Health information, clinic updates, and urgent care news from Total Health Urgent Care in Covington, Louisiana. Walk in seven days a week, 7 AM to 7 PM.
Quick answer: Most pink eye is caused by a virus and clears on its own in one to two weeks, so treatment is usually about comfort and stopping the spread, not antibiotics. Bacterial pink eye brings thick yellow or green discharge and sometimes needs prescription drops, while allergic pink eye
For walk-in urgent care near Madisonville, LA, Total Health Urgent Care in Covington is about a 10-mile drive north on LA-21. Madisonville doesn’t have a dedicated urgent care inside town limits, so when a fever spikes on a Sunday or a kid rolls an ankle at the boat launch, a
Sprained vs. broken ankle: the honest answer is you often can’t tell them apart at home. Both a bad sprain and a fracture cause sharp pain, fast swelling, bruising, and trouble putting weight on the foot. The one reliable way to know the difference is an X-ray, which is exactly
Yes, urgent care can treat most urinary tract infections. At our Covington walk-in clinic, Total Health Urgent Care, one visit covers the whole thing in a single stop: a provider hears your symptoms, runs an on-site urinalysis, and if it’s a bacterial UTI, prescribes the right medication before you leave.
Louisiana summers don’t play around. Between the heat, the humidity, and a stomach bug that empties you out for a day, it’s easy to get dehydrated fast here on the Northshore. If drinking water just isn’t cutting it anymore, IV fluids for dehydration can rehydrate you quickly, and you can
To identify poison ivy, look for clusters of three pointed, often shiny green leaflets on a low plant or climbing vine, which is where the old saying “leaves of three, let it be” comes from. Poison oak also grows in threes with more rounded, lobed leaves, while poison sumac stands
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Total Health Urgent Care
73015 Hwy 25 Suite A, Covington, LA 70435
(985) 400-5370
