Dr. Kathleen Saradarian
Family Medicine
Branchville, NJ
36 years experience female
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SpecialtiesDoctors 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.
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.
Family Medicine
Languages spoken
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99 Answers
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A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Kathleen Saradariananswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Food diary, stress: Some people have food triggers. Caffeine is one of them. Usually you need to be consistent with y our caffeine intake or try to come off caffeine co... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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REFLUX: Belching is generally caused by swallowing too much air. This could be from drinking carbonated beverages or stress or possibly on purpose because of... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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You can't: If you are having a genital herpes outbreak, it will just hurt. Urine is an irritant and urine hitting the raw skin will burn. If your urine sample ... Read More
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A female asked:
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No: Most antiperspirants contain aluminium., that is the active ingredient. They've been used for years with no bad effects.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Not good to smoke: It's never "good" to smoke anything. I would think after having extensive lung surgery like you had, it would be best to never smoke anything and ris... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Possible impetigo: Acne rosacea or "adult" acne is red bumps that don't come to a head and a clear liquidy stuff can be expressed with squeezing. So that's what it soun... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Probably: After endometrial ablation, you should not try to carry a pregnancy, become pregnant. But the procedure does not affect your eggs. So your eggs coul... Read More
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A 63-year-old male asked:
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Rising cholesterol: If you stop crestor, (rosuvastatin) your cholesterol will go back to what it was before you were taking the medication. So it all depends on why you... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Call your doctor: Although headache, fever and neck hurting can come from several causes, the most alarming is meningitis. He or she would really have to be evaluated.... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Kathleen Saradariananswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Anemia: Ice chewing and ice craving are actually a symptom of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia.
See your doctor and get tested.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
No: Once you have had a particular virus, you really can't 'get it again unless it mutates (changes) so that it's new. This takes time so it is unlikely ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
See a specialist: 18 month old infants should not need daily laxatives. She should see a pediatric gastroenterologist.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
No.: Savella (milnacipran) has only been found to help with the pain of fibromylagia.
In theory, with helping pain, you can improve sleep and improving ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Hard to say: You haven't mentioned if you are on other medications like birth control pills. But many things can cause menstrual irregularity and it's possible th... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Time mostly: If the pain is in the heel in the bottom of the foot, that would be consistent with plantar fasciitis and getting heel cushions can help but it still ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Can you swallow?: If you can swallow and drink liquids then you should be ok. Just keep drinking a lot of liquids. If the fruit got stuck then slid down, it could hav... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Yes....but: You can introduce small amounts of juice but the primary source of nutrition is still breast milk or formula at this age. The apple juice is essentia... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Yes: If you have sex, it is always possible to get pregnant. Sex the day before you were due would be considered low risk. The prime time for getting pre... Read More
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Is it okey to take the birth control pills while taking the pure raspberry ketone s for weight loss?
Dr. Kathleen Saradariananswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Probably: I have never heard of "pure raspberry ketones" but only a few medications interact with birth control pills and those are mostly antibiotics and antis... Read More
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See a fertility doc: It's not normal to have gone so many years without a period. Normally, we will want you to have a period every 3 months. You need a full evaluation.... Read More
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Food and exercise: It sounds like you want to gain weight. At 16 this is hard to do because you are gaining height quickly. But to increase weight you need to eat more... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Why: Why does your 4 year old need Mucinex (guaifenesin) with claritin?
The general recommendations are to not treat young children with decongestants, ... Read More
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Generally bad: Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80. However high blood pressure begins anything over 140/90. Anybody can have an occasional elevation. But a... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Several: After watching the olympics and seeing the interviews, it seeems that olympic level athletes work out 3-5 hours a day.L it's a huge committment.
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
No: An ovulation test only tells you when you are ovulating.
To tell if you are pregnant you need to use a pregnancy test. They measure different thin... Read More
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A 52-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
None: There are no known health benefits to sauna and steam room. People just think it feels good. Theoretically, warming your muscles might help exercise... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Kathleen Saradariananswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Life is terminal: We will all die eventually.
My understanding of staging is that once the cancer is in the bones it is stage 4. However, if it is bone-only disea... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
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No: Ideally, this number should be around 10. When it's mildly elevated, that means you are mildly dehydrated usually. This can happen just from the fas... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
You can't: You can't treat an eating disorder yourself. They are very complex and you will need help. Being aware of your problem is the first step. But treat... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Yes: I would call your babies doctor and make them aware of the situation. Check for fever also.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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No, not from food.: Generally, low iron is caused by bleeding. It's not caused by what you eat. In females, the bleeding is usually menstrual, the period. If you are m... Read More
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A male asked:
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No: Generally, the remaining thyroid, if normal, will increase it's output to make up the difference; it can compensate.
But that is assuming it's a no... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Yes and No: It sounds like you are discussing sweetened beverages. So "diet" green tea would be sweetened with an artificial sweetener with no calories and "regu... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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Call your doctor: Three days is too long in a 10 month old. They dehydrate quickly at this age, especially with diarrhea. Your child needs to be seen by his or her do... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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No: There is no withdrawal from warfarin. You should see your doctor.
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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No: There is no such thing as Amoxicillin ear drops. Amoxicillin is an oral antibiotic.
It is not unusual to get ear pain with an upper respiratory ... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Touch: Herpes spreads by touch. There are living viruses in the sores and you can introduce the virus pretty much anywhere on your body by touch. So it's v... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Get checked: There are certain vaginal infections, namely bacterial vaginosis, which has increased smell with sexual intercourse, menses and theoretically, you cou... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Vertigo: The sudden sensation of movement is called vertigo. There are several causes, most of them benign. A sudden sensation of movement when your head is ... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Acetominophen: You want to keep your fever below 102 degrees if you can. You can also just shower or take a slightly cool bath. But medication wise, acetominophen ... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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No: I don't know what you define as "small" or where the burn is.
But, second degree burn means there is a blister. It can be treated by applying any ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Virus?: You didn't mention how long all of this has been going on and that is important. It sounds like you are sick, like from a virus or even mild food poi... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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No: Only a positive pregnancy test means your pregnant. Irregular bleeding, discharges and other things could indicate infections and other problems. I... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Sleep walking: Sleep walking is neither a nightmare or a night terror. Night terrors generally occur in young children where they act terrified, screaming but do no... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Mechanical: It would be unlikely to be pregnant given the scenario above.
You didn't mention where you are in your cycle so it could be midcycle bleeding, ea... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Can you be born with a sti (sexually transmitted infection) or just get them without sexual contact?
Dr. Kathleen Saradariananswered
Family Medicine 36 years experience
Sort of: These infections cause very serious illness in the newborn. They really aren't called stis then. You can't be born with them and then pass them on ... Read More
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Many: It depends on what the spinal tap is being done for. If it's to see if there is meningitis, than cultures are done as well as analyzing the cells and... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Yes: The prime time to get pregnancy is during ovulation. It doesn't mean you are, but it certainly could happen.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: If your urine is very dilute (watered down), the typical office test with the dipstick may not detect the white blood cells associated with infection.... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Family Medicine 36 years experience
Not exactly: Smoking doesn't effect the blood sugar level. But smoking with diabetes does increase the incidence of the vascular complications of diabetes.
Me... Read More
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Dr. Saradarian is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Saradarian is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! I have fibromyalgia but there is one place that hurts more so and its my neck. I have really bad headaches everyday and get sick everyday
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! Thanks for answering this question. Is there still a chance for me to have children even though I've had this for 3yrs
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But Im very lazy for exercise. People advise me for gym but after few mnths when I was done and left gym I know I can't continue exc at hom
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