Family Medicine Austin

STDs or STIs are frequent illnesses that individuals inadvertently spread. Many simple, safe, and easily accessible tests can aid in the prevention of additional transmission and health consequences. Instead of the previous term STDs, many clinicians now refer to these disorders as STIs. 

Allergies affect as many as 30% of adults in Austin, Texas, causing them to miss school, miss work, and deal with uncomfortable symptoms on a daily basis. Family Medicine Austin offers allergy testing and treatment options for those 18 years and older.

What are Allergies?

The purpose of your immune system is to keep the body safe by recognizing and attacking foreign substances, such as viruses and bacteria. When you have allergies, that means there’s a malfunction in this process.

An allergy develops when the immune system mistakes a harmless substance for a harmful one. When the immune system attacks the allergen, you experience allergy symptoms that may affect your skin, digestive system, airways, or sinuses.

Bacteria invade your skin when it is damaged or cracked. Scrapes, burns, surgeries, fungal infections, and other factors can all cause skin breaks. Bacteria can enter even if the breach in the skin is just too small to see.

Lab testing can serve numerous purposes, from investigating particular symptoms to evaluating a patient’s overall health. Family Medicine Austin, at Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) and Genesis, offers basic onsite lab testing to adults, including tests for pregnancy, influenza, and strep throat. To learn more about lab testing or to make an appointment, please call the office today.

Just as your car needs regular tune-ups, your body requires regular checkups and physicals to make sure you’re in good health or to catch health issues early.

Our providers offer physical exams for men and women in Austin, Texas at Family Medicine Austin. We also provide other types of physicals, including sports and school physicals and DOT physicals.