Family Medicine
Partner with a trained, experienced family medicine provider at UNC Family Medicine at Eden to improve your long-term health. You can count on dedicated family medicine providers at UNC Family Medicine at Eden for convenient, complete medical care for your whole family.
What’s a Family Medicine Provider?
Your family medicine provider, or family physician, is your primary care provider (PCP) at UNC Family Medicine at Eden. Depend on your PCP to provide comprehensive health care, including prevention, diagnosis and treatments.
Benefits of Having a Family Medicine Provider
You and your PCP will partner to develop an ongoing, patient-physician relationship focusing on your health. Establishing a sense of trust with your PCP will also help you feel more comfortable talking about health issues and concerns.
Conditions Your Family Medicine Provider Treats
Turn to your family doctor exceptional care, treatment and services related to a wide range of child and adult conditions, including:
- Allergies and asthma
- Anxiety and depression
- Arthritis and back pain
- Digestive problems
- Ear, nose and throat problems
- Illness and injury
- Chronic condition management for asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension) and cholesterol
- Medication management
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- Men’s health needs
- On-site blood tests and lab services
- Physical exams, including school and sports physicals
- Preventive checkups and screenings for blood pressure, depression, retinopathy and other problems
- Referrals for specialized care, including mental health care
- Urinary system health
- Vaccinations, including flu shots
- Women’s health needs
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Children’s Health Services
Give your child a foundation for a healthy, happy life. Our team at UNC Family Medicine at Eden looks forward to partnering with you for your child's health. Take your child to their PCP for well-child physicals and for treatment of everyday illnesses and injuries. Your child’s doctor will monitor your child’s growth and development and offer preventive care, including immunizations to prevent health problems.
Primary Care Sports Medicine
Join forces with our primary care physicians at UNC Family Medicine at Eden to effectively manage your athletic and active lifestyle. Our dedicated team is trained to collaborate with you in order to understand, diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate injuries, while also crafting a comprehensive plan for your overall health and injury prevention.
Our physicians emphasize non-surgical management of injuries, future injury prevention, and facilitating a safe return to your sport or activity. Common conditions addressed include sprains, strains, dislocations, concussions, tendonitis, arthritis and overuse injuries.
When you care requires additional support, they will seamless coordinate your primary care and other resources from athletic trainers, physical therapists to orthopedic services.
Be an Active Participant in Your Care
Stay healthy and be an active participant in your care. You should:
- Schedule regular checkups with your provider
- Keep your personal medical history up-to-date
- Work with your provider to make health care decisions
- Ask questions about your treatments
- Follow your care plan
- Tell your provider about other specialists who care for you
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Prepare for Your Appointment
Make your appointment go smoothly by following these tips:
- Bring a list of other health care providers that have taken care of you since your last visit, including hospitalizations and emergency room visits
- Write down a list of all the medications you take – including over-the-counter and herbal remedies – or bring the bottles with you to the appointment
- Write down your questions in order of importance, so you get to the most important ones first
Specialty Care Referrals
Your provider may recommend diagnostic tests or seeking a specialist’s care for a health condition. Rely on your primary care team to refer you to the high-quality care and services you need within the UNC Health Rockingham's physicians network and hospital.
Medical Records
Accessing the My UNC Chart online patient portal is an easy way to manage your health records. Your new patient information packet contains information about how to sign up. Or you can ask our front desk staff how to sign-up at your first appointment.
