A primary care physician is who to call when you are ill, but more importantly, a primary care physician can help you stay well. Drs. Gayathri Thiru, Seema Sangwan, and Gurpreet Padam at Apollo Health Care Center in Mountain View, CA, provide a wide range of medical care, including primary care services. They can help you stay healthy.

What You Need To Know About Primary Care Services

Having a primary care physician is important for many reasons. Prevention is the basis of primary care practice. Preventive care your primary care physician can provide includes:

• Performing well visits and routine physical examinations to assess your level of overall health and wellness
• Ordering and reviewing results of laboratory tests to aid in early detection of diabetes, atherosclerosis, and other serious conditions
• Ordering and reviewing results of imaging studies to aid in the detection of acute or chronic conditions including trauma, arthritis, and other musculoskeletal problems
• Administering necessary and recommended vaccinations including flu and pneumonia, to help prevent disease

A primary care physician can also perform gender-specific exams including routine gynecological and breast exams for women, and prostate exams for men.

When you have a primary care physician, one of the most important benefits is the information and expertise your primary care physician can provide. Your primary care physician can develop a customized treatment plan for you, designed to help you live a long, healthy life. Your treatment plan may include:

• Dietary modifications, to decrease your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity
• Exercise recommendations, to increase muscle strength and decrease risk of osteoporosis
• Stress reduction techniques, to calm your mind, increase your focus, and promote wellness
• Medication evaluation, to ensure you are taking the right medications, in the right dosages, to help you stay healthy

Want To Know More?

To find out more about the importance of having a primary care physician, and services available from a primary care physician, talk with an expert. Call Drs. Gayathri Thiru, Seema Sangwan, and Gurpreet Padam at Apollo Health Care Center in Mountain View, CA. You can reach them in the office by calling (408) 900-8077, so call today.