
Seeking Urgent Medical Care – Why It Shouldn’t Be Taken Lightly
There are two reasons why it's important to get an emergency-room doctor as quickly as possible. The first reason is that waiting too long to go to the hospital could put your life or someone else in danger.
For instance, if a pregnant woman had an asthma attack and went to the ER, there's a chance she could have been delivering the baby as late as five hours later. This is because the lungs of a baby can't be prepared for such rapid changes in temperature. Waiting any longer than necessary could cause irreversible harm to the unborn child.
Secondly, you should also avoid touching your face while getting urgent medical care. You've probably heard this cited a thousand times before: don't pull your hair, don't tug your fingernails, avoid touching your eyes, and so on.
While th...