What Is the Treatment for a Kidney Infection?

What Is the Treatment for a Kidney Infection?

How Could I Get a Kidney Infection? Kidney infections are caused by bacteria or viruses. Scientists believe that most kidney infections start as a bladder infection that moves upstream to infect one or both of the kidneys. Although bladder infections and UTIs aren’t...
How Can I Know If My Child Has an Ear Infection?

How Can I Know If My Child Has an Ear Infection?

What Is an Ear Infection? The commonly used term “ear infection” is known medically as “acute otitis media,” or a sudden infection in the middle ear, which is the space behind the eardrum. In many cases, ear infections clear up on their own, but if the ear infection...
When Do I Need to Get a Strep Test?

When Do I Need to Get a Strep Test?

according to the CDC. Read on as our team at AFC Urgent Care Fountain City shares some more helpful info on this common bacterial infection. How Do I Know If I Have Strep Throat? First, before you know its first symptoms, it’s important to know exactly what this...
Is Back Pain a Common COVID-19 Symptom?

Is Back Pain a Common COVID-19 Symptom?

How Common of a Symptom Is Back Pain? Back pain due to COVID-19 is grouped in with general muscle aches or pains, which the CDC lists as an official symptom. Additionally, those who have recovered from COVID-19 have said that they experienced lingering back pain....