Primary care doctor online in Puerto Rico

A primary care doctor (a general doctor or general practitioner) is the doctor you see first. According to MedlinePlus, from the National Institutes of Health, a primary care provider gives preventive care, identifies and treats common medical problems, assesses how urgent a problem is and where it is best handled, and refers you to specialists when needed.

General practice is not limited to one organ or one age group: it covers most of what a person needs in a year. Dr. Diana Nieves Castro knows your history and looks after you over time, not only when something hurts, and because it is the same doctor each time, you do not have to start your story from scratch.

Video doctor visits 24/7 — book online and choose your time right away.

The most common reasons for a primary care visit:

As a general practice physician, Dr. Nieves Castro evaluates, diagnoses and treats many common conditions by video, and follows up with you over time. Some of the ones she sees most:

• High blood pressure: she reviews your home readings and adjusts the plan with you.
• Type 2 diabetes: your glucose, your A1C and your medicines.
• Hypothyroidism: symptoms, the TSH test and adjusting your treatment.
• High cholesterol: your lipid panel and a plan to lower your heart risk.
• Urinary tract infections: she evaluates your symptoms and treats you if appropriate.
• Sinus infections: congestion, facial pain and how to get relief.
• Acid reflux: heartburn that keeps coming back and the changes that calm it.
• Low back pain: how to ease it and which movements help.
• Erectile dysfunction: the causes, the lab tests that help and the treatment options.
• Insomnia: your sleep habits and the options for sleeping better.

If your primary care doctor retired, closed the practice or moved off the island, you don't have to go without follow-up. Dr. Nieves Castro can be your regular doctor by video and look after you over time: she reviews your history, your conditions and your medicines, and gives you a plan to keep going.

If you are about to run out of a non-controlled medicine you already take, request a prescription refill: if appropriate, the doctor prescribes and we send your prescription to your pharmacy. If your labs are due and she considers them needed, she gives you a new lab order for a lab near you. And if you also need help with anxiety, mood or sleep, see mental health.

For your first visit, have these handy: - Your medicine list, with doses and how often you take them (or the bottles). - Your most recent lab results and any reports from your previous doctor or a specialist. - Your diagnoses, allergies and vaccines, if you have them written down.

The doctor tells you which preventive tests make sense for you. For example, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends blood pressure screening for all adults 18 and older.

When a test would help, she gives you an online lab order for a lab near you, such as glucose or A1C, cholesterol, thyroid, kidney function or a urinalysis. You then go over the results together in a lab results review and adjust the plan.

A primary care visit is a doctor visit: the same price for every age, with no membership. You see the price on this page's booking button and on our pricing page. We don't bill insurance; ask for an itemized receipt (superbill) if you want to file a claim yourself.

After that, a refill of a medicine you already take (non-controlled) or a review of your lab results is a follow-up visit, which has its own price.

Video visits are not for emergencies. If you have chest pain, trouble breathing, signs of a stroke or a serious injury, call 911. For a non-emergency that can't wait, use virtual urgent care.

Book a visit and choose Doctor visit. For a patient under 21, a parent with patria potestad (parental authority) or a legal guardian must stay on camera for the whole visit.