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Kidney Infection Fever Back Pain: When to Come to the ER

Reviewed by the emergency care team at ER of Fort Worth  |  4561 Heritage Trace Pkwy, Suite 117, Fort Worth, TX 76244  |  +1 817-945-4200 Call 911 immediately: For high fever with confusion, rapid...

Black Stool Emergency Warning Signs: What They Mean and When to Come In

Reviewed by the emergency care team at ER of Fort Worth  |  4561 Heritage Trace Pkwy, Suite 117, Fort Worth, TX 76244  |  +1 817-945-4200 Call 911 immediately: For black tarry stool with fainting...

Vomiting Blood Emergency Causes: What to Know and When to Come In

Reviewed by the emergency care team at ER of Fort Worth  |  4561 Heritage Trace Pkwy, Suite 117, Fort Worth, TX 76244  |  +1 817-945-4200 Call 911 immediately: For large amounts of bright red blood in...

Seizure Without History Emergency Causes Fort Worth TX

Most people picture seizures as the dramatic shaking they’ve seen in movies. Reality is more varied. Knowing the different forms helps you recognize a seizure in progress and describe it accurately to...

Pesticide Exposure Symptoms Emergency Fort Worth TX ER

Call 911 immediately: For unconsciousness, seizures, severe breathing difficulty, heavy drooling with pinpoint pupils, large skin or eye contact with a concentrated product, or suspected intentional...

Chemical Ingestion Poisoning Emergency Fort Worth TX ER

Call 911 immediately: For unconsciousness, seizures, severe difficulty breathing, chemical burns around the mouth, suspected button battery ingestion, or suspected intentional overdose. Do not drive...

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Symptoms Fort Worth TX ER

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gas your body cannot detect on its own. When you breathe it in, it binds to your red blood cells far more aggressively than oxygen does, about 200 times more aggressively...

Toxic Food Poisoning & Severe Dehydration Fort Worth ER

⚠ EMERGENCY: Call 911 immediately for confusion, fainting, severe weakness, no urine for 12+ hours, bloody vomit or diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, neurological symptoms (blurred vision, slurred...

How Long Do Stomach Bugs Last? A Fort Worth ER’s Honest Answer

How long do stomach bugs last? For most people, the answer is 24 to 72 hours, miserable, but short. You are reading this from bed, maybe with your phone in one hand and a trash can in the other...