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ParikhHealth
Primary Care Center & Sports Medicine Clinic located in Santa Clara, CA
Primary care is an essential part of helping you achieve and maintain your health. At ParikhHealth in Sunnyvale, California, Neesheet Parikh, DO, and Kinnari Shah, PA-C, offer the highest level of expertise, supporting your health in the best way possible. If you’re looking for a primary care provider, call the friendly practice or book your appointment online today.
Primary Care Q&A
What is primary care?
A primary care physician serves as your medical provider who takes care of your health, addressing a majority of your health concerns or needs. They are highly trained to prevent, diagnose, and treat conditions for people of all ages, from birth to seniors, creating a sustaining family and community relationship.
The primary care doctors at ParikhHealth have extensive education and training, allowing them to meet almost any health care need you might have.
Primary care providers can include:
- Internists
- Pediatricians
- OB-GYNs
- Family physicians
- Nurse practitioners
- Physician assistants
Over time, you can develop a healthy partnership with our primary care physicians, who monitor your health throughout your life.
Why is primary care important?
Primary care serves as your main source of medical intervention for preventing health issues in the future and for treating any health issue at present.
The team of doctors at ParikhHealth provides you with easy access to health care, keeping your costs low and offering optimal outcomes.
Primary care can also treat acute sickness or injuries, which can save you time when compared to using emergency room services.
Does primary care provide preventive care?
When considering primary care as a way to prevent illness, the team at ParikhHealth focuses on helping you prevent sickness before it happens. You can avoid issues, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, with the right medical approach.
Primary care involves yearly visits with overall wellness checkups to promote a healthy lifestyle and help you stay well.
What does primary care treat?
When you see your primary care physician, your comprehensive care includes:
- Pediatric and adolescent care
- Ultrasounds
- Birth control services
- Well visits and physicals
- Well-woman exams
- Immunizations
- Allergy treatment
- Flu treatment
- Sick visits
- Disease prevention
- Cancer screenings
- Diabetes management
- Urinalysis
- Blood pressure and cholesterol level management
- Injury care
- Nutrition and weight loss care
- Biopsies
- Splinting, bracing, and casting
- Joint injections
- Prescriptions
- Education about prevention and treatment
At your appointments, your provider takes a close look at your health history and monitors the information with each visit.
To book an appointment with expert primary care doctors at ParikhHealth, call the office or use the online scheduling tool today.