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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

Virtual visits can diagnose colds, flu , or allergies and help you manage symptoms at home. Lab tests or X-rays may confirm infection or inflammation. For more severe symptoms, in-person care may be the recommended course of treatment, and your virtual provider can help you make that decision. Can chest congestion cause RSV?

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

We had a phrase about taking this medicine as an additional pill for you to swallow, and requires periodic lab tests for monitoring and… Eric: And cost you money. We weren’t doing any medication management from a research standpoint; we were providing the information to these two groups of people. Ariel: Yes.