Dr. Tarek Naguib
Nephrology and Dialysis
Amarillo, TX
42 years experience male
Locations
Amarillo Medical Specialists
Amarillo, TX
Phone
Insurances accepted
Medicare
Aetna
About
Bio
Dr. Tarek Naguib, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a graduate of Cairo University School of Medicine. He has received his postgraduate training in the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences center between 1989 and 1995. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, infectious disease, and nephrology. He received the AMA foundation leadership award in 2007 and has numerous publications in peer reviewed medical journals. Currently, he is a clinical associate professor of medicine and nephrology in Texas Tech University. His private practice in nephrology is located in the Amarillo Medical Specialists in Amarillo, Texas. Dr. Naguib is an editor for the Panhandle medical journal and a reviewer for the Annals of Internal Medicine journal.
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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.
Nephrology and Dialysis
Infectious Disease
Languages spoken
Arabic
Doctor Q&A
725 Answers
287 Agrees
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Independence: You can do pd at home or even if you are camping outside. You are not attached to hd unit on every other day basis. Also, your fluid and diet restrict... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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When infection occur: Peritoneal catheter can serve for long years unless a resistant infection develops or open abdominal surgery is needed.
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Angiogram: It is the best test to confirm an access function if there is a problem of flow or pressures on dialysis.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Yes: As limited by resolution. Meaning a stone of and eighth of an inch may be difficult to see especially on ultrasound.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Doubt: An uneventful appedectomy should not have any effect on the urinary systems. On the contrary obstetric trauma e.g. Childbirth could cause stress incon... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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DIALYSIS: Chronic kidney failure means that the kidney function is in the range of less than 10-15% depending on the patients general condition and presence of ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Yes and no: Kidney transplant usually does not function at a 100% degree, although it may. This means that the kidney usually displays a degree of chronic kidney ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Tobacco causes vascular, blood vessel, disease all over body i.e. Heart, brain, legs, and kidneys, etc. Excess alcohol hurts the overall circulatory s... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Not necessarily: Kidney failure may run in families but may not depending on the kind. Also, diabetes type 2 runs in families but some members get spared. Type 1 is mu... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Much effect: A very low blood pressure that requires admission to the hospital may well cause kidney temporary shut down. But mild decrease in blood pressure may b... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Infection is likely: Lower abdominal pain while urinating suggests urine infection especially when associated with frequency of urination of small volumes of smelly urine.... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Usually no,: But it depends on where is the rash. If in the local area of the perineum, it may be that the urine infection is a part of a bigger picture like sever... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Easier on body: More frequent daily treatments make need to remove fluids less per treatment.
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Low salt & fluid: Salt and fluid restriction is the mainstay to help a patient with CHF on Dobutamine drip whether outpatient or inpatient. In the hospitalized patient... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Breathing problems: Shortness of breath with only mild exertion associated with leg swelling are the first symtoms of chf. Then it gets worse if not treated. The patient ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Happens: Some people cannot tolerate some antibiotics. Need to contact your doc to change it if you are vomiting after taking it, since you may be losing the b... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Depends on stage: In stage 4 and stage 5 (end stage) kidney diseases, Epogen (epoetin alfa) use is common, much more than in lighter stages. Of note, Epogen (epoetin al... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of different treatments for inherited metabolic disorders?
Dr. Tarek Naguibanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Too broad to answer: Every inherited metabolic disease or family of diseases has a specific treatment/ management strategy making this question not answerable in the avail... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Blood test & biopsy: There is a blood test for it called anti gbm antibody which is the antibody that attacks glomerular basement membrane gbm causing kidney failure. Kidn... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Enlarged prostate: It means the gland at the bottom of the bladder is enlarged. It constricts the urethra some causing the flow of urine to be slow in may be interrupted... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Poss infection: Back pain may or may not mean kidney infection. If fever or UTI symptoms ( burning or smelly urination) then it is likely a kidney infection ( pyelon... Read More
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A 53-year-old male asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Possible diabetes: Diabetes could cause all of the following symptoms that you have mentioned: feeling dehydrated with lots of thirst and frequent urination. Important t... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Sound like vaginitis: Circumcision has nothing to do with this. However, the sexual exposure itself may be the problem. Sounds like you have an infection (vaginitis). Need ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Not likely: Even if there is interaction that decreased the hormone level for the 5 days, it should have resolved esp knowing that Depo-Provera continues to relea... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Possible infection: The rest of history matters though. Male vs female, fever vs no, frequent voids vs no, burning voids vs no, long chilling vs brief?
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Not entirely: The high salt would cause fluid retention in persons with heart or kidney disease. If healthy, you should not develop edema with this diet. It is impo... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
SupplementsNOTneeded: A new study shows that fish oil (omega3source) does not prevent heart events as we thought earlier. Vitamin d is not needed as long as you are exposed... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
No: X-ray does not show soft tissue well. So, if tumor, ct or MRI would be needed to show it. You mention that you have had a ct for stones. Usually this ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Depends: At age 23, your GFR should be 120 ml/ min, however, many factors make a difference. For instance, your GFR equation may underestimate you actual funct... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Yes: A BP OF 119/64 is good for a 30 year old person with hypertension.
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Hypokalemia: Hypo means low. Kal means potassium. Emia means blood. Low potassium in blood.
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A 66-year-old female asked:
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Not dialysis,usually: Wonder if your cause is diabetic related enteropathy. I see this problem in about 3 or 4 every 100 dialysis patients. Usually due to diabetes. Of cour... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Yes and No: Detrol (tolterodine) decreases the number of voids that the bladder does. Lasix causes more urine output which increases the number of voids that the ... Read More
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A member asked:
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Okay to recheck 6 mo: It is routine to recheck on complex cyst in 6 months to see if stable or not. This avoids you invasive procedures that are both risky and costly. Bloo... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Yes: Cancer causes something called SIADH making the body retain more water than salt leading to lack of equilibrium between the two. The test will show lo... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Need cultures: Macrobid is ok to use as an empiric (without culture) therapy. If empiric therapy fails, need to get cultures to allow your doc to choose another anti... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
If mild may try: Cranberry tabs or juice alternating with ice tea(a day cranberry and the next tea) changes urine environment (ph) from acid to alkali which may help. ... Read More
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A 63-year-old male asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 42 years experience
Erythropoeitin: Abbreviated as epo. It is used to help body make new red blood cells i.E boost hemoglobin level and thereby treat anemia. It is generally used when he... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Not necessarily: Small kidneys could be appropriately small in a small body size. Also, could be appropriately shrunken in someone who is elderly. They certainly could... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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No, unless is cancer: The simple kidney cyst is usually a benign finding and is not worrisome. Make sure that your doctor explain to you that it is not a "complex cyst". Th... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Trace of blood seen?: If the trace is by dipstick, your doctor will tell you the significance. But, if you see traces of blood by the naked eye in the urine and have back p... Read More
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A 67-year-old member asked:
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Unclear: Tea mainly is rich in oxalate. However, for some reason it appears that it does not precipitate oxalate stones. It is still wise to restrict it in pat... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Poss kidney loss: Chronic retention of urine, if not relieved, will back up flow into the kidney and over time shut the kidney down. If the problem is related to the bl... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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You mean together?: Yes, for persons with healthy kidneys. Doctor follow up is needed anyways since these persons must have diabetes and hypertension. If kidneys are dise... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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I see not reason: We diagnose UTI with urinalysis and culture. The ultrasound is used to see if there is a reason for repeat infections e.g. Stones, tumors, blockages o... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Really doubt it: You have limits of increasing alkalinity in body since your kidneys kick the alkali out in urine and lungs neutralize the rest. Unless you mean raisin... Read More
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A member asked:
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Yes: Morphine may well cause nausea with or without vomiting.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Not much, but: Potassium citrate helps prevent kidney stone disease due to its citrate content that gets excreted in the urine. Otherwise, both are potassium salts t... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Called nocturia: Nocturia (urination at night) occurs in kidney disease or congestive heart failure due to fluid overload that moves from legs back to body/blood on as... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Vitamins are not ok: People feel that vitamins are good for them. The newer data states no so. Multivitamins including vitamin b ( biotin is one of them) are not helpful u... Read More
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Jul 23, 2014
I highly recommend Dr. Tarek Naguib. He is very knowledgeable and caring. He is an asset to HealthTap and to the medical community.
Jul 23, 2014
Dr. Naguib is certainly an asset to the healthtap medical experts as is obvious from his excellent and informative answers.
Apr 1, 2014
Excellent succint answers and explanations. Great Credentials too!
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thank you. i have scheduled an appointment with my physician for next week to have an exam and some labs done. the pain has subsided but i still don't feel well; my appetite is poor and i'm not moving...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you, I have Celiac disease, and was given this because new blood pressure medicene caused 2 weeks constipation. I have to find BP med, that is gluten free and doe...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I am currently a transplantee, and found this helpful. Sometimes I've eaten these items and been told by my clinic that my potassium levelas raised.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Cairo Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
Graduated 1981MD
Residency
university of oklaoma
Completed 1992
Awards
Leadership award from the American Medical Association Foundation in 2007
Best Doctor in America database since 2009-present
Best educator award in Integris Bass hospital, Enid, Oklahoma 2006
Affiliations
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX
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