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Specialist in cardiovascular diseases with an office-based practice. I have particular interest in electrophysiology, heart failure, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and preventive cardiology. I am interested in the relationship between socio-economic and psychological factors in disease.
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Cardiology
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Hindi
Doctor Q&A
39 Answers
9 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Yes.: And you won't live as long as someone who is active.
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Poor prognosis. : He should let you talk to md. The family should be involved in his care. His prognosis is poor. I don't have a crystal ball but he will not live a nor... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
See a doctor.: In order to determine what is going on you need to see a doctor who can do an electrocardiogram and whatever other tests are required to determine wha... Read More
31 viewsReviewed Nov 01, 2020
A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Vasodilatation: When you take a hot bath or shower your blood vessels open up. When you stand up after the bath, the blood rushes into all these open blood vessels ju... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Carbonated beverage.: An air bubble formed in your esophagus causing pain and precipitated a vagal reaction, slowing your heart and dropping your pressure. You should be ev... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Dec carbs, exercise: Not knowing your family or medical history, the short answer is you need to exercise more and change your diet. You need a low carbohydrate diet. Stay... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
See a doctor: May be poor conditioning but you need to be evaluated with monitoring and exercise testing. Start with an internist who may refer you to a cardiologis... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Get an ekg : If your heart is truly beating fast then you need to get an ekg to find out what the rhythm is. I suggest you go to your local emergency room or urgen... Read More
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A 72-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Aortic Stenosis: With or without anemia aortic stenosis is bad and if it is truly symptomatic should be treated. Anemia should be evaluated. If your usual level of exe... Read More
610 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 92-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Depends: What tests have already been done? Check cbc, cmp, b12, tsh, ekg, vitamin d, maybe bone density. Most important is a careful history and thorough phys... Read More
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A 92-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Unusual.: This is a pretty low dose of lisinopril. Something else is going on. Any other meds?
What is the usual variation in your bp? You need to monitor you... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Ask cardiologist!: Too complicated to answer without knowing why the valve was replaced, what is the condition of your heart, what meds you are on, how old you are, etc.... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
NEED MONITORING: Palpitations can be a benign effect of poor conditioning or panic/anxiety, worsened by caffeine and other stimulants. They can also be due to an abnor... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
See a specialist: You almost certaily tore some ligaments and maybe even suffered a hairline fracture. It is probably too late to do anything about the original injury ... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Nervous going in.: Maybe you were anxious going in and relaxed when it was over. Otherwise i would have to know your heart rate and blood pressure at baseline and after ... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Aerobic low calories: Aerobic exercise (cardio) at least every other day.
Eat fruits and vegetables. Avoid saturated fats and simple carbohydrates with high glycemic inde... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Rheumatic Fever: If the cardiac manifestation of RF was myocarditis, it would show up. Depending how bad and whether valve(s) were affected, too, heart failure could r... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Gerd treatment: Chest pain due to acid needs to be treated in many ways. Your eating habits need to be addressed: how much you eat, when you eat, what you eat. There ... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
See a doctor: These symptoms are relatively nonspecific and could be due to lots of things, benign or serious. You need to see an internist.
5.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Many reasons!: You need to see a doctor because the number of diagnoses that could explain what you are feeling is numerous. I am pretty sure it is not your heart. S... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Subjective Palps: Palpitations just means you are aware of your heart beat. It does not necessarily mean anything is wrong. In fact a good number of Holters are normal ... Read More
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A 60-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Yes: If you reach your target quickly it means you are not conditioned. You need to exercise more and build up your endurance. Marathon runners never reach... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
See a cardiologist.: The EKG needs to be read and evaluated in context by an expert. It would be very very very unusual for a woman your age to have true ischemia on a res... Read More
592 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
See a doctor: These are very nonspecific symptoms. They do not necessarily point to any particular disease(s), they may not point to any organic pathology. You need... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Many things. : Salt intake is number one. Pain. Activity. Hormonal disturbances. Emotional issues.
Monitor your BP for a while, keep a record, remember the circums... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
SEE YOUR DOCTOR: Doubt that it is cardiac pain. There are a lot of structures in the chest. You might have asthma or esophageal reflux or musculo-skeletal pain. You mi... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Unlikely. Any fever?: These are nonspecific symptoms that could be the result of many different causes. Keep yourself well-hydrated, eat properly, stay warm in the cold wea... Read More
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A 58-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
That is normal: Normal ef, ejection fraction, is when 50-55% or more of the blood in the left ventricle, the chamber that pumps the blood throughout the body (the rig... Read More
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Probably.: I need to know why he is having the dc cardioversion. Why are they waiting a month? What medications is he on? Presumably, if they are waiting a month... Read More
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A 67-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
STOP IT: Toprol, brand metoprolol, is one of the medications with a long half-life that wean themselves. Unless you are on an unusually high dose, over 200mg ... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Exercise. low salt: Also rest and relaxation and a stress-free environment. If all this does not work or is not achievable, you will probably need medication(s). There ar... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Not related. : Did this behavioral problem start when she started taking meds or when she found out she had high bp? Is she perimenopausal? I doubt that her behavior... Read More
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A 48-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Subjective?: If this is really happening then you may have some degree of sleep apnea. You need to get a cardiac monitor while asleep. A mobile cardiac outpatient ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Safe but not healthy: Low carb is good especially low refined carbs but high fat is not good especially animal fats. Beware of foods that come from animals that walk on 4 l... Read More
610 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Atenolol vs Metoprol: Metoprolol may be better but the real question is what are the PVC's due to. Metoprolol in low doses probably won't lower your BP much but only time w... Read More
610 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 69-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Yes.: As with any medication it should be prescribed by a physician who knows your medical history and what your conditions are and what other medications y... Read More
31 viewsReviewed Nov 01, 2020
A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Ignore: Don't worry about it unless you have myxomatous degeneration with mitral regurgitation.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Just about any drug can cause itching or pruritus. The best way to see if the metoprolol is doing this to you is to stop it and see what happens.
Reviewed Sep 30, 2021
A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeremiah Gellesanswered
Cardiology 56 years experience
Not abnormal: This is not an abnormal heart rate. When you say at night I assume you mean when you lie down to go to sleep. I suspect it is related to psychological... Read More
3.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Sep 17, 2013
Gives great answers!
very intelligent and caring.
Highly recommend.
Aug 22, 2013
Knowledegeable and caring answers
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Gelles is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This saved my life. Thank you. Dr. Gelles, the depression on metoprolol has been debilitating. I cannot continue on this medication. Thank you for this information.
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The medicine name is Amlod-At.she has been taking the medicine since 4-5 years twice a day.she frequently get highly tensed too.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Yes,need to exercise more walking in mall. It is too HOT in the south.
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