Eno River Family Wellness DPC

05/27/2026

Finally, Rain! 🌧️

I spent my weekend pulling up English ivy from the wooded corner of my yard. The drought didn't slow them down, and the native poison ivy was equally undeterred . I try to embrace the poison ivy (figuratively).

The other uninvited guest I try to avoid? Ticks.
We tend to think of tick season as a warm-weather thing, but honestly — it's year-round here. They're thick in the vegetation right now, patiently waiting for gardeners, hikers, and even the office worker who just brushed the wrong shrub walking to their car. Next thing you know, a tick has been along for the ride -for days.

North Carolina is a hotspot for tick-borne illness, and the Piedmont sits squarely in the core zone for the lone star tick. Two conditions worth knowing about:

🔴 Ehrlichiosis causes flu-like symptoms — fever, headache, muscle aches — and cases have been climbing steadily each year. The good news is it's treatable with doxycycline. The important thing is treating it early, before it has a chance to progress to kidney, lung, or neurological complications.

🥩 Alpha-gal syndrome is a sneaky one. It's an allergy to mammalian meat also linked to the lone star tick. The tricky part is that symptoms — GI upset, hives, or even anaphylaxis — often don't hit until several hours after eating, so people rarely connect the dots.

The numbers are striking: a study of about 500 people in Johnston County found that 20% tested definitively positive for alpha-gal and 40% showed evidence of exposure — yet only 2.5% knew that they had it. It is almost certainly far more common than most people — and many professionals — realize.

So this time of year, it's worth a little prevention: long sleeves and pants when you're out in the brush, pants tucked into socks, DEET spray if appropriate and a tick check afterwards.

If you or your family develop achy joints, fever, a rash, or flu-like symptoms after time outdoors — don't wait it out. Call your P*P and mention the tick exposure.🌿

Eno River Family Wellness DPC
Durham NC

Direct Primary Care

05/02/2026

We are here at the Strawberry Festival this afternoon until 4. Come down and meet us!

04/24/2026

04/20/2026

Campfires (if it ever rains again), picnics, swimming, crafts, carefree kids.

Preparing for summer and inevitably the next school year can exciting and overwhelming

We offering convenient, affordable sports, school and camp physicals for $50.

Simple, unrushed care. Because healthy kids learn better — and families deserve an easy start to the school year.

Direct Primary Care

04/16/2026

HELP - Durham accepts used medical equipment, repairs it and loans it back out. A great way to save on healthcare costs and support our neighbors!

Health Equipment Loan Program We recycle donated durable medical equipment (DME), restore it, and then loan it for reuse. Completely FREE for Durham County residents. HELP is closed the following dates in 2026: Friday, June 19 Friday, July 3 Tuesday, July 7 Friday, November 27 Friday, December 25 Fr...

04/13/2026

You are welcome here. No matter your path — the story that came before, the one that feels too messy to share, the gifts you carry, or the thousand missed steps along the way.

Your experiences matter. We welcome our patients in all of their beauty — and at their very worst.

Here, you can expect a deep, human-centered approach to care that prioritizes safety, dignity, and radical acceptance. You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just have to show up — exactly as you are.

04/10/2026

The weather has been just beautiful. Durham is bursting with colorful blooms. Every tree is such a vibrant green and yet- pollen coats our cars, clogs our throats, clings to our shoes- arriving repeatedly in all the places that it shouldn't.

Allergies aren’t just “a little sniffle.” 🌿

At Eno River Family Wellness, we often see how seasonal and environmental allergies affect the whole person — energy, sleep, mood, focus, even digestion. When your immune system is constantly on high alert, your body feels it.

We treat symptoms symptoms, and believe in supporting the body as a whole:

✨Reducing asthmatic flairs
✨Improving associated eczema
✨Reducing overall inflammation
✨Supporting gut health
✨Identifying triggers — from pollen to food sensitivities

Allergies are a sign your body may be overwhelmed — not broken. With the right support, balance is possible.

If you or your child struggle with congestion, itchy eyes, sinus pressure, chronic cough, or seasonal fatigue, let’s take a deeper look together. You don’t have to power through it.

Your body was designed to heal. Sometimes it just needs the right support. 🌼