Internal medicine is a field of medicine that focuses on treating adults. Internal medicine doctors or internists diagnose, treat and even prevent diseases that affect all adults, from short term care to chronic illnesses. Most internal medicine doctors sub specialize in one organ system or...
COVID-2019 continues to spread globally. While there is no vaccine to prevent it or medication to treat it, ‘social distancing’ is one of the few ways to prevent exposure and further infection. Social distancing The CDC defines ‘social distancing’ as "remaining out of congregate settings, avoiding mass...
With the coronavirus strain COVID-19 making a beachhead in the United States, it is certainly time to evaluate what options you have for staying safe. While much of the advice circulating the country focuses on how to avoid exposure, it is also essential that people...
Asthma is a common respiratory ailment or disease that affects breathing by a noticeable restriction or narrowing of your bronchial tubes. Additionally, your respiratory system could also be producing excessive mucus, which blocks airwaves. When this occurs, you experience shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, and dizziness...
Shingles are often referred to as the adult form of chickenpox. However, while chickenpox is most often an uncomplicated, mild illness accompanied by red spots (poxes), the adult form can be very painful. It can lead to serious complications, such as blindness, loss of hearing,...
Health professionals take the rabies virus very seriously, as it results in a very high rate of mortality (deaths) for those who contract the disease. It is most often associated with a bite from a wild animal or an unvaccinated dog that has the disease. How...
Can changing your diet really help you reduce pain? It almost falls to reason that the answer is yes. We are what we eat. Our bodies are incredibly complicated organic machines in which the relationships between systems – the digestive system and the nervous system...
Once you turn 50, doctors recommend a variety of tests to monitor how various organs or body tissues are doing, screening, very often, for cancer cells. The colon or large intestine is among the organs that doctors like to keep an eye on. The monitoring...
It's that time of year again: Cold, flu, and hangover season. One of those, of course, is self-induced. A hangover is a result of drinking too much alcohol, which is a common mistake during any holiday season. At Pacific Medical Care, we encourage not only responsible...
A dissociative state is very common and is experienced, in fact, by everyone at some point in their lives. But when the state of mind occurs repeatedly and can be traced back to significant stress or trauma experiences, being dissociative is viewed as a distinct...