Symptoms & Complaints, When Will the Doctor Come?

RAB Arztbesuche treats acute symptoms and complaints with a licensed physician on a home visit across Berlin, daily from 6 am to midnight, usually within 60 to 90 minutes, billed according to the German GOÄ fee schedule.

From colds and flu to gastrointestinal illness and back pain: for 27 common complaints RAB Arztbesuche sends a doctor directly to your home, hotel or office. Billing follows the GOÄ schedule, accepted by private health insurance, civil service health plans, and self-payers.

Medically reviewed by Susanne Reiche

Consultant in internal medicine, geriatrics and palliative care, private physician

Last updated: 6 June 2026

Influenza (flu)

A real influenza starts abruptly, high fever, severe muscle pain, dry cough and an exhaustion that keeps you in bed. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, bringing influenza and COVID-19 rapid tests and the necessary acute medication. Typical arrival time in Berlin: 60 to 90 minutes.

Acute back pain

An awkward movement when standing, lifting or training, and your back locks up. Acute back pain can be so severe that every movement is agony and a trip to a clinic feels impossible. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel, perform a structured neurological exam, treat the pain on the spot and plan the days ahead with you.

Gastroenteritis

Vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps make a trip to a clinic almost impossible. You can barely leave the bathroom, let alone take a taxi. The house call is at its most useful here. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, examine you, place an IV when needed and treat the nausea directly.

Urinary tract infection

Burning on urination, constant urgency, lower abdominal pain, a urinary tract infection is unpleasant and usually arrives at the worst moment. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, perform a urine dipstick on site and treat with precision.

Fever

Fever is not a disease but a response, usually helpful, occasionally a serious warning. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, search for the cause in a structured way and treat with precision. Typical arrival time: 60 to 90 minutes.

Migraine attack

A severe migraine attack makes every movement, every light and every sound unbearable, leaving the house in this state is barely possible. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, evaluate you carefully and can treat with injectable or intravenous therapy when needed.

Sick child

When a child suddenly falls ill at night or on a weekend, the threshold to the emergency room often feels high, while the wish for a calm medical assessment is strong. Our experienced physicians come to your home daily from 6 am to midnight, examine in a child-friendly way and decide the next steps together with you.

Sore throat and tonsillitis

Severe sore throat with fever, swollen lymph nodes and painful swallowing is among the most common reasons for calling a doctor. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, clarify with a 5-minute streptococcus rapid test and treat precisely, including avoiding unnecessary antibiotics.

Common cold

A common cold is usually harmless, occasionally it is the start of a more serious course. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, clarify the cause with rapid tests and advise on sensible therapy. Typical arrival: 60 to 90 minutes.

Acute bronchitis

A relentless cough, thick mucus, the onset of shortness of breath, acute bronchitis can rob you of sleep for days and shut down daily life. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, auscultate the lungs and judge whether it is straightforward bronchitis or whether signs of pneumonia call for extended workup.

Rash and hives

A sudden rash is worrying, especially when it spreads rapidly, itches, burns or appears with fever. Our experienced physicians come to your home or hotel daily from 6 am to midnight, assess the rash in your own surroundings and treat in a targeted way.

Acute earache

Acute earache wakes adults from sleep and reliably ruins a child's night. Stabbing, throbbing pain, often with fever, sometimes with reduced hearing or discharge, parents know at once: this is not just another runny nose. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, perform careful otoscopy and treat in a targeted way.

Acute sinusitis

Pressure pain over the forehead, cheeks or behind the eyes, purulent discharge, blocked nose, often fever, acute sinusitis is more than a heavy cold. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, clarify the diagnosis on site and decide with you whether antibiotics are warranted.

Acute vertigo

Sudden vertigo is frightening, the room spins, every move makes it worse, nausea and vomiting follow. Getting up, let alone travelling to a clinic, seems impossible. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, perform a structured neurological exam and classify the symptoms.

Hypertensive crisis

A blood pressure of 200/110, headache, nosebleeds, chest pressure, a hypertensive crisis can be frightening. The decisive question: hypertensive urgency or hypertensive emergency? Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, measure, run an ECG and decide with you on the right therapy.

Acute insomnia

Three nights without sleep before an important meeting, severe jet lag after a business trip, sudden sleeplessness after a stressful event, acute insomnia is common and can rapidly affect overall health. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, clarify the cause and discuss a medically responsible solution.

Travel fever and nausea

You arrived from abroad days ago or are passing through Berlin and develop fever, nausea, abdominal pain. Travel illness can be harmless, or a serious tropical infection. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, take a careful travel history and decide with you on the right path.

Acute cough

Persistent, exhausting cough (dry or productive, day and night, with or without fever) disturbs sleep, focus and quality of life. The symptom hides a broad differential diagnosis. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, auscultate your lungs and classify the picture.

Acute neck pain

A stiff neck that barely allows movement in the morning, tension headache, radiation into the arms, acute neck pain is common, often oppressive and disrupts sleep and work. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, perform a neurological exam and treat in a targeted way.

Acute allergic reaction

An acute allergic reaction can stay harmless or turn life-threatening, the margin is narrow. Swelling, itching rash, scratchy throat, breathlessness. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, assess severity and treat on site unless an emergency requires hospital care.

Acute circulatory problems

Vision blacking out on standing, brief loss of consciousness, dizziness, weakness, circulatory problems can be banal or have serious cardiac causes. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, record an ECG and classify the symptoms.

Acute conjunctivitis

Red, burning, glued eyes in the morning, light sensitivity, foreign-body sensation, acute conjunctivitis is unpleasant and often highly contagious. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, examine on site and treat selectively, viral conjunctivitis differently from bacterial, allergic from both.

Acute nausea

Acute nausea is more than a nuisance. It can point to many causes, from harmless migraine to cardiac ischaemia. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, work through a broad differential and treat in a targeted way.

Acute wound care

A cut while cooking, a scalp laceration after a fall, a smaller laceration on the finger, such wounds need care without hours of waiting in an ER. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight to your home or hotel, clean the wound, close it and vaccinate if needed.

Acute stomach pain

Burning or pressure in the upper abdomen, heartburn, nausea, sometimes vomiting, acute stomach pain is common and usually treatable. But it can also be the first sign of a serious disease, from biliary colic to atypically presenting heart attack. Our experienced physicians come daily from 6 am to midnight, work through a broad differential and treat selectively.

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