The holiday season brings joy and fun, but it can also be accompanied by seasonal illnesses. We understand some symptoms can be similar when dealing with COVID-19, Flu, and RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). One of the most common questions we hear is “How can you tell the difference?” We’ve created the above guide to help...

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a great and safe holiday season. Recently there has been an increase in COVID-19 cases.  Below are the variants and the differences between the two.   The first notable variant was the Delta variant. According to the CDC, this variant was first identified in India. At the time, the Delta variant spread more easily than other variants.   The more recent variant we are experiencing now...

The Omicron variant is here. We have noticed a significant increase in the need for COVID-19 testing and are increasing our staffing resources to meet this demand. In the meantime, please be patient with increased wait times at our facilities. We will continue to enforce the following protocols to address COVID-19: COVID-19 testing is available...

Beginning August 1st, we will no longer perform COVID-19 testing for all adults. We are excited to be taking the first steps to return to our roots – providing minor emergency care to children from 0-21 years old. In the summer of 2020, we began offering COVID-19 testing for adults in the San Antonio and...

You may have heard about the rare, but very scary, health effects that COVID-19 can have on children. I am referring to MIS-C, which stands for Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome associated with COVID-19. In some cases, COVID-19 triggers an abnormal immune response that leads to widespread inflammation throughout the body. The most common symptoms of MIS-C...

At Little Spurs, we are working hard to ensure the safety of our patients and  staff everyday. Our number one priority is the safety of our patients and staff, so we have implemented the following protocols to address COVID-19: We are aware of the new order announced by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that lifts the...

At Little Spurs, we are working hard to ensure the safety of our patients and  staff everyday. Our number one priority is the safety of our patients and staff, so we have implemented the following protocols to address COVID-19: Little Spurs offers COVID-19 testing to children and adults up to 64 years old. We now...

At Little Spurs, we offer the Antibody Test for COVID-19. It is a blood draw that gives results in about five days. What is this test? The antibody test may help determine whether you had COVID-19 in the past and now have antibodies to help protect against the virus. Antibodies are proteins the immune system...

Podría haber estado expuesto a COVID-19, ¿debería hacerme la prueba? No tiene que hacerse la prueba si no tiene síntomas. Si se hace la prueba, espere al menos 8 días desde que estuvo expuesto (más tiempo es mejor). Toma tiempo para que el virus CoV-2 del SARS (Covid-19) sea detectable, incluso con las  pruebas sensibles...

¿Qué es el COVID-19? La enfermedad por el coronavirus 2019 o el COVID-19 es una infección causada por un virus llamado SARS-CoV-2. El virus apareció por primera vez a finales de 2019 en la ciudad de Wuhan, China. Sin embargo, desde entonces se ha extendido rápidamente y ahora hay casos en muchos otros lugares, incluyendo...

What is COVID-19? Coronavirus disease 2019, or “COVID-19,” is an infection caused by a specific virus called SARS-CoV-2. The virus first appeared inlate 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China. But it has spread quickly since then, and there are now cases in many other places,including Europe and the United States. People with COVID-19 can...

I might have been exposed to COVID-19, should I get tested? You don’t have to get tested if you don’t have symptoms. If you do get tested, then wait at least 8 days from when you were exposed (longer is better). It takes time for the SARS CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 to become detectable,...