bronchial tubes, usually caused by smoking. Bronchitis is considered chronic when it lasts at least three months, with recurring bouts of coughing that happen for at least
two years in a row.
Bronchitis symptoms include:
- Cough - Shortness of breath
- Mucus present when coughing - Slight fever and chills
- Fatigue - Sore chest

Asthma

Treatment for Mild to Moderate Asthma Symptoms

When asthma problems aren’t severe enough to need emergency intervention but are too severe to treat at home, Citywide Urgent Care is here to help.

Asthma treatment measures vary widely based on the severity of a given attack. Mild asthma flare-ups can
require as little as a rescue inhaler, while some asthma attacks may require emergency room treatment followed
by further observation.

Common symptoms of an asthma attack include:
- Wheezing - Tightness in the chest
- Coughing - Difficultly catching breath
If an individual experiences any of the above symptoms, they should utilize their rescue inhaler and seek medical treatment immediately if symptoms do not subside.

Repsiriatory Conditions

Severe Cough

Coughing is the body’s way of removing foreign material or mucus from the lungs and upper airway passages or of reacting to an irritated airway. Coughs have distinctive traits that can be recognized. A cough is only a symptom, not a disease, and often the importance of your cough can be determined only when other symptoms are evaluated by a Doctor or Provider.

Productive Coughs

A productive cough produces phlegm or mucus (sputum). The mucus may have drained down the back of the throat from the nose or sinuses or may have come up from the lungs. A productive cough generally should not be suppressed; it clears mucus from the lungs. Productive coughs can be caused for a variety of reasons, such as: viral illnesses, infections, chronic lung disease, smoking and others.

Non-Productive Coughs

A nonproductive cough is dry and does not produce sputum. A dry, hacking cough may develop toward the end of a cold or after exposure to an irritant, such as dust or smoke. There are many causes of non-productive coughs: viral illnesses, allergies, medications, asthma, and others

Come to Citywide Urgent Care to receive proper diagnosis and treatment for your cough.
Pneumonia & Bronchitis

Pneumonia is a respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It is a fairly common illness that may affect just one lobe, the whole lung, or both lungs.

Most of the time, pneumonia is caused by a bacterial infection, but it can also be caused by a virus, fungus, or parasite. The infection causes inflammation in the lungs and causes the air sacs within the lungs – the alveoli – to fill with fluid or mucus. This fluid makes it difficult to breathe and limits the amount of oxygen the lungs can take in.
Pneumonia symptoms include:
- Chest pain - Fatique
- Shortness of breath - Fever, shaking, and swearing chills
- Cough, which may be productive - Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes, which carry air to your lungs. There are two types of bronchitis: acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis is common and usually is brought on by a cold or other virus. After you’ve been treated for acute bronchitis, you may have a lingering cough for several weeks.

Chronic bronchitis, however, is a constant inflammation of the bronchial tubes, usually caused by smoking. Bronchitis is considered chronic when it lasts at least three months, with recurring bouts of coughing that happen for at least two years in a row.
Bronchitis symptoms include:
- Cough - Shortness of breath
- Mucus present when coughing - Slight fever and chills
- Fatigue - Sore chest

Asthma

Treatment for Mild to Moderate Asthma Symptoms

When asthma problems aren’t severe enough to need emergency intervention but are too severe to treat at home, Citywide Urgent Care is here to help.

Asthma treatment measures vary widely based on the severity of a given attack. Mild asthma flare-ups can require as little as a rescue inhaler, while some asthma attacks may require emergency room treatment followed by further observation.

Common symptoms of an asthma attack include:
- Wheezing - Tightness in the chest
- Coughing - Difficultly catching breath
- Difficulty catching breath

If an individual experiences any of the above symptoms, they should utilize their rescue inhaler and seek medical treatment immediately if symptoms do not subside.

Eye and Ear Infections

Eye infections are often difficult to self-diagnose the cause.Infections can come in three forms: bacterial, viral and fungal. The symptoms are similar for all, and without proper treatment, can worsen quickly and lead to the high cost of emergency room bills.

Any of these symptoms can sometimes be very serious. Here is a breakdown of what an eye infection looks like and when you should see a provider urgently.

Having just one or two of these symptoms can indicate an infection, but if you notice more than one of them or if they get worse as the days go by, it might be time to call us at CWUC.

Severe Symptoms
- Swelling in the area around the eyes - Pain
- Blurry vision - Extreme Light sensitivity
- Eye discharge - Feeling of a foreign object in eye

Milder Symptoms
- Itching - Constant involuntary blinking
- Watery or dry eyes - Red Eyes
-
Ear infections, or otitis, occur when fluid builds up in the middle ear. At Citywide, we can provide convenient and effective treatment for ear infections for both children and adults. Symptoms of an ear infection can include:

Symptoms
Ear infections are common in children, and an earache is typically the first symptom. Kids will often act irritated, tug at their ears or express pain in their ears, and an ear infection may also be accompanied by a fever. Here are some additional symptoms:

Pain or discomfort inside the ear
Feeling of pressure inside the ear
Thick, yellow fluid coming from the ears
Hearing loss

Our healthcare provider will determine the proper course of treatment based upon a patient’s age and other factors. Depending on the type and severity of infection, he or she may prescribe ibuprofen for pain management, or antibiotics may be necessary.

While most mild ear infections resolve without treatment, finding relief can be obtained by simply visiting Citywide. You can walk-in 7 days or reserve your time online.

Eye and Ear Infections

Eye infections are often difficult to self-diagnose the cause.Infections can come in three forms: bacterial, viral and fungal. The symptoms are similar for all, and without proper treatment, can worsen quickly and lead to the high cost of emergency room bills.

Any of these symptoms can sometimes be very serious. Here is a breakdown of what an eye infection looks like and when you should see a provider urgently.

Having just one or two of these symptoms can indicate an infection, but if you notice more than one of them or if they get worse as the days go by, it might be time to call us at CPCUC.

Severe Symptoms
- Swelling in the area around the eyes - Pain
- Blurry vision - Extreme Light sensitivity
- Eye discharge - Feeling of a foreign object in eye

Milder Symptoms
- Itching - Constant involuntary blinking
- Watery or dry eyes - Red Eyes
- Red eyes

Ear infections, or otitis, occur when fluid builds up in the middle ear. At Citywide, we can provide convenient and effective treatment for ear infections for both children and adults. Symptoms of an ear infection can include:

Symptoms
Ear infections are common in children, and an earache is typically the first symptom. Kids will often act irritated, tug at their ears or express pain in their ears, and an ear infection may also be accompanied by a fever. Here are some additional symptoms:

Pain or discomfort inside the ear
Feeling of pressure inside the ear
Thick, yellow fluid coming from the ears
Hearing loss

Our healthcare provider will determine the proper course of treatment based upon a patient’s age and other factors. Depending on the type and severity of infection, he or she may prescribe ibuprofen for pain management, or antibiotics may be necessary.

While most mild ear infections resolve without treatment, finding relief can be obtained by simply visiting Citywide. You can walk-in 7 days or reserve your time online.

Sports Medicine, Strains and Sprains

Our Sports Medicine specialists at Citywide Urgent Care have spent a great deal of time studying the human body in athletic performance to make recommendations on proper conditioning and injury prevention. Following these recommendations can help avoid injury and the development of long-term pain issues. Athletes must ensure that their bodies can perform over time.

You can count on Citywide for immediate sports injury care.You’ll get top-notch care without having to endure long waits in the ER, or days for an appointment with a primary care provider.

Strains and sprains can also be a result of non-sport-related activities and can cause discomfort and lingering pain.

Strains

Strains consist of a stretch or tear of a ligament (connective tissue joining bones), caused by trauma such as a fall or blow to the body, that knocks a joint out of position. Sprains can range from stretching to complete tears. The most vulnerable joints are the ankles, knees, and wrists. Sprain symptoms: tenderness, pain, bruising, inflammation, swelling, inability to move, joint looseness, laxity, or instability.

Sprains

Sprains can result from a twist, pull, or tear of a muscle or tendon (connective tissue from muscle to bone), caused by overstretching or over contraction. Strains can be mild to severe, which if not treated professionally, can cause damage and loss of functionality. Strain symptoms: pain, muscle spasm, loss of strength.

Acute Injuries

In addition to more severe sprains, acute injuries can include fractures or dislocations. Whether you have a dislocated shoulder, a broken wrist, or a sprained ankle, we’ll get you fixed and back in the game.

Chronic Issues
Tennis elbow, runner’s knee, or plantar fasciitis.If your shoulder or elbow has been bothering you, or your knee pain just won’t go away, let us help you figure it out so you can get back to being active.

Sports-Related Medical Concerns
Concussions, asthma, or sports physicals.Not all sports-related issues involve muscles, tendons, and bones. We offer full spectrum sports medicine care, handling any medically related problems that may limit you from participating in the activities you enjoy.

Orthopedic Grade Braces, Splints & Supports
Citywide provides the highest quality braces & supports available to ensure you receive the best care and recover quickly. These supports are provided through your insurance or if you are uninsured at our cost only - we are committed to providing you with the best possible patient care for your injury.

Sports Medicine, Strains and Sprains

Our Sports Medicine specialists at Citywide Urgent Care have spent a great deal of time studying the human body
in athletic performance to make recommendations on
proper conditioning and injury prevention. Following these recommendations can help avoid injury and the development of long-term pain issues.

You can count on Citywide for immediate sports injury care.You’ll get top-notch care without having to endure
long waits in the ER, or days for an appointment with a primary care provider.
Strains

Strains consist of a stretch or tear of a ligament
(connective tissue joining bones), caused by trauma such
as a fall or blow to the body. Sprains can range from stretching to complete tears. The most vulnerable joints are the ankles, knees, and wrists. Sprain symptoms: tenderness, pain, bruising, inflammation, swelling, inability to move, joint looseness, laxity, or instability.

Sprains

Sprains can result from a twist, pull, or tear of a muscle or tendon (connective tissue from muscle to bone), caused
by overstretching or over contraction. Strains can be mild
to severe, which if not treated professionally, can cause damage and loss of functionality. Strain symptoms: pain, muscle spasm, loss of strength.

Acute Injuries

In addition to more severe sprains, acute injuries can include minor fractures or dislocations. Whether you have a dislocated shoulder, a broken wrist, or a sprained ankle, we’ll get you fixed and back in the game.

Chronic Issues
Tennis elbow, runner’s knee, or plantar fasciitis.If your shoulder or elbow has been bothering you, or your knee
pain just won’t go away. Let us help you figure it out so
you can get back to being active.

Sports-Related Medical Concerns
Concussions, asthma, or sports physicals.Not all sports-related issues involve muscles, tendons, and bones. We offer full spectrum sports medicine care, handling any medically related problems that may limit you from participating in the activities you enjoy.

Orthopedic Grade Braces, Splints & Supports
Citywide provides the highest quality braces &
supports available to ensure you receive the best care and recover quickly. These are provided through your
insurance or if you are uninsured at our cost only - we are committed to providing you with the best possible patient care for your injury.

Sports Medicine, Strains and Sprains

Participating in sports can lead to ongoing injury indications, such as many types of sprains and strains or more long term issues such as lower back pain or neck pain. Our Sports Medicine specialists at Citywide Urgent Care have spent a great deal of time studying the human body in athletic performance to make recommendations on proper conditioning and injury prevention. Following these recommendations can help avoid injury and the development of long-term pain issues. Athletes must ensure that their bodies can perform over time.

You can count on Citywide for immediate sports injury care.You’ll get top-notch care without having to endure long waits in the ER, or days for an appointment with a primary care provider.

Additionally, Strains and Sprains can be a result of non-sport-related activities and can cause discomfort and lingering pain. We are here to determine the severity of your injury and assist in immediate relief and recovery.

Strains

Strains consist of a stretch or tear of a ligament (connective tissue joining bones), caused by trauma such as a fall or blow to the body, that knocks a joint out of position. Sprains can range from stretching to complete tears. The most vulnerable joints are the ankles, knees, and wrists. Sprain symptoms: tenderness, pain, bruising, inflammation, swelling, inability to move, joint looseness, laxity, or instability.

Sprains

Sprains can result from a twist, pull, or tear of a muscle or tendon (connective tissue from muscle to bone), caused by overstretching or over contraction. Strains can be mild to severe, which if not treated professionally, can cause damage and loss of functionality. Strain symptoms: pain, muscle spasm, loss of strength.

Acute Injuries

In addition to more severe sprains, acute injuries can include fractures or dislocations. Whether you have a dislocated shoulder, a broken wrist, or a sprained ankle, we’ll get you fixed and back in the game.

Chronic Issues
Tennis elbow, runner’s knee, or plantar fasciitis.If your shoulder or elbow has been bothering you, or your knee pain just won’t go away, let us help you figure it out so you can get back to being active.

Sports-Related Medical Concerns
Concussions, asthma, or sports physicals.Not all sports-related issues involve muscles, tendons, and bones. We offer full spectrum sports medicine care, handling any medically related problems that may limit you from participating in the activities you enjoy.

Orthopedic Grade Braces, Splints & Supports
Citywide provides the highest quality braces & supports available to ensure you receive the best care and recover quickly. These supports are provided through your insurance or if you are uninsured at our cost only - we are committed to providing you with the best possible patient care for your injury.

Strep & Sore Throat

Diagnosing if throat soreness is an indication of simple sore throat or a strep throat is a procedure that is easily accomplished by our medical professionals at Citywide. We have provided a brief guide to the differences in symptoms between these two very distinct conditions.

Recognizing the Differences Between
Strep and Sore Throat

Strep throat is caused by an infection of streptococcus bacteria. Strep throat spreads by having contact with an infected person's saliva or nasal secretions. Although strep throat is more common in children ages 5 to 15, it also occurs in adults. To diagnose strep throat, CW can check a rapid strep test or, if necessary, send a throat swab to the lab for a culture.

Symptoms associated with Strep Throat:

- Sudden sore throat - Swollen lymph nodes
- Loss of appetite - Red tonsils with white spots
- Painful swallowing - Fever

Sore throats can be caused by viruses or bacteria. The most common cause of sore throats is viruses. Viral sore throats are often accompanied by other cold symptoms. Other causes of sore throat include smoking, pollution or irritants in the air, allergies, and dry air.

Symptoms associated with Sore Throat (which can commonly accompany a cold):
- Runny nose - Sneezing
- Watery eyes - Low Fever (below 101)
- Cough

Come to Citywide Urgent Care for Fast Diagnosis & Treatment

If you or your child is suffering from any symptoms that
may indicate strep, it’s important to see a medical provider. Untreated strep throat can cause serious complications such as kidney inflammation and rheumatic fever.

If you are worried about strep throat, come to Citywide.

We offer on-site strep testing. A provider can perform a physical exam and run a simple rapid antigen test to detect strep bacteria. He or she will swab your throat and test the swab to see if any antigens are present, with results available in just a few minutes.

If the test is positive, we can prescribe a course of antibiotics to fight the infection.
Antibiotics can lessen the severity of your symptoms and prevent spreading the illness to others. With treatment, you should start to feel better within 1-2 days and fully recover within a week or so.

Repsiriatory Conditions

Severe Cough

Coughing is the body’s way of removing foreign material
or mucus from the lungs and upper airway passages or of reacting to an irritated airway. Coughs have distinctive
traits that can be recognized. A cough is only a symptom, not a disease, and often the importance of your cough can be determined only when other symptoms are evaluated
by a Doctor or Provider.

Productive Coughs

A productive cough produces phlegm or mucus (sputum). The mucus may have drained down the back of the throat from the nose or sinuses or may have come up from the lungs. A productive cough generally should not be suppressed; it clears mucus from the lungs. Productive coughs can be caused for a variety of reasons, such as:
viral illnesses, infections, chronic lung disease, smoking
and others.

Non-Productive Coughs

A nonproductive cough is dry and does not produce
sputum. A dry, hacking cough may develop towards the
end of a cold or after exposure to an irritant, such as dust
or smoke. There are many causes of non-productive coughs: viral illnesses, allergies, medications, asthma,
and others. Come to Citywide Urgent Care to receive proper diagnosis and treatment for your cough.

Pneumonia & Bronchitis

Pneumonia is a respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It is a fairly common illness that may affect just one lobe, the whole lung, or both lungs.

Most of the time, pneumonia is caused by a bacterial infection, but it can also be caused by a virus, fungus, or parasite. The infection causes inflammation in the lungs and causes the air sacs within the lungs – the alveoli – to fill with fluid or mucus. This fluid makes it difficult to breathe and limits the amount of oxygen the lungs can take in.
Pneumonia symptoms include:
- Chest pain - Fatigue - Shortness of breath - Fever, shaking, and swearing chills
- Cough, which may be productive
- Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes,
which carry air to your lungs. There are two types of bronchitis: acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis is common and can be brought on by a cold or other virus.

Chronic bronchitis, however, is a constant inflammation of the bronchial tubes, usually caused by smoking. Bronchitis is considered chronic when it lasts at least three months, with recurring bouts of coughing that happen for at least
two years in a row.
Bronchitis symptoms include:
- Cough - Shortness of breath
- Mucus present when coughing - Slight fever and chills
- Fatigue - Sore chest

Asthma

Treatment for Mild to Moderate Asthma Symptoms

When asthma problems aren’t severe enough to need emergency intervention but are too severe to treat at home, Citywide Urgent Care is here to help.

Asthma treatment measures vary widely based on the severity of a given attack. Mild asthma flare-ups can
require as little as a rescue inhaler, while some asthma attacks may require emergency room treatment followed
by further observation.

Common symptoms of an asthma attack include:
- Wheezing - Tightness in the chest
- Coughing - Difficultly catching breath
If an individual experiences any of the above symptoms, they should utilize their rescue inhaler and seek medical treatment immediately if symptoms do not subside.

You see bone, tendon, muscle or fatty tissue, even if the bleeding is not severe.

The cut is on the face.

The cut was made by a person or animal.

There is excessive bleeding that doesn’t stop after 10 minutes of pressure.

You see bone, tendon, muscle or fatty tissue, even if the bleeding is not severe.

The cut is on the face.

The cut was made by a person or animal.

There is excessive bleeding that doesn’t stop after 10 minutes of pressure.