During Arthritis Awareness Month this May, our team at AFC Urgent Care Farragut wants you to know what steps you can take to prevent arthritis and how to manage it, if you have it. How Can I Prevent Arthritis? The key to treating arthritis in the best way possible is to prevent it from occurring in the first place. Therefore, you want to make sure you do what you can to prevent arthritis, such as ...
Our team at AFC Urgent Care Farragut wants you to know how you can tell the difference between symptoms of a common cold and seasonal allergies so that you can start treating your condition as soon as possible! What Is a Cold? Unlike seasonal allergies, a common cold is caused by a virus. Most viruses, like a common cold, are passed along from one person to another through both droplets in the air and touching ...
Why Is It Important to Take Care of Our Mental Health? Your mental health is just as important to your overall health as your physical health is. It affects how you make decisions, your ability to have relationships with others and your ability to adapt to change, which is vital nowadays. Because our mental and physical health are tied together, you can experience physical health symptoms when your mental health dips, making care for yourself ...
Save Your Vision Month. It’s a month designed to promote awareness of the need to take care of our eyes, keeping them safe and healthy. It’s important—as we age, our risk of certain eye health conditions, such as age-related macular degeneration, increases. That’s why our team at AFC Urgent Care Farragut wants to share some tips on keeping your eyes healthy and strong. What Can I Do to Improve My Eye ...
Is My Sinus Infection Contagious? That’ll depend on the nature of your infection, since sinus infections can be either bacterial or viral. Viral infections are contagious, while bacterial infections are what’s known as infectious. Of course, prevention is the best medicine. Therefore, it is important to make sure you are washing your hands on a regular basis and not touching your face with your hands. If you’re sick, be sure to cover ...
