Family Care Services

MetroSouth Family Medicine physicians provide the full array of primary care services to care for you and all members of your family.  The information provided on this website reflects some of the more common conditions they treat.  If you have any questions regarding the services provided by the MetroSouth Medical Center Family Medicine physicians, please call 708-489-7925.

General

• Allergy/Asthma
  MetroSouth Medical Center’s family medicine physicians are available to manage you and your family’s asthma and allergy needs. And MetroSouth Medical Center physicians have developed a unique model of care. Patients requiring more specialized asthma treatment or those with asthma symptoms significantly impacted by the presence of allergies get the benefit of a pulmonologist specializing in asthma treatment and an allergist working side by side to offer a multidisciplinary approach to care. With dedicated care, both allergy and asthmas sufferers can live long and healthy lives.
• Abdominal pain and GI disease
• Acute illness 
• Anemia
• Arthritis 
• Chronic disease management
• Colonoscopy
• Diabetes 
• Emphysema/COPD
• Family planning
• Glucose monitoring – considered high if:
  • > 100 (after fasting)
  • > 140 (2 hours after eating)
• Headaches
• Heart disease 
• Hemorrhoid treatment (non-surgical)
• High blood pressure 
  • General population – over 120/80 is high
  • Older population – over 130/80 is high
  • On medications – over 140/80 is high
  • Patients with other chronic conditions – over 120/80 is high
• High cholesterol
  • Total cholesterol over 200 is high
• Hospice and palliative care
• Infertility
• Physical exams
• Preventative health
• Skin cancer evaluations and treatment
• Smoking cessation
• Sports injuries
• Vaccines
• Weight loss counseling

Men’s Health

• Depression and anxiety
• Erectile dysfunction
• Heart disease
• Peripheral artery disease (link to heart disease section)
• High blood pressure 
• High cholesterol
• Prostate cancer screening
• Sports & work injuries

Newborn/Pediatrics/Adolescents

• Acute illness (link to emergency)
• ADD/ADHD
• Asthma
• Developmental issues
• Immunizations
• Earaches
• Fevers
• Newborn care in hospital
• Sports physicals
• Well baby exams
• Well child exams

Office surgery/procedures

• Cryotherapy/wart treatment
• Incision/drainage of boils
• Injections
• Joint aspiration
• Lacerations/sutures
• Lesions/Cysts/Warts
• Mole biopsy and excisions
• Nail removal
• Newborn circumcision
• Splinting/casting

Women’s Health

• Breast care
• Contraception
• IUD placement & removal
• Implanon (birth control) placement
• Heart disease 
• High blood pressure
• Menopause/premenopause care
• Obstetrical care
• Pap smears
• Prenatal care
• Smoking cessation