Do you have a doctor that you turn to for routine checkups and care?

These days, fewer and fewer Americans have a primary care physician (PCP) that they can turn to for regular checkups and care. We see this most often with young adults, particularly ones who are healthy; however, instead of waiting until a health problem arises to figure out who to turn to for care, our Woodbridge, VA, physician Dr. Deana Al-Khateeb can provide you with the expert and tailored medical care you need regardless of whether you are sick or in tip-top shape.

Get Regular Screenings

Throughout your lifetime, you will benefit from getting regular and routine checkups and screenings. Whether you have a family history of certain health problems or you’re simply getting older, there are many additional screenings that our medical team may recommend that can help identify and detect problems early on. Everything from skin cancer screenings to routine colonoscopies can save lives, but you often won’t know what screenings you need unless you turn to your primary care physician.

Know Your Risk Factors

Whether you have high blood pressure, you lead a sedentary lifestyle or someone in your immediate family has heart disease, there are risk factors that can increase the likelihood of developing certain health problems over the years. Wouldn’t you want to know what these risk factors are, especially if they are ones you can change through simple dietary and lifestyle changes?

While you might not know all of your risk factors, our Woodbridge, VA, physician can easily identify them for you and help you find ways to lessen your chances of developing a chronic disease.

Enjoy Tailored, Personalized Care

Nothing is worse than being sick. Couple that with not knowing where to turn and this can be an incredibly stressful experience for someone. An urgent care or ER is going to be expensive and it may take hours to be seen. Plus, those doctors don’t know your medical history and they won’t realize that certain medications may interact with your current health status, but we do. When you turn to the same doctor for care throughout the years you get treatment you can trust. So when health problems do arise, you don’t have to feel stressed about where to turn.

Are you looking for a physician in Woodbridge, VA, that can provide you with trustworthy, dependable care? Everyone should have a PCP that they can turn to for treatment and preventive care. To schedule an appointment (or telehealth visit) with Dr. Al-Khateeb at Ridgeview Internal Medicine, call (703) 494-4116 today.