FAQs

Please reach us at info@myaviahealth.com if you have not found an answer to your question below, or elsewhere on our website.

What ages do you treat?

We provide high-quality medical care for ages 5 and up

Am I in your service area?

Avia House Calls is able to do home visits in these areas:

Aldie, Ashburn, Brambleton, Broadlands, Hamilton, Lansdowne, Leesburg, Lucketts, Middleburg, Purcellville, Waterford

Can you come to my workplace?

If your workplace is in any of the service areas, we may be able to treat you there. Our main concern is your comfort and privacy. You need to have an office location where you would be comfortable discussing your issues and being examined for them. We need a place to sit and a table to work at.

Please email us at info@myaviahealth.com if you are interested in this option.

What insurance do you take?

We do not participate with any insurance plan. This removes obstacles and time constraints and means we can fully focus on our patients, taking the right amount of time necessary for thorough, personal care.

Many patients are able to receive out-of-network reimbursement from their insurance company by submitting the receipt we provide with each physician visit.

Do you participate in Medicare or Medicaid?

We do not participate in Medicare or Medicaid. Our category is "Opted-out."

Flu Season FAQs

What vaccines are available?

There are two types of influenza vaccinations: the flu shot (such as Fluarix/inactivated injectable vaccine) and the nasal mist (FluMist/live attenuated intranasal vaccine).

What are the side effects of the vaccines?

Within the first few days after the flu shot (inactivated injectable vaccine), the most common side effect in both adults (36%) and children (44%) is discomfort in the arm where it was given Up to 20% of kids and 16% of adults will complain of feeling run-down, with some body aches or headache.

For the nasal mist (attenuated intranasal vaccine), the most common side effect in both adults (44%) and children (40-50%) is runny nose and/or congestion. Younger children may run a low to medium grade fever. Older children and adults may experience headache and/or sore throat.

The Vaccine Information Statements are from August 2019. Are there any updated versions?

The Vaccine information Statements for both the nasal mist and injectable vaccines dated 8/15/2019 are the most current VISs available. The information has not changed for this year.

Is the FluMist nasal spray an effective vaccine?

Up until 2009, FluMist was found to be as effective as the shot in the U.S. In 2016 it was determined that there was a decrease in effectiveness against the 2009 H1N1 strain of the vaccine, although that wasn't the case in Europe - it was still effective there. Since then, the manufacturer has made an adjustment in the H1N1 component, and FluMist has been re-approved since 2018. It should be noted that even the injectable vaccines have variable protection from year to year.

Here's what the CDC has to say about FluMist:

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/nasalspray.htm

Want more details?

Here is a link to a 2018 article regarding the return of FluMist that year.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2018/02/cdc-vaccine-panel-brings-back-flumist-2018-19-season