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Jack E. Rubin, M.D.
Inglewood, CA
About
Bio
I am a Internist and a Nephrologist in practice in Los Angeles, CA. I am also the Medical Director of both a hemodialysis center and a vascular center.
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Nephrology and Dialysis
Licenses
United States: California
Languages spoken
English
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1.6K Answers
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jack Rubinanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Amputation CV risk: You can certainly have an amputation due to kidney problems, most likely this is found in diabetic patients. Smokers and those with high lipids are al... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Disease questions: It would be helpful if you could describe your disease. Once you do that, you can receive an informative answer.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Flare and remission: Please revise your question to include the disease you are referring to in your question. That is crucial information to have to provide you with a me... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Kidney disease: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) cannot be cured, it can be managed. There are various stages of CKD and many causes of it. Some CKD is due to diseases th... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Continued symptoms: Please reframe your question so physicians can know what medicine(s) you are taking and what the symptoms are that you are taking about. You question... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Swollen feet: Your mother should be seen by a physician (p). Being a diabetic means she may also have hbp and possibly some cardiac or kidney disease. Blood work ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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UTI medication: The type of antibiotic used to treat a UTI depends on the organism causing it. If you have a uti, go to a doctor and have her order a urine culture. S... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Diabetic problems: Diabetic complications are primarily affected by two causes, hypertension and glucose control. The uk prospective diabetic study showed that patients ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Alternatives : Losartan is an angiotensin receptor blocker (arb). It does contain potassium. If you do not have serious chronic kidney disease (ckd), the k will not ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Potassium supplement: The best potassium (k) supplement depends on the BP meds you are taking. If you are taking only diuretics (d) to control your bp, you may have a low m... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Potassium and HBP: In the absence of chronic kidney disease, potassium ingestion has a beneficial effect on blood pressure. A review article showed that increased potass... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Creatinine of 2.1: Your mother's creatinine level means she has some stage of chronic kidney disease (ckd). To find out what stage she is in, you need to go to a nephrol... Read More
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A female asked:
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BP med duration: If one's hypertension (hbp) is "essential" hypertension it is quite likely that one will need lifelong therapy if no changes are made in that person'... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
DM and complications: Retinopathy (r) and nephropathy (n) are seen in diabetic patients. They are both examples of microangiopathy (m) in diabetes. M is affected not only... Read More
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A member asked:
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BUN creatinine ratio: Your bun/creatinine is a relationship between your BUN (b) and creatinine (c). B is related to protein intake. If you have a low protein intake, you a... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Sepsis: When bacteria enter the blood stream due to an infection, that is called "sepsis" (s). Signs of sepsis are a fever and possibly a low bp. Symptoms of ... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:
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Proteinuria: Proteinuria is a condition, not a diagnosis. It can be caused by several diseases, among them hiv, diabetes, lupus, membranous glomerulonephritis, amo... Read More
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A member asked:
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Kidney infection: See a physician and have some urine sent off for a culture so your doctor can see if there is a bacterium causing your infection. The doctor will star... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Ascites: Ascites is a serious condition. It can be caused by liver disease, cirrhosis, congestive heart failure, cancer and kidney failure. You should go to a ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Proteinuria: You need to have a 24 hour urine collection to see the amount of protein (P) in the urine and to assess your kidney function. I would also do a renal... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Cozaar (losartan) and insominia: Cozaar (losartan) (c) can cause some patients to have insomnia (i). If this is a problem for you, speak to your physician and see if you can be change... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Creatinine of 1.24: From the results of your estimated gfr, 48 ml/min, you have chronic kidney disease. For an actual gfr, you need to have a 24 hour urine collection, a... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Kidney failure signs: Patients with kidney failure (kf) have various symptoms. Some are nausea, vomiting, itching, anorexia, sleeping more during the day than night and inc... Read More
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A member asked:
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Kidney disease : The simplest way is to have some blood taken as well as a urine analysis. If your BUN and creatinine are in the normal age, you probably have no signi... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Use of generic drug: Generic drugs are meant to be exactly duplicate the action of trade name drugs that have lost their patent protection. I would ask your doctor and i b... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
High systolic BP: At age 74, your mother has systolic hypertension which is severely elevated. She is not on maximum therapy, as she is on only 16 mg candesartan; (c); ... Read More
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HBP treatment: I have some questions: how old is your mom? Is she obese? Does she have diabetes? Does she exercise? Does she eat a high sodium diet or smoke? How hig... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Best blood pressure: It depends on what is causing your ckd. Patients without diabetes should have their systolic BP < 140 mm hg. Those with diabetes should try to have a ... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Proteinuria: You cannot predict the amount of protein based on a 2+ reading on a dip stick. Proteinuria (p) is not constant. If you have 1 gram of p/day, that does... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Jaundice: Your yellow eyes are a sign of jaundice (J). Your liver is diseased. You need to go to the ER and admitted admitted for a work up of your J to see wha... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Timing of lisinopril: Lisinopril (l) is best taken daily. It works by remodeling (r) the endothelium (e) (lining) of the arteries to lower bp. This r takes about 2 weeks. L... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
High creatinine: The blood level of creatinine is related to one's weight, sex, race, age. A woman 75 years old weighing 110 lbs with a creatiine of 1.4 has worse kid... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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High calcium: If you have hyperparathyrodism (h) the best option for you is surgery to remove one of the 4 parathyroid glands that is producing excess parathyroid ... Read More
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A 76-year-old male asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Creatinine of 2: Your father is 77 years old and would be expected to have some chronic kidney based on his age alone. If he has hbp or diabetes, those are another cau... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Low Blood Pressure?: Your blood pressure of 91/71 is not "low" if you have no symptoms, such as dizziness or weakness standing up or moving around. You are a young female ... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Swollen legs: What stage of chronic kidney disease (ckd) are you in? See a nephrologist and get a 24 hour urine for creatinine clearance and protein. If you have CK... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Treatment of CKD: The treatment depends on what stage chronic kidney disease (ckd) you have. Most patients do not need treatment until their parathyroid hormone levels ... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Life expectancy: According to this website: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/22442392
men and women aged 40 years had a life expectancy of 30.5 and 34.6 years at ... Read More
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A male asked:
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Alcohol in ESRD: You should check with the dietician and your nephrologist at your dialysis center before you have any alcohol (a). If you have a, check the potassium,... Read More
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UTI antibiotics: You should call the physician who ordered the urine culture and prescribed the antibiotics. The culture results will identify the correct antibiotic ... Read More
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A 61-year-old female asked:
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Proteinuria: The most common cause of proteinuria caused by medications is nsaids, others are, nicotine, penicillamine, lithium carbonate, gold and other heavy met... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Atacand (candesartan) and diuretic: Yes, Atacand (candesartan) (a) can have, and is marketed, with a diuretic. A comes in various doses and each strenght has a 12.5 and 25 mg dose of hyd... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Polyarteritis causes: The answer to your question is "it may be" an auto-immune disorder. Polyarthritis is most often caused by an auto-immune disorder such as rheumatoid a... Read More
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A 48-year-old male asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Diuretics: If you take a diuretic (d) one of the side effects is a low sodium level, hyponatremia (h). You can try to avoid h by weighing yourself daily in the m... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Low BP and pulse: It sounds as if you are quite symptomatic from your low pulse rate (lpr). I would go to the er and have yourself checked by a physician. Your BP is lo... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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High Potassium: The answer depends on one's kidney function and how quickly the potassium (k) increases. People with chronic kidney disease (ckd) have higher k levels... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Kidney removal: Both kidneys are taken from a deceased person's body for donation, provided the kidneys are normal sized and appear to be healthy. This way they can b... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Dry cough: A dry cough is commonly a symptoms of ace-inhibitor use and can be due to some allergens or a dry environment in your house. If you have none of the... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
High potassium: Many conditions can cause high potassium levels in the blood. Among these are: disorders of the adrenal glands, hemolysis of red blood cells, breakd... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Kidneys at 50%: At a functioning level of 50%, one does not need a kidney transplant or to go on dialysis. Go to a nephrologist to find out what your glomerular filtr... Read More
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Jul 21, 2013
An amazing knowledgeable, dedicated and caring physician.
Dec 13, 2013
Very good source of knowledge.
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Feb 18, 2014
Thank you Dr Rubin. The reference that you mentioned provided some extremely useful information that was well worth reading.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you for your response. I am not sure why you think I'm 18, as I am 55 years old. I took a quick look at your profile and have great respect for the work ...Read More
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! Yes at the er. They have done labs but only basic (ketones, electrolyte ect) I will ask my endo. Thank you for suggestions. Very helpful!
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Your response was very detailed and helpful. Thank you for taking in layman's terms. And thanks for doing this for folks!! It means more than you know.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, NY
Graduated 1973MD
Awards
Top Nephrologist, First Place, National - Winter
2013
Top Nephrologist, First Place, National - Summer
2013
Top Nephrologist, First Place, National - Spring
2014
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