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Dr. Wayne Guerra, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of iTriage answers common questions related to Muscle Strain (pulled muscle). 1.    What is a muscle strain and what are the symptoms? 2.    How can I prevent getting a muscle strain? 3.    How can I treat my muscle strain? 4.    When should I get treatment for a muscle strain?  

Dr. Wayne Guerra, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of iTriage answers common questions related to cellulitis (skin infection). 1.    What is cellulitis and what are the symptoms? 2.    Can cellulitis be life-threatening? 3.    What is the difference between streptococcus and staphylococcus infections? 4.    When do I need to seek medical treatment for cellulitis? 5.    What are the treatment [...]

Dr. Wayne Guerra, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of iTriage answers common questions related to concussions. What is a concussion? Why are concussions such a big deal now? What are the signs of a concussion? If a parent or coach suspects a concussion, where can the child/adolescent go for treatment? What is the treatment for a concussion? What are some possible long term effects of concussions? How [...]

Dr. Wayne Guerra, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of iTriage answers common questions related to allergies. Do you have a medical question you’d like answered? Visit our Facebook page to submit your own health related question.

To conclude our 10 part series on flu symptoms that are common to other conditions we would like to highlight the characteristic symptoms of Scarlet Fever. Let’s begin by taking a look at the information on iTriage (available on iPhone, Android, or at http://www.iTriageHealth.com). Scarlet Fever Description A disorder characterized by a rash covering most of the body, a strawberry-like appearance [...]

So you or your child has a fever and a rash and you are concerned if the cause is the flu or another illness that causes a fever. Let’s review the information about hand foot and mouth disease taken from iTriage (available on iPhone, Android, or at www.iTriageHealth.com), and compare it to the symptoms of the flu. Flu (Influenza) Symptoms Fever, headache, tiredness (fatigue), chills, dry cough, [...]

How can you tell the difference between the flu and cellulitis? Let’s review the information about cellulitis taken from iTriage (available on iPhone, Android, or at www.iTriageHealth.com). Please see our previous posts for more information on the flu. Description Cellulitis is a skin infection caused by bacteria. Bacteria can enter into the skin either through a cut or insect bite and spread to [...]

Recently the rapid death of a 23 yr old woman in Fort Collins, CO from sepsis which the media originally reported as bacterial meningitis has sparked lots of confusion between the two conditions.  Yesterday we posted the signs and symptoms of sepsis in our continuing Countdown to Flu 2010 blog series.  Today we would like to specifically target the differences between meningitis and sepsis.  Here [...]

Sepsis is a killer and many times in the early stages can mimic the symptoms of the flu.  In our continued series of Countdown to Flu 2010, today we will look at the serious illness of severe sepsis in comparison to the flu.   Below is the sepsis information on iTriage (available as an iPhone, Android and Palm application, or on any web-enabled device at www.iTriageHealth.com). Description Sepsis [...]

Yesterday we looked at the difference between pneumonia and the flu. Today we will use iTriage (available as an iPhone, Android and Palm application, or on any web-enabled device at www.iTriageHealth.com) to review mononucleosis and help us learn how it is different from the flu. Below is the mononucleosis information on iTriage. Description Infectious mononucleosis (also known as “mono” [...]