Many fundamental aspects of medical care, like chronic disease management and preventive exams, belong in the category of primary care. At Greenhaven Family Practice in Sacramento, California, Scarlett Lu, DO, provides a wide range of primary care preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services. To explore available primary care services, call Greenhaven Family Practice today.
Primary care is a vast medical specialty focusing on your general health. It also includes primary care and the attention you receive, even if you’re perfectly healthy. Primary care also includes annual physical exams and disease screenings.
Greenhaven Family Practice offers a wide range of medical services for every member of your family. You and your family can receive general non-emergency medical care at Greenhaven Family Practice and specialist referrals if you need them.
With primary care, Dr. Lu becomes familiar with you as a patient. She can then personalize your care according to your medical needs as well as your goals and preferences.
There are many medical services available at Greenhaven Family Practice that belong under the umbrella of primary care. You might need:
An essential part of primary care is getting the right diagnosis when you have an illness or injury. Dr. Lu diagnoses acute and chronic conditions.
Wellness exams should be a part of your annual health care routine. You simply visit Greenhaven Family Practice for a yearly physical exam to keep up with your health and changing body.
Acute illnesses only last for a short time, like a cold, the flu, or strep throat. Dr. Lu finds a suitable medication or course of treatment to ease your symptoms.
Chronic diseases are illnesses that last for one year or longer, often causing symptoms and complications for the rest of your life. Common chronic diseases include diabetes, hypertension, and kidney diseases. Dr. Lu helps you manage your chronic illness with ongoing testing, medications, and treatments.
Geriatric care is attentive, personalized care for older adults. You or a loved one might need geriatric care if you have more than one chronic condition requiring management or if caretaking is placing considerable stress on the household.
Primary care providers, like Dr. Lu, are often the first people you turn to in health care for non-emergency questions and health issues. When you find a primary care provider and visit them regularly for wellness exams and other services, they become familiar with your health habits and patterns.
Your primary care provider’s familiarity with you makes it uniquely easy for them to identify changes in your behavior or functioning that other people unfamiliar with you might not perceive right away. Primary care providers often diagnose conditions early when they’re still relatively easy to treat.
Whether it’s time for your next wellness exam or you have symptoms of an illness, call Greenhaven Family Practice for high-quality primary care today.