If your child suffers from a deep cut, do you know how to stop the bleeding? Are stitches needed? What about a tetanus shot? Doctors at Centra Care want you to know the answers as they saw a 44% increase in pediatric patients last week with deep wounds, also known as Lacerations.
How do you know if the injury warrants stitches? Here are some things to look for:
1. Deep, gaping or jagged cuts
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Evidently, it’s not just the kids diving in this summer. Centra Care data shows an 88% increase overall this past week with adults suffering from Otitis Externa, sometimes called Swimmer’s Ear. The following areas of town had the biggest increases:
While Otitis Externa commonly occurs after swimming as a result of an infection that develops in trapped water that irritates the canal, Centra Care ...
Continue Reading →Hurricane season is officially here and although we don’t have any storms threatening yet, living in Florida, it’s always smart to be prepared. The doctors at Centra Care warn that the most common injury they see after a hurricane, believe it or not, is burns — burns from candles, the exhaust pipes on generators and from gas grills — all items commonly used during power outages.
When it comes to hurricane preparedness, here are a few things you ...
Continue Reading →Coughing? Just exhausted? Sore or tight chest? Then you may have What’s Going Around — Bronchitis.
Centra Care physicians have seen increases in Bronchitis patients all around Central Florida. Specifically, cases at the Winter Garden Village and Lee Road locations were both up 500% or more and the Conway Centra Care location was up 350%.
Bronchitis is inflammation of the large air passages in the lungs. Symptoms of bronchitis include a dry cough that develops into a cough with ...
Continue Reading →One thing that can quickly ruin summertime pool fun — Swimmer’s Ear. OUCH!
Centra Care data shows that the number of Otitis Externa (a.k.a. Swimmer’s Ear) patients has been on a steady increase from week to week, and if history is correct, that trend will continue throughout the summer.
Swimmer’s Ear is a painful outer ear infection that develops when water is trapped in the ear canal. The skin lining the outer ear and ear canal serves as ...
Continue Reading →This week, it seems pink is the new …. hazel, and blue and brown and green…
Conjunctivitis also known as Pink Eye, is what Centra Care data shows as What’s Going Around this week. While it is typically seen mostly in children, Centra Care data shows that adult cases have risen by over 30 percent in the last week.
Pink Eye is a VERY contagious infection of the conjunctiva, which is a thin film that covers the inside of ...
Continue Reading →Allergies, bugs, even stress can cause What’s Going Around this week. HIVES are an allergic reaction to a drug or food or to contact with things like plants, insects or even pollen. It causes your body to release chemicals that can make your skin swell or break out in hives.
Centra Care locations reported that last week cases of hives were up 21% in adults and 57% in children.
Hives appear as red or white bumps or ...
Continue Reading →With all the gorgeous weather we’ve been having, it’s not a stretch to call Central Florida “paradise” – unfortunately, the mosquitoes feel the same way.
Centra Care data from the past week shows that cases of Insect Bites were up 64% among adults and that pediatric numbers doubled. The following Centra Care locations showed the biggest increases:
Hunter’s Creek & Lee Road: up 300%
Sand Lake & Winter Garden Village: up 200%
Insect bites and stings can cause an immediate ...
Continue Reading →Spring cleaning, yardwork, lugging heavy suitcases around the airport — these are all excuses the physicians at Centra Care heard over the last week from the nearly 200 patients that came in complaining of an aching back.
The fact is, about 80 percent of people will experience some type of back pain during their lifetime. Acute back pain can cause pain ranging from a dull, lingering ache to a sudden, sharp pain. It usually comes on ...
Continue Reading →‘Talk about uncomfortable! What’s Going Around this week causes itching, oozing and more itching. Contact Dermatitis is a condition in which the skin becomes red, sore or inflamed after direct contact with a substance, and Centra Care physicians have been seeing case numbers increase two weeks in a row.
There are two kinds of contact dermatitis: irritant and allergic.
Irritant Contact Dermatitis is caused by contact with substances like detergents, pesticides or other chemicals. The reaction usually looks like a ...
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