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Fallon, NV
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Sparks, NV
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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.
Breast Surgery
General Surgery
Licenses
United States: Oregon
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
110 Answers
118 Agrees
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A member asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
MD Anderson: Md andersond cancer center in texas is one of the premier cancer hospitals in the world and would be my recommendation with such a rare cancer. I have... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Aneurysm: The aorta lies deep in the abdomen actually against the spine. So it is difficult to feel in obese individuals. Given your age an abdominal aneurysm w... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Need colonoscopy: Passing blood and clots rectally shoild always be worked up aggressively. The pain and cramping most likely is also GI tract in origin. There are man... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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See gynecologist: Endometriosis usually presets with a cystic lesion on ultrasound not solid. If you have a solid or complex( cystic and solid components) then you shou... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Ventral hernia surgery often involves placing mesh to cover the defect. The mesh is secured by sutures and sometimes tacks that anchor it to the abdom... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Be reevaluated: Pain after hernia operation can be frustrating as well as debilitating. 1st be reevaluated by the surgeon to make sure hernia has not recurred. There ... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
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Yes: Small amt of blood will not cause problems with colonoscopy. Continue the bowel prep and have the colonoscopy to diagnose the problem.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Yes: If you are tolerating liquids well and are 4 days out from a lapaoroscopic appendectomy then it is fine to advance to a regular diet.
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Difficult: It would be difficult to make this diagnosis without seeing a doctor. Usually an upper GI barium study could show this as well as an upper endoscopy. ... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Be evaluated: Have a physician evaluate you to make sure that you have hemorrhoids. Then ask about best method to remove them. Such as surgery, banding or medical m... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Usually: Depends on what you mean by gallbladder disease. But if you have stones or chronic inflammation and biliary dyskensia the best course is to have it re... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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As needed: You need to become very familiar with your colostomy and the care of it you should consult with an ostomy nurse to help you. By the pouch i suppose ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Depends on placement: Mesh can be placed laparoscopically or by open technique. Mesh removal is usually a much bigger operation. It requires alot more dissection, alot mor... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Look at gallbladder: R sided and epogastric pain can be from gallbladder disease. Have your doctor evaluate gallbladder particularly if food seems to be an inciting factor... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Ppi's safe in short : Recent studies are showing some concerns about long term ppi use. They tend to inhibit calcium and magnesium absorption. They may increase risk of cer... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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No: At 4 months your incission should be well healed. You will have experienced considerable muscle atrophy so it is important to start out slow.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Phlebitis: Sounds like phlebitis. This is a clot in a superficisl vein and is associated with pain and inflammation. Usually treated with anti inflammatories, el... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Small bowel ostruct: Small bowel obstruction can be complete in which nothing will pass into colon or partial in which liquid may get to colon. Complete obstructions usual... Read More
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A 47-year-old male asked:
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Possible seroma: If you feel there are abnormal fluid collections around the implants be sure to see your plastic surgeon. These may need to be drained but if they are... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Collapse lung: A collapsed lung can kill you very quickly if it is from a leak in the lung that doesnt seal and causes a tension pneumothorax. Alternatively a partia... Read More
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And pain: Pain above belly button on right side is often caised by gallbladder problems. Particularly if pain is related to eating. You need to be examined bu ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Depends on the cause: Chronic gastritis has many causes including the use of certain drugs(nsaids), h pylori infection, chronic stress , atrophic gstritis etc... The treatm... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Yes: Anemia is usually a late finding in colon cancer and occurs only when the tumor gets large abd ulcerates causing the bleeding. Ideally we would like t... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Seroma: A seroma is a sterile collection of fluid that fills in a wound. Sometimes they resolve on their own other times they have to be drained. Sometimes a ... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Fissure: This sounds like an anal fissure which is a split in the lining of the rectum. It is very painful and often causes bleeding. There could be other caus... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Bleeding: The most serious problem is bleeding that can be lifethreatening. This may lead to surgery to remove the spleen or repair it.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Not usually: Fissures usually cause pain and bleeding at the time of a bowel movement. The bleeding is usually mot heavy and usually does not contain clots. See yo... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Many causes: Rectal bleeding can have many causes. Given your age it is unlikely to be colorectal cancer. The best way to get a diagnosis wojld be colonoscopy. See... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Be re evaluated: You did not say what caused your collapsed lung. But whether it was trauma or spontaneous if you sneeze or cough or bear down it can make the collapse... Read More
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A 61-year-old female asked:
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Many possibilities: Its normal to be scared when an ultasound shows a possible mass and further imaging is needed. It is important to get the ct in order to help the doct... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Most anything: There has been alot of misinformation as to how diet relates to diverticulitis. Limiting certain foods such as seeds , popcorn etc used to be common b... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Not usually: If the gallbladder is inflamed enough it could cause some difficulty with bowels. You may need to have the gallbladder out but would not expect this t... Read More
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Serious infection: Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious potentially life threatening infection that causes tissue death (hence the term necrotizing) very rapidly. It is tr... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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Inflammation: Dysphagia was probably caused by inflammatory changes due to reflux. A biopsy would have shown inflammatory cells. Nexium (esomeprazole) decreases the... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Need more tests: The best test for LPR currently is an impedance test done in a gastroenterologists office. Additionaly a new saliva test which checks for a gastric en... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Could be gerd: If you had gallbladder out and have a known history of gerd it could certainly be reflux. There is a test called a bravo pH study in which a probe is ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Hepatitis: An enlarged liver with elevated ast and alt usually means some form of hepatitis. You need to have blood tests to rule out infectious hepatitis other... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Painful: The spleen lies just under the diaphragm on the left side so when it ruptures the blood gets under the diaphragm causing significant pain with each b... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
See a physician: Feeling a lump is always scary. Often times it is from a benign process. Having said that it is important to see your doctor and have the mass evaluat... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Possible gallbladder: Having pain in upper abdoen that radiates to the back or shoulders and occurrs after meals will most likely end up being gallbladder disease. This can... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Multiple diseases: This is more complex than can be answered here. The effect of alcohol on the liver can be acute causing alcoholic hepatitis to more chronic forms that... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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No: If your symptoms are manageble with diet then there is no urgency to do surgery. Your symptoms are likely to worsen over time in which case you can pr... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Asthma or gerd: These symptoms are fairly nonspecific and could be caused by muliple conditions. allergies with reactive airway disease(asthma) is a considerstion. I... Read More
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Almost immediately: The operation will provide protection from reflux immediately. However you experimce some pain with eating, feeling full, and some esophageal spasm f... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
No: Ultrasound may be used to diagnose a hernia but not hemorrhoids. Fissures, hemorrhoids, and rectal prolapse are generally diagnosed by a thorough phys... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Michael Murrayanswered
Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Get an exam: This could be hemorrhoids but commonly this is due to an anal fissure which is a tear in the lining these are very common problems so dont be ashamed ... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Breast Surgery 35 years experience
Depends on symptoms: Usually anal fissures can be treated medically. The problem is they tend to recur. If your fissure is chronic and causing alot of symptoms or prevents... Read More
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Node dissection: Lymph glands are located throughout the body and help fight infections. They also. Are the 1st place cancer tends to spread. A lymphadenectomy removes... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Coulld be serious: Fevers, abdominal distension and shortness of breath may represent a dangerous abdominal process. The shoulder pain might be from diaphragm irritation... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Pancreatitis can be severe and can also be associated with bleeding. This in combination with anemia of pregnancy could be causing your fatigue you sh... Read More
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Dr. Murray is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I was nervous because I love nut butters and nuts. This put my mind at ease. Although the ER doc did tell me the same thing, it's nice to see it somewhere else from an...Read More
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I had 3 pulmonary embolism , two only in posts partem (4 Miss 2 stillborn 1 Full term and I also bled and passed mass clotting internal and
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Thank you so much. I'm worried sick and he's reluctant to see a doctor. I really appreciate your response. Thank you again:)
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Hahnemann Medical College, PA
Graduated 1988MD
Residency
ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL
Awards
Top Doctor, Second Place, Reno, NV - Winter
2013
Most Influential, Second Place, Reno, NV - Winter
2013
Thought Leader, First Place, Reno, NV - Winter
2013
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