Dr. Susumu Inoue
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Flint, MI
59 years experience male
Locations
Office
Flint, MI
My office hours
Thursday: Closed
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Aetna
Blue cross blue shield
Humana
United healthcare
About
Bio
I work in a small city in Michigan, Flint. I am a blood and cancer specialist for children, though I also see children with general pediatric problems. I am married, and have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. My wife is a nurse.
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Addiction Medicine
Pediatrics
Languages spoken
English, Japanese
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191 Answers
35 Agrees
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Susumu Inoueanswered
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Liver makes clotting: The liver makes most of the proteins that make blood clot. Thus dysfunction of the liver results in deficiency of many clotting proteins leading to bl... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Weigh the baby: If your baby is gaining weight (about 1 oz/day), that is evidence that the baby is getting adequate amount of nutrition. Does your baby wet diaper sev... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Inherited bleeding c: It is a heritable bleeding condition due to deficiency of one of blood clotting factors, factor ix(nine). Usually occurs only in men or boys. The seve... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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It is normal: The test called "bleeding time" is normal in patients with hemophilia. This is because stopping bleeding from a small cut does not depend on factor 8 ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Hemophilia gene is loocated on a x chromosome. Women have 2 x chromosomes. Men have one (men have a y chromosome). Therefore women who carry one hemop... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Not deffinitive: I suppose the radiologist saw an area of questionable inflammation superimposed on the heart image. It may not mean anything clinically, or it may be ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Probably no: Baby formula has balanced nutrients with daily requirement of vitamins and minerals, and thus i would recommend baby formula until about 12 months of ... Read More
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A member asked:
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You cannot: There are no medications that would permanently change the skin color. If there is someone who says otherwise, don't listen. I think you should be hap... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Show the picture: Can you take a good picture of the rash you have on the chin? And send it?
Without looking at the rash, it would be impossible to guess what it could... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
She has thrush: Most likely your baby has yeast infection of the moth called thrush. It may be sore, and that is the reason why she does not want to suck a bottle bec... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
It varies with cause: Most of the tonsil infections and throat infection (pharyngitis) are viral. If you are close to toddlers and day care children, then you would be expo... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
You mean mastoid?: (if you mean infection of mastoid bone (mastoiditis), it is a serious infection, and needs to be treated by a doctor immediately, because the infectio... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
See your doctor: Your lymph node enlargement suggest a number of things including virus infection such as "mono", or other virus, a skin condition to which lyph glands... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Need more info: Any other symptoms? Headach, wheezing, croupy cough, vomiting, sore throat, diarrhea, rash (if so, where on the body, what kind?, how long did it last... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
No: I take it that you are simply opening a can and transfer it to a bottle and feeding it. I don't see anything wrong with it, if the baby is drinking we... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Yes. It could be: Muscle strength of a teenager (including a 11 year old) varies tremendously, and weight lift training or other training to build muscle also makes hug... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
The size is importan: A 6 y/o may have a submental node or two normally, but they are usually small, smaller than 1/2 inch. When it is infected, it may be red and/or tender... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Yes: It is unlikely that you will get it, but it has been shown that during the last us epidemic, the majority of teenagers who developed mumps indeed had ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Yes.: 175 cm for an 11 year old boy is way above 95th per centile. Please visit website, http://chartsgraphsdiagrams.Com/healthcharts/ and then you can sele... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Probably not : Did your great uncle had leukemia at an advanced age? Is it cll? Cll is a very common type of leukemia in old people, and no hereditary trend. On the ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Too high dose: Normal adult dose is 50 -100 mg, 300 mg is way too much.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
No too much protein: I don't believe that a toddler eats too much protein on his own. Unless he has kidney disease, any amount of protein the child can eat is fine. I woul... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
See below: For a boy, 50th percentile for weight is 101 lbs, and height 61.5 inches. For a girl, 50th percentile is 102 lbs, and height 61.75 inches.
You can vis... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Yes. It could: I assume that you had a new diagnosis of leukemia when you were 4 year old, and it relapsed when you were 11 year old.chemotherapy you had received wh... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
50% in most cases: an overwhelming majority of von Willebrand Disease (VWD) is dominant, meaning that if you carry one gene, you have VWD. Supposing that your girl frien... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Could be iron?: Is you child taking iron syrup, or any iron medication? If he is, that would explain the stool color. If your child is not taking any iron, it still m... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Use Ibuprofen: If paracetamol was helping your low back pain, Ibuprofen or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines will help. Also consider warm compression o... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
No: I think you are the same person who had a kidney cancer when you were 2 years old, and i believe that it was wilms tumor. These supplemental Amino Aci... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
It may be normal: The color and consistency of stools vary tremendously depending on the foods consumed in a young child. If your son is behaving normally, has been act... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Sounds like you daughter has an upper respiratory tract infection. Croup in a 7 year old is very rare. Prednisone may have temporarily stopped her imm... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
They are abnormal: I wonder if it was a catheterized or clean catch urine. If it is a catch urine, sometimes we see many wbcss which may be normal, but there should not ... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Go back to dentist: You need to go back to the orthodontist who fit dental braces to your daughter. The doctor can modify the brace so that it will not cause any sores. E... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
The age says NO: A 7 mo old, if he (she) is not crawling, and drinking mainly breast milk or formula, it is very unlikely that he has "stomach worms". If you are livin... Read More
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A female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
A viral illness: If your son looks sick and lethargic, he needs to be seen by a doctor right away. If he has just fever (how high?) and chest congestion (cough? Runny... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Take him to a doctor: A 3 year old child repeatedly vomits for many reasons. If he is sick, regardless of the cause, one of the symptoms of being ill is vomiting. It could ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Kidney cancerw: Wilms tumor is a malignant tumor of the kidney. It most commonly occurs in toddlers and young children. It is extremely uncommon in teenagers or adult... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
How is your immunity: Immune cells are the white blood cells (WBC) in the blood. There are different types of wbcs that fight infections or respond to immunizations in dif... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Yes, you can: As you know, risk of bleeding is different depending on the severity of hemophilia. But even if you have severe hemophilia, i think you can drive a tr... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Thyroid and parotid: Goiter is a swelling of the thyroid gland, and mumps is an infection of parotid gland by mumps virus. Goiter is the one you see at the midline of the ... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Many possibilities: Rash is so common, but poison ivy or oak usually does not last that long, and thus you should look for other causes. Detailed information regarding th... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
No: Zantac (ranitidine) does not cause high ferritin. I assume that your son has been on zantac (ranitidine) for gerd. Gerd does not cause high ferritin e... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
It may be normal: Depending on the age, it may be normal. Children up to about 6 year old have a high lymphocyte count and a low rbc compared to adults normal range.
I... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Worry dehydration: Most likely your baby has stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis). He nay develop diarrhea. But, since you are in india, bacterial and parasitic infection... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Factor IX concentrat: Christmas disease or hemophilia b is a congenital bleeding disorder due to deficiency of a clotting factor, factor ix (9). Highly purified factor ix c... Read More
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A 56-year-old male asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
Yes: I checked it, and I do not see any interactions reported between Zicam and warfarin. But I am wondering what you are taking warfarin for? As you know ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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I assume it's OK: I don't believe that much research has been done about the effects of garlic or turmeric, but I have not found any evidence that they are particularly... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Mental retardation: In the USA, PKU is one of newborn screening tests, and all affected babies are treated early before any symptoms develop. But if untreated, vomiting, ... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Yes, you can. If your doctor, preferably a gastroenterologist, made a diagnosis of IBS, I believe you do. Any medications prescribed by your doctor he... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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usually none: I need to know what you are taking Methotrexate for. Since a large amount of Folic Acid weakens the action of methotrexate, we usually advise to stay ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 56 years experience
You don't know: However, if you are very pale, fatigued, feels dizzy often, or have shortness of breath, or exercise intolerance, you may have advanced degree of anem... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Inoue is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Inoue is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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No I am not pregnant I took a pregnancy test, my stool was kinda liquidy and varied in color sometimes orangey red sometimes a lighter brown
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Thank you very much. I. Was diagnoised with pre-lupus in 2004.but have had 3 tumors.removed from my back.they all so. Far. Have been binine
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Thank u. We are scheduled to meet with an allergy Doctor feb 4th so maybe they can give me answer. As of now I'm washing bed sheets daily
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Okayama University School of Medicine, Japan
Graduated 1964MD
Residency
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN
Awards
"One of the Best Doctors in America," 2003 - present, selected by physician survey by Best Doctors, Inc.
Top Doctor, First Place, Flint, MI - Winter
2013
Most Influential, First Place, Flint, MI - Winter
2013
Affiliations
Covenant health care harrison
Genesys regional medical center
Hurley Medical Center
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