Urgent Care for Illness so You Feel Better Quick  

Rapid Strep

Strep throat is a bacterial infection that affects the back of the throat and the tonsils, which become irritated and swollen, causing a sore throat that's especially painful when swallowing. You may get white or yellow spots, or a coating on the throat and tonsils, and the lymph nodes in the neck may swell and become tender to touch. It’s important to be treated with antibiotics if you do have Group A Strep, because if untreated, the Strep antibodies can travel through your bloodstream and deposit in your kidneys and heart valves.

Test results are available in about 15 minutes.

Urinalysis

Many illnesses and disorders affect how your body removes waste and toxins. The organs involved in this are your lungs, kidneys, urinary tract, skin, and bladder. Problems with any of these can affect the appearance, concentration, and content of your urine.

Symptoms of a urinary tract infection include urinary frequency, urgency and burning.  If the infection spreads to your kidneys, it can also cause back pain, vomiting and fever.

The test takes only a few minutes to do.

Urine Pregnancy Test

A urine pregnancy test can find the HCG hormone about a week after you've missed a period. If you’re late for your period or having pelvic pain or abnormal vaginal bleeding, we will run a rapid urine pregnancy test.

Test results in just a few minutes!

Hemoccult Test

If you’re worried about blood in your stool, we can do a hemoccult test during your exam to determine the most appropriate treatment plan.

Test results available in just few seconds.

Rapid Mono

Mononucleosis (mono) is an infectious disease caused by a virus. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the most common cause of mono, but other viruses can also cause the disease. The symptoms of mono include fatigue, swollen glands and a sore throat.  

A simple fingertip blood test is done for mono.

Glucose

Glucose, a type of simple sugar, is your body's main source of energy. If your blood sugar is too high (hyperglycemia) or too low (hypoglycemia), it can cause serious complications.

The simple fingertip blood test results are available in minutes.

Rapid Flu

Influenza symptoms include fever, chills, sore throat, diarrhea, cough,  runny nose, body aches, headache, and fatigue. We test to detect the presence and type of the class of Influenza virus: A or B. Samples are usually taken from the nose or the mouth.

If you do have symptoms of the flu, it’s important to come in as soon as possible because the antiviral medicine Tamiflu works best if you start it within the first 48 hours of symptoms and helps prevent serious complications of influenza (like pneumonia and dehydration).

A rapid test can diagnose influenza in less than 20 minutes.

Portland Urgent Care is a CLIA waived lab.