Annual physical plays a crucial role in preventing illness, identifying chronic diseases, completing recommended screening, and promoting a healthy lifestyle. The Providers at North Star Family Medicine complete physical examinations for newborns, infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. We address age-appropriate screening and any concerns during these visits. Labs are completed in the clinic.
Chronic disease management diagnoses and treat long term chronic conditions. Examples include diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, dementia, heart disease, pulmonary disease, thyroid disease, and bowel disease. With routine visits to manage prescriptions, discuss lifestyle and monitor the condition with necessary labs and imaging, chronic diseases are better controlled.
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Following Excessive Exercise, Dehydration, Stomach Virus and more.
Labs services available at North Star Family Medicine include blood draws and urine samples. With few exceptions, most laboratory blood tests are available in the clinic. We draw blood and test results are available in 1-2 days. In addition, urine testing for infection, drugs, bacteria, and sexually transmitted disease are available. We accept orders from providers outside our clinic for patient convenience.
North Star Family Medicine offers Men’s Health Services. These include annual examination, chronic disease management, erectile dysfunction, prostate problems, low libido, hormone testing, and hair loss. Topical hormone replacement is available.
North Star Family Medicine provided pediatric wellness checks, sports physicals, sick visits, early development screenings, referrals to specialists, chronic illness management, and mental health evaluation and treatment. Examples of diseases managed include asthma, thyroid disease, migraines, headaches, nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, constipation, ear infections, diabetes, eczema, and mental health problems such as ADHD, anxiety and depression.
Preventing disease and illness is the cornerstone of Family Medicine. From screening examinations, blood draws, diagnostic imaging to healthy lifestyle education and disease prevention, North Star Family Medicine hope to prevent disease, disability and untimely death.
Rashes, warts, and other skin lesions are evaluated and treated at North Star Family Medicine. If a referral to Dermatology is required, this is placed. We can stitch wounds and remove some skin lesions, such as skin tags and sebaceous cysts, in clinic.
Schools and camps require young athletes and guests to complete a physical periodically prior to participation in activities. If your athlete needs a sports physical, the providers at North Star Family Medicine can assist in completing the examination and any required forms.
North Star Family Medicine lab services include testing for sexually transmitted diseases, both for screening and active infection. In addition, to testing for STD’s, treatment is available if needed. We can test and treat gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomonas, HIV, Hepatitis, syphilis, herpes, HPV and genital warts.
Therapeutic Phlebotomy is provided for patients with diseases such as polycythemia vera, hemochromatosis, and testosterone induced polycythemia. Our nurses are trained to safely remove 500 mL of blood and iron, ferritin, hemoglobin and hematocrit are monitored.
The providers at North Star Family Medicine are available to discuss weight loss options for patients. In addition to educating on appropriate lifestyle changes, we have a nutritionist available for information on a healthy diet. We also provide pharmacological weight loss medications based on your weight loss goals. If needed, we can place referrals to surgeons who specialize in weight loss surgery.
North Star Family Medicine offers many age specific Women’s Health services. Our providers are trained in completing annual women examination, including pelvic examination and PAP smears. They also provide birth control counseling, management of menopause symptoms (including hormone replacement therapy), pelvic pain, vaginal discharge, yeast and bacterial vaginal infections, breast examinations, evaluation of breast lumps, and pregnancy testing.
North Star Family Medicine has an Xray machine onsite for evaluation of both acute and chronic joint pain, abdominal pain, and back pain.
