Primary care can help you stay healthy. It’s all about prevention, with routine physicals, vaccinations, and other preventive services. Primary care is also about treating you when you get sick, by offering services to help you heal. Primary care does it all. Dr. Hanibal Mahdi and Dr. Mohammed Al-Kadiri at HealthCheck in Vienna, VA, provide comprehensive medical care, including primary care services.
What You Need To Know About Primary Care Services
The preventive services offered by your primary care doctor can help you stay healthy. Consider these important preventive services provided by your primary care doctor:
- Performing well visits and routine physical examinations to assess your overall health
- Ordering and reviewing results of laboratory tests to aid in early detection of diabetes, atherosclerosis, heart disease, cancer, and other chronic conditions
- Ordering and reviewing results of imaging studies to aid in the detection of acute or chronic conditions including trauma, arthritis, degenerative joint disease, and other musculoskeletal conditions
- Administering necessary and recommended vaccinations including flu, pneumonia, shingles, and COVID
The treatment services offered by your primary care doctor can help you recover from an illness or injury. Consider these important treatment services provided by your primary care doctor:
- Medications, including antivirals and antibiotics, to help you recover from a viral or bacterial infection
- Wound care, to help you heal from an open wound due to diabetes, an accident, or an injury
- Palliative care, to help you feel better and recover more quickly
Your primary care doctor is also an expert on providing lifestyle, exercise, and stress management tips to help you live a longer, healthier life. Your primary care doctor may recommend:
- Dietary and nutritional counseling
- Meal planning
- Lifestyle modification
- Exercise and stress management
- Tobacco use cessation
- Alcohol and substance abuse treatment
- Mental health counseling and treatment
Want To Know More?
To find out more about the importance of primary care, talk with the experts. Call Dr. Hanibal Mahdi and Dr. Mohammed Al-Kadiri at HealthCheck in Vienna, VA. You can reach them in the office by calling (571) 407-7004, so call today.