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Bio
Sarkis Banipalsin MD with special interest in pain management and more than 20 years experience in medicine believes in quality of life. In addition to pain management, he had been managing family medicine patients, children, adults, and seniors for a long time.
His belief: No one should ever suffer.
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Family Medicine
palliative Care
Languages spoken
Persian
Doctor Q&A
68 Answers
12 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sarkis Banipalsinanswered
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6 months: Pain that lasts more than 3-6 months.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Less than 3 months.: Pain which lasts less than 3 months. Some resources talk about duration of 1-6 months.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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What kind of pain?: Do not take medication unless assessed by your doctor. You asked about taking certain number of medicines a day which depends on half lives of medicin... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Oral, Injectable: Liquid or tablet forms, injectable as well.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes: One of the key elements is exercise. When we are dealing with pain in paget's disease, keep in mind, supervised exercise plan by your doctor, avoid we... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Avoid pressure: Donut shape pillow may help to avoid the pressure on that spot while sitting. Ice, medication, and physical therapy may help. Check with your doctor.
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Depends on type: 1. Nonbullous, more common and contagious, superficial vesiculopustular infection (small rashes filled with clear liquid or pus) which opens and creat... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Clinical, +/- test: Clinical: painful, red, itchy, poor healing lesion with honey-colored crusts
test: swab for culture and sensitivity may be performed, biopsy rarely if... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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WON'T LAST: Lets review the simple definition of emphysema: an abnormal permanent enlargement of air spaces with destruction of alveolar walls. As you see it is a... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes: You asked: at risk? Answer is yes but depends. There are certain risks but can be very low. It depends on the patient, physician and the type of care.... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes: In premature infant due to higher risk for aspiration, infection, and being on ventilator. Also in children congenital problem such as alpha1-antitryp... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Can't say which one is the best. It is different in patients. Nonsurgical: physical therapy, manipulation, myofascial release techniques, medication, ... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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It depends.: It depends on the course of disease, acute vs chronic, the level of pain tolerance, severity, and the cause. Some meta-analyses had confirmed the effe... Read More
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A 54-year-old member asked:
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Assessment needed.: Several issues must be reviewed: 1, sleep problems? Even you might not realize that, 2. Any trigger points or painful points in neck as they give refe... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Age and degeneration: As we get older, the disc degeneration will get worse slowly. The narrowing in disc space may cause pressure on nerve. Also we lose the muscle bulk an... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Contact route, Body: It depends on two major categories: 1. How you get it: direct contact, respiratory contacts and how close you are to source i.E school, family member.... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Certain viruses are the common causes of lower respiratory tract infection: respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, parainfluenza, adenovirus, and hum... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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High intensity light: It is a procedure with producing high intensity light in a short period of time for removal of vascular lesions, pigmented lesions, and hair removal.
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Consult: Consult service can be a very wise idea. It does not mean you will have surgery. It can help you and your physician to have the extra tool to decide w... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Home health services: Ask your doctor about the type of care she needs at home. Patient safety is the top priority. Also home health services may be very helpful.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Skin infection: Impetigo: latin word "impetere" means violent attack and sudden unpleasant feeling. It is a skin infection caused by bacteria, strep or staph, with re... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Skin wound over bone: It is an injury to skin and tissues underneath from prolonged continuous pressure on the skin. The heel, ankles, hips or buttocks are the areas most c... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Depends: From over the counter to narcotics, a big range of selections depend on age, severity, contraindications. Please ask your doctor who did the procedure... Read More
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A male asked:
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Ice, stretch, meds: Put some ice, do stretches to help with stiffness, take anti inflammatory pills if no contraindications and see your doctor.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Main symptom: Although they have lots of common symptoms, but main symptom in fibromyalgia is the widespread pain while in chronic fatigue syndrome, main concern is... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Not recommended: The goal of pain management must be clear. Why you have to take both at the same time? Means one is not working, or breakthrough dose is low, problem ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Neck: Neck (cervical spine), lower back (lumbar spine), knees, hips, hands, ankles and feet.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Two categories: Common and mild: nausea, vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea (often is bloody) as well as mild fever.
Severe with complications, but rare: anemia and dehy... Read More
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Yes: There are several types: streptococcus pneumoniae, staphylococcus aureus, atypical bacteria such as chlamydophila pneumoniae, mycoplasma pneumoniae, a... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Prevention: The best: Prevention from happening and/or from getting worse into advanced stages. Appropriate wound management: cleaning, dressing, and damaged tissue removal... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Low especially if there are no risk factors.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Uncommon but fatal: It is rare. If it happens in children, it can be very dangerous.
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Respiratory diseases such as asthma are common after the age of 65 because the lung function decreases over time. You may start noticing the asthma sy... Read More
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Yes: There are more than 4000 chemicals in cigarette which more than 50 of those are carcinogens (causing cancers). They all can cause severe irritation of... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes: That is pulmonary embolism, pe (blood clot in lung). Most of the embolisms or blood clots come from the legs. In the confirmed cases of pe, they had f... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Patient and source: Those who are more in contact with the source, people with baseline lung problems such as asthma, copd, immunocompromised individuals, and elderly, or... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes: If the patient touches the affected area, he/she can spread the impetigo to other parts of body.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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May heal, not usual: It depends on the size, if it is very small and early stage, the way you clean and wash it and how you avoid spreading can affect the healing. It is v... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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No: They control the symptoms not cure the disease. Asthma is an allergy, an inflammatory process in the lungs. Avoid the allergens and treat or manage th... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Variety of causes: It might be relates to lower abdominal and groin muscles caused by lifting, pulling, pushing, twisting by over using, misusing, or abusing your muscle... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Types of daily pain: Baseline pain: the type of pain experienced by the patient for at least half of a day. Breakthrough pain is the intensified pain from the baseline.
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Maybe: Pain inside the lower legs may be related to number of causes: the position or the way you walk with orthotics, strain or overuse, may be remaining of... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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No: It is not advised to hold your urine. Age, bladder muscles, its size, and presence of prolapse all can count. Pelvic exercises are very helpful. You n... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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It is base on time: One classification: acute pain if less than a month, sub-acute if between 1-6 months, and chronic as more than 6 months since the time of onset. Other... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Need deep inhalation: If they can follow the instruction and take the deep breathe to send the medicine down all the way, then they will have the benefits of the medicine, ... Read More
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Dialysis, transplant: Dialysis and transplant.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Maybe: Maybe, especially when there are some characteristic changes.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Blood clot: One of the side effects is development of blood clot in leg. So it could be possible to have leg pain. Please check with your doctor if you are experi... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Rebound vs withdraw: First someone must develop a physical/mental dependence to medicine then will experience withdrawal if stops that, which is less likely for ibuprofen.... Read More
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Yes: Strategies: repositioning in bed and wheelchair, appropriate diet and hydration, great skin care, stay as active as possible, and quit smoking. Report... Read More
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Sep 29, 2014
I highly recommend Dr.Banipalsin highly.He gives very informative answers and is probably very compassionate with his patients.
Michael Michaels,MD
Urology,Palatka,FL
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Banipalsin is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Banipalsin is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Very encouraging. I have emphysema after 57 yrs of smoking. MUST STOP!
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Thank you for your help and the pain is from arthritis.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! i do have both
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