Urgent Care Doctors Accepting New Patients in Waldorf, MD

Urgent care is a medical care option for people who need immediate medical attention. Urgent care doctors treat injuries and illnesses that cannot wait for an appointment, but are not serious enough to warrant a visit to the hospital. They can provide immediate care for things like broken bones, sore throats, and allergic reactions. They can also treat more serious conditions like infectious diseases, sexually transmitted infections, and asthma.

Urgent care is best utilized for pressing medical situations, such as minor injuries and mild illnesses, that cannot wait for a doctor’s appointment but are also not serious enough to warrant a visit to the hospital emergency room. This includes common medical conditions, such as:

– Mild to moderate abdominal pain
– (Minor) allergic reactions including rashes, bug bites
– Seasonal allergies
– Animal bites
– Mild to moderate asthma
– Back pain
– (Minor) burns
– (Small) cuts that may require stitches
– Ear pain
– Eye redness, discharge or itchiness
– Flu symptoms
– (Minor) fractures
– Mild to moderate headaches
– Nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
– Painful urination
– Pink eye
– Sinus infection
– Sore throats
– School sports physicals
– Sprains/strains
– Strep throat
– Urinary tract infections
– Wheezing

Urgent care clinics are also a great resource for diagnostic testing, such as:

– On-site Lab Screening
– X-rays and Imaging
– Saliva Testing
– EKG (Electrocardiography)
– Ultrasound
– Laboratory and Toxicology

While urgent care clinics are designed to handle a wide range of medical situations, they are not equipped to handle medical emergencies, such as:

– (Severe) abdominal pain
– (Severe) allergic reaction
– (Severe) asthma attack
– (Severe) bleeding
– Bluish lips or face
– Difficulty breathing
– Broken bone with dislocation
– (Severe) burns
– Choking
– New confusion or inability to arouse
– Large dislocated joint
– Sudden dizziness or loss of coordination
– Fainting/change in mental state
– Head injury (with loss of consciousness)
– (Severe) laceration
– Laceration through infected skin
– Deep puncture wounds
– Lacerations with significant tissue loss
– Lacerations with a fracture or amputation
– Specialized lacerations (eyelid, nasal cartilage)           
– Overdose
– Persistent pain or pressure in your chest
– Seizures
– Slurred speech
– Major trauma
– Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy
– Sudden vision loss
– Sudden weakness/numbness on one side

Urgent care doctors who work in urgent care clinics do not typically require an appointment; in most cases, they accept patients on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you are looking for an urgent care doctor who is available and takes your insurance, the first recommended step is to conduct an online search. If the provider has a website, this information will likely be available there. There are many resources that can help you find an urgent care doctor; a simple online search will likely return a number of viable results. It is also possible to check your insurance provider’s website for a list of doctors in your area who accept your insurance; this information will likely be kept up-to-date online.

Call us today to book an appointment at our urgent care, or simply walk into our clinic conveniently located at 3050 Crain Highway, #100, Waldorf, MD 20601. We look forward to serving you!