Many of you have tested positive for COVID-19 either in our office or in the hospital and now are recovering or fully recovered. For the fully recovered patients, I would like to ask for your help. Convalescent plasma transfusion is a therapy that may help seriously ill COVID-19 infected patients. This is how it works. [...]
Originally Published In The Atlantan Buckhead Medicine Board-certified internist Dr. Edward Espinosa has converted his concierge internal medicine practice, Buckhead Medicine, to focus primarily on the testing and treatment of COVID-19. A long time user of telemedicine and secure texting, his practice is now serving the Buckhead community by leveraging these technologies alongside onsite testing [...]
Here is another update to try to keep you as informed as possible. COVID-19 Testing For two weeks now, we have been actively testing for and treating COVID-19 infection in our office. Primarily we are focused on patients with fever, cough, shortness of breath, or diarrhea. We are also testing frontline healthcare workers with symptoms [...]
Many of you are testing positive for COVID-19 or are beginning to have viral illness symptoms or have family members that are having symptoms of fever, cough and or mild shortness of breath. These symptoms are best managed at home, unless shortness of breath becomes more pronounced or severe. I wanted to give you my [...]
As the COVID 19 pandemic continues to evolve, I wanted to continue with our updates. This update is about social distancing recommendations and COVID-19 testing. Social Distancing The only way to slow the spread of COVID-19 is to physically distance ourselves from other people. At this point I am asking all my patients to stay [...]
I am passing along some important medical information. A medical alert has been issued regarding the use of NSAIDs. NSAIDs are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, naproxen, Aleve or Advil. There is some anecdotal evidence that NSAIDs might increase binding opportunities with ACE-2 which is a receptor found in adult lung that serves as [...]
COVID-19 is now classified as an epidemic. I can tell you firsthand that this virus is now in our community. I can also tell you that if we all do our part we will get through this. As your medical provider I want to continue to ensure that we minimize exposure and transmission of COVID-19. [...]
This is a follow up on the initial coronavirus update from last week. We are working to ensure that Buckhead Medicine provides you with quality medical care as we face the COVID-19 outbreak. Please see below the strategies that we are implementing in our office. SOCIAL DISTANCING TO PREVENT RAPID SPREAD We are implementing a [...]
I wanted to give you an update and my recommendations on the novel COVID-19 Coronavirus. Coronavirus disease 2019, or "COVID-19," is an infection caused by a specific virus called SARS-CoV2. It first appeared in late 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China. People with COVID-19 can have fever, cough, and trouble breathing. Problems with breathing [...]
Ready to Start Living Healthy in 2017? The goal of this post is to provide a guideline for living healthy. We all struggle in implementing these lifestyle changes, but keep in mind that small steps in the right direction will produce results. As always, discuss with your doctor before implementing these recommendations. Consume a [...]
