If you have a wet cough, fever, chills, and chest discomfort, an urgent care provider can listen carefully to your lungs, check your vital signs and oxygen level, run in-house rapid testing to rule out flu and COVID, and start treatment — including antibiotics when a bacterial pneumonia is suspected in an otherwise healthy adult.
Pneumonia becomes an emergency when breathing is genuinely difficult, chest pain is significant, oxygen levels are low, or there's confusion or bluish lips — and infants, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems or serious lung and heart conditions need a lower threshold for the ER. If your exam suggests you need additional testing or a higher level of care, we'll say so plainly and get you there quickly.
Walk into Daystar in Forest Park six days a week — no appointment needed.
