Teen Primary Care Services

The Teen Health Clinic offers Annual Physicals to adolescents and young adults ages 13 to 24. These are routine yearly check-ups during which the healthcare provider keeps an eye on your general health and development. Important health problems may be found during an annual physical such as vision or hearing problems, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes. Once identified, we will provide you with advice and referrals to help you manage your health.

Also, your healthcare provider will screen you for pregnancy, your birth control needs, and STI/HIV. All these health problems affect your current and future general health and development. If needed, you will be able to catch up on your shots or vaccines at your well physical check-up. During this visit, the doctor will also provide you guidance on how best to take care of your health. Finally, your healthcare provider may need to refer you to another clinic/hospital for additional services you need that we do not provide.
Annual physicals are provided at all Teen Health Clinic locations.
 

Note: These visits are not for emergencies that may require immediate tests and treatments or are life-threatening. If you have an emergency, please dial 911 or visit the nearest emergency room.

Sick visits are check-ups; we offer adolescents and young adults ages 13 to 24 when they do not feel well and have a variety of minor physical complaints. These may include: headaches, minor rashes, ear aches, sinus pain, allergies, sore throats, strep throat, urinary tract infections, nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, minor injuries such as strains or sprains. The healthcare provider will thoroughly review the symptoms, perform required diagnostic tests, prescribe a treatment, and may give you medication during this visit, if necessary. Once your healthcare provider completes the check-up, we may need to refer you to another clinic/hospital for additional services you need that we do not provide.
Sick visit services are available at school-based clinic locations, Worthing High School, Wisdom High School and Tejano Community for Concerns.

We do not provide the following:

• medications for any chronic health problems (e.g. asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol etc.)
• anti-obesity medications
• treatment for mental health symptoms needing medications or specialized support from a psychiatrist (e.g. ADHD, suicidality, hallucinations, severe depression/ anxiety etc.)
• Physicals that require clearance for general anesthesia, highly intensive labor (not sure how to phrase this - also I know that India said that some of the FM doctors do this, but I don't think that it should be a precedent)
• also ask NPs if there are common things that people come in for that they turn them away for). 
   

Comprehensive physicals include a comprehensive exam, treatment for sports injuries, and sports follow-ups. The preseason sports exam is a screening for conditions that will impact an athlete’s ability to participate in sports.

There are several components to the sports aspect of the exam. Measuring height, weight, blood pressure, and vision are the basics that help the doctor when they review the questionnaire and perform a physical exam to test muscles and joints as well as listening to the heart.

Important: Prior to the sports physicals, please have a completed consent form and Pre-participation Physical Evaluation form (see UIL Athletics Forms under Medical Forms) signed by the parent or legal guardian. The student will not be seen without these two forms completed and signed by a parent or legal guardian.

Sports Physicals are only provided at HISD schools – Wisdom, and Worthing.

If you would like the Teen Health Clinic to perform physicals at your school, please contact the BTHC email at bthc-notifications@bcm.edu.