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Dr. Quresh Khairullah

Nephrology and Dialysis
Detroit, MI
44 years experience

Locations

Office

Detroit, MI

Address

st clair specialty physicians,22201 moross road,suite 150, Detroit, MI
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About

Bio

i did my nephrology training at the university of iowa,iowa city.my latest project/interest is to promote home dialysis,both hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.i am doing a study regarding peritoneal dialysis as the first option.i am also doing a study for diabetic nephropathy. besides medicine my hobbies are to play badminton and big game fishing

Specialties
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Nephrology and Dialysis

Languages spoken

Hindi

Doctor Q&A

359 Answers
24 Agrees
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: since you are asking about fluids which can cause more urine flow,they are caffeinated drinks eg tea and coffee and other cold drinks as well drinkin... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Possibly a syndrome called honeymoon cystitis, due to irritation of the urethra , urine passage after sex.Should resolve soon, or take short course of... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: You need a doctor to examine you if it is really the kidney or muscular back pain, other tests which may help is a kidney ultrasound.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: bruises are area where you may have unknowingly bumped into objects and a small blood vessels near skin surface have burst,causing the blood to sprea... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Common cause is deterioration of kidney function. Other causes of elevated pottassium level are certain medications, high blood sugar, excess pottass... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: The labs appear normal. The pottassium level is slightly on the higher side but in the normal range.The GFR is the better way to judge kidney function... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Exercise is good. There is no correlation to increasing blood volume. Be careful, exercise can lower the blood pressure also and cause more orthostati... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: If by kidney pain you mean pain in the lower back, or loin area there should be no connection with eating there must be another cause for the pain.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Since you know you have protein in the urine you likely have seen a nephrologist there many tests which can help find the cause of the proteinuria, ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: It is very important to know if you have normal Albumin level before you restrict any protein in your diet generally recommended is 0.8 grams per kg b... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Not likely to do so, and if kidney disease or function is poor, dialysis is necessary.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: If a ct scan shows no kidney stones it is unlikely to be the reason for pain, would look for another cause, a stone in the ureter would show up on a p... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Obtain urine cultures, specialy if you have had previous infections.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: frequent urination maybe due to either drinking too much water, a bladder issue,high blood sugar or sign of kidney problem as usually you should not h... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: You have progressive kidney damage even if you have one kidney, the function is low. Find out cause of the damage if possible and to look for any rev... Read More
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A 44-year-old male asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Ibuprofen can potentially cause kidney problems, called acute interstitial nephritis in addition Acyclovir also can cause kidney damage specially if ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: I can try and answer since it is a very broad qs. Kidney failure and liver can be measured by labs/blood tests, eg creatinine for kidney and liver enz... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: No . You do not loose fatty tissue through urine. Some patients may have papillary necrosis and kidney tissue accompanied by bleeding may occur.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: No definite divisions, many causes, vomiting diarrhoe, sweating , commonly mild dehydration, can be countered by oral rehydration if possible, does no... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Blood in urine can be one of the signs.If cancer spreads it can cause back pain, or bone pain weight loss most of the times it may cause no symptoms c... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Symptoms of low potatssium level "hypokalemia" depend on the level and rapidity off fall. Muscle weakness, cramps and heart irregularities 'arryhthmi... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Yes it can, it depends on the cause.You need to see a urologist though to have a look into the urinary bladder to make sure you do not have any other ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: You have retention of salt, water , and waste and many other electrolytes.This is called uremia and leads to death.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: It is after all bodily fluid. Have it examined by your nurse or doctor if it is cloudy it is possibly an infection.
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Most commonly kidney pain occurs in the loin area ie your back , at the sides of the spine, around the lower part of your rib cage.Again pain occurs m... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: If the patient is not vomiting, and if able to tolerate oral liquids, any solution like soup, or electrolyte containing liquids can be given.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Only if your doctor has prescribed it may cause high pottassium levels.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Call your doctor, for guidance, otherwise proceed to er. Blood in the urine can appear even with a few drops of bleeding, and the urine appearance can... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Our whole bodies age. The kidneys may have age related small decrease in function but are not damaged.This small decrese in function generally does no... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Yes hypertension is a risk factor for preecclampsia neeeds to be monitored closely.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Visible blood in the urine can be due to even very small amounts of blood mixed in urine.If accomapnied by pain may be due to kidney stone. Also can b... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Some causes of nephrotic syndrome are due to herediary causes, eg one of the causes of fsgs also called focal and segmentalglomerulosclerosis.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Yes, stone passage can cause blood in urine, usually acompanied by pain in the loin area.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Usually not.Most tests for evaluation of kidney donor can be done as outpatient.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Simple cyst may shrink, and in some cases get bigger. A complex cyst needs to be followed for growth and any signs of malignancy.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: If you are undergoing radiation for treatment of a cancer, a kidney transplant is not feasable. Generally speaking a transplant center will not perfor... Read More
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A 54-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Generally we do not advise dialysis twice a week. It is difficult to achieve clearance of waste from the blood adequately and also in some cases remov... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Urologists usually treat BPH . The primary care physician can also prescribe medications if he/she has made the diagnosis and monitor response.If surg... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Both have nearly the same ingredients, but to many taste differently, so comparatively same health effects.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Flank pain if definitely coming from kidneys occurs in 2 conditions commonly which are infection called pyelonephritis, and kidney stones, if present ... Read More
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A 53-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Should not generally leave any sequela, if no cause is found however if it is due to a cause like a kidney stone or any defect in the kidney structure... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Side effects of medications to treat high blood pressure can cause it.Other conditions called orthostatic hypotension, and heart beat abnormalities [... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Polycystic kidney disease is a inherited disorder and in your fetus case called autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.Cysts are fluid filled ... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Usually not a problem , continue now as scheduled and follow up with your transplant doctor earlier than later.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: Mpgn is short for membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis.This is a pattern of kidney injury seen on kidney biopsy.High blood pressure, swelling of l... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: If you have no symptoms and no medical problems , then should not be a problem.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: I have found slo mag to be a preparation well tolerated.
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A member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: It is unhealthy to hold your urine . Empty your bladder whenever feasable.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: A fruity smell in urine is thought to be due to the prescence of ketones, which are acids produced from metabolism of sugar. Have your urine tested an... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quresh Khairullah
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: You are describing generalized edema. U must have already been checked out to know you normal heart and kidney tests.Besides liver problems generalize... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Khairullah is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Khairullah is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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I do feel overtreated with carvedilol, enalapril and doxazosin. I have considered Flomax but I will need cataract surgery in the next few years so I am wary about using Flomax. Thank for your sugges...Read More
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I drink heavily last night and have been highly stressed. I checked my blood pressure and it was high. Big help, thanks!
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Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

University of Mumbai, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, India
Graduated 1979MD

Awards

top docs
Most Influential, First Place, Detroit, MI - Winter
2013
Top Nephrologist, First Place, Michigan - Winter
2013

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