Plain-language guides written and reviewed by the Arlington ER clinical team. What the symptoms mean, when to come in, and what happens when you do.
Most health information online is written for search engines. These guides are written for the person reading them at eleven at night, trying to decide whether something can wait until morning.
Every article is reviewed by Dr. Rahman Mohammed, MD, our Medical Director, and each one tells you plainly when an emergency room is the right choice and when it is not. We would rather give you the honest answer than take a visit you did not need.
A CT scan with contrast and one without use the same scanner and take about the same amount of time. The difference is a liquid that makes certain things visible which would otherwise blend into everything around them. Whether you need it depends entirely on the question your physician is trying to answer. Contrast isn’t
Anyone who has had a kidney stone remembers the pain. It arrives without warning, comes in waves, and gets described as the worst thing the person has ever felt. What is less well known is that the scan is not looking for the pain. It’s looking for a number, and that number decides whether you
Your stomach hurts, someone says the word “scan,” and you nod along without really knowing what you just agreed to. Later you wonder whether it was the right one. It usually was, and there’s a clear reason behind the choice. Ultrasound goes first when the question is soft tissue, when you’re pregnant, or when the
It is usually an unremarkable moment. A helmet-to-helmet hit that looked like a hundred others, a slip on a wet floor, a low door frame. Someone gets up, says they are fine, and then asks the same question twice. If you are reading this at eleven at night trying to decide whether to wait until
Your physician says you need a scan, and you nod. Later that evening the questions start. Was that the right scan? Should I have asked for the other one? If you have ever been handed a result you did not fully understand, you already know how unsettling that gap feels. Here is the short version.
If your symptoms are new, severe, or getting worse, we are at 1607 S Bowen Rd in Pantego, minutes from central Arlington. No appointment, and no referral.