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Neck Injuries: Common Causes, Effects & Treatment

Dr. Mark Hosko, MD, July 16 2021

A neck injury of any kind can seriously limit our mobility or ability to perform daily activities. Knowing whether or not your neck pain or injury is serious can be difficult to assess, and should be done by a medical provider or neck injury doctor. A little later on, we will discuss neck injury symptoms. People often delay care in hopes that...

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Auto Accident

What To Do After A Car Accident

Dr. Mark Hosko, MD, March 5 2021

A car accident exerts a tremendous amount of force on your back and spine, and back and neck injuries are very common after a high-impact accident. Even if you don’t feel any pain at the time. During a traumatic event, your body releases a massive adrenaline rush that may mask normal pain signals directly following a crash. Some injuries — like...

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Illness

Treating and preventing sunburn and sun poisoning

Dr. Mark Hosko, MD, January 11 2021

Summer weather is now in full swing here in Portland.  As people begin to spend more time outdoors and on the water, sunburn is inevitable. Sunburn is one condition that is easily preventable.  Staying out of the sun is a foolproof way to protect your skin, but this is also not very much fun.  If you want to enjoy the outdoors safely, you need to...

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Illness

Understanding and Treating Ear Infections

Dr. Mark Hosko, MD, December 1 2020

Many of the patients suffering from ear infections are infants and young children. In fact, nearly half of all the antibiotic prescriptions in the US are written for babies and children with middle ear infections, also known as otitis media. While older children and adults also suffer from earaches and ear infections, children and infants are the...

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Illness

Treating Painful Urinary Tract Infections – UTI

Dr. Mark Hosko, MD, December 1 2020

With some over-the-counter painkillers such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Anyone experiencing severe pain and discomfort with a urinary tract infection should visit Portland Urgent Care immediately. Acute pain can be an indicator that the infection has spread into the kidneys, a very serious development as the infection can be quite damaging to...

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