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Board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and geriatrics. Clinical Professor of medicine, Newyork Medical College,Director MICU and Pulmonary Medicine.
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Pulmonology
Critical Care
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English
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173 Answers
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Mold can make copd w: Mold can exacerbate COPD quite often.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Yes, you can: Yes if you are on adequate anticoagulant therapy.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Yes, it can: Yes, it can esp if flight is long and if pt isprone to get blood clots eg obese, on contraceptives etc.
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Increased risk of DVT and pulmonary embolism
During first 30 days there is high risk of these complications especially if D Dimers are high more th... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Needs to be checked: Depending on symptoms, you need a thorough physical exam.You might need to rule out pleurisy, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, rib fracture or simply mu... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Not sure: You must be referring to thyroid gland which is normally in neck and have parathyroid glands under that, sometimes a pt can have retrosternal thyroid ... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Nonsteroidal med: Nosteroidal anti inflammatory drugs like Motrin Aleve (naproxen) etc are better though Codeine containing drugs can be used for pain relief.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Sadly yes: One can not predict, some pts do have family history of brain aneurisms, so one should be vigilant and should get mri/mra done of brain.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Not sure: Depends on the cause of cough, in young pts, itacute bronchitis is self limiting, persistent cough after a week needs work up and treatment.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Residual fibrous rea: A scar is residual fibrousarea in lung after resolution of infection, inflammation or therapy reaction.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Possible: Can be life threateningtension pneumothorax is life threatening emergency if not treated fast and.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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It should close: Punctured lung causes pneumothorax which usually resolves with chest tube in a few days in majority of cases.In small subset, if lung puncture is big,... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Wheeze or cough: It is just like eia ie exercise induced asthma.Most of the time pt will have cough shortness of breath or wheeze 5 to 15 min after finishing sport / ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Depends: Depending upon cause, pt may need chest physiotherapy, bronchoscopy or chest tube.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Control diet: It is very common to gain weight after quitting smoking .Person can gain upto 18 lbs. Try to exercise more and control diet, best thing still is that ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Yes: Yes if heart rate is slow, person might not have any symptoms like palpitation, chest pain or shortness of breath.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Find a cause: Try to find whether you have any infection, asthma ., post nasal drip or reflux. Then try to treat accordingly, any cough suppressant will help a litt... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Allergies: Most likely you are having allrgic rhinitis or viral inf.With tosilitis , pt is likely to have fever severe throat pain or difficulty swallowing.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Need rx: You have likely post viral bronchitis , depending on physical exam you may need antibiotic and steroids, .
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Depends.: I last 2 years , it must be worked up aggressively with ct/pet scan to rule out tumort could be an old granuloma.But if you are asmoker and this is ne... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Pharyngitis: It could be infection in pharynx or tonsillitis if you r running fever etc you need to have throat checked to rule out strep throat.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Cough or SOB: Shortness of breath , cough or wheeze.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Could be: Depending upon morphology of tumor it could be.R/t has been used for the treatment also curable with chemotherapy.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Depends: It depends on staging of the disease, it can affect entire body, so work up and staging is very imortant including pathology.
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A female asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Sinus inf: Most likely you have sinusitis ie infection in your sinus if symptoms are more than 4-5 days you will need antibiotics etc.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Treat: Pfo if symptomatic must be evaluated by cardiologist to chech shunt etc and may need surgical correction.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Look for pul htn: Please get an echo to rule out pulmonary hypertension, and further lab tests.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Get inhaler: You need to avoid allergens in the environments which is at times hard ince wheeze occurs you should use rescue inhaler more important you should use ... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Depends on reason: Chest congestion could be sec toallergic asthma, bronchitisorcongestive heart failure coz of age, so good history physical exam chestxrat and if need ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Not really: No nicotine shows up in urine analysis.
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Get checked for infe: You could have throat inf like acute tonsillitis or pharyngitis or retropharyngeal abscess, you will need antibiotics.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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May need surgery: If you are getting recurrent sinusitis infections,Get Ct scan and then depending on findings you may need surgery or different antibiotics
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Carbon monoxide: co affinity for Hemoglobin more than hemoglobin
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Please explain more: respiratory problem of what kind?, cough chest pain or shortness of breath Etc?ou should see a Dr and get chest xray or PFT done at least.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Crepts likely not cr: Crepts at left lung base could be sec to infection like bronchitis, bronchiectasis or pneumonia, or fibrosis, other cause could be secretions in the l... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Mostly yes: Acute bronchitis is typically self limiting dissease and takes 5-7 days, in COPD pts, ac brochiti.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Xiphisternum: Most likely lower end of sternum feels like a lump, and is called xiphisternum.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Post nasal drip or h: early morning nausea is likely sec to post nasal drip or acid secretions,Feeling cold if persistent check TSH level to r/o hypothyroid
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
yes it can: You should take precaution as it can affect coagulation and cause bleeding if ingested in large quantity.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
Check for carbon mon: Just to on safer side check carbon monoxide(odourless) level;other thing to look for is chronic sinusitis with post nasal drip.
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Mehraanswered
Pulmonology 46 years experience
No you can have nor: Chr. sinusitis causes headache,cheek pain, nasal stuffiness or blochage with mucous of any color
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Musculoskeletal pain: most likely,inflammation of rib, or pleural inflammation,If fever etc then chest xray to rule out pneumonia,
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Chest xray,may be ne: post viral pneumonia is a possibility vs just straing ribs with violent coughing
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A 41-year-old male asked:
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Yes: If person is having exertion chest pain then pt must get stress test first depending on risk factors, i will prefer ruling out coronary artery disease... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Likely yes: I dont think any interaction between fish and xarelto and should be safe.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Honest answre: Just say pt with acute exacerbation of br asthma.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Yes: Yes, any serious pneumonia or inf, can lead on to scars.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Pulmonology 46 years experience
Depends on etiology: If its allergic then Allegra is better, if pt has thick sec with bronchitis, Mucinex (guaifenesin) will help.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Depends.: Yes viral and other inf causes can spread the bugs.
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Dr. Mehra is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Mehra is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Nov 30, 2015
I am grateful for this doctor this Thanksgiving!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you! Wasn't sure if something bad would happen if taken together
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I take a preventer inhaler every morning, a brown one (clenil)
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you do you have any answer in specific relating to my condition
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Government Medical College, Patiala, India
Graduated 1977MD
Awards
Teacher of the year 8 times
Top Pulmonologist , First Place, New York - Winter
2013
Top Pulmonologist , First Place, National - Summer
2013
Affiliations
director of pulmonary and icu
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