Dr. Haresh Sawlani
Internal Medicine
Chicago , IL
30 years experience male
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Central primary care
Chicago , IL
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Wednesday: 10am - 1:00pm
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Internal Medicine
Languages spoken
Hindi
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29 Answers
5 Agrees
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Spine: Multiple reasons, needs to be checked out, etiology could range from muscle spasm to bulging disk to pinched nerve .It needs to be examined.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
No: Metronidazole will not cover gram positive bacteria, such as staph, it covers only anaerobic bacteria.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Vasculitis: It all depends upon the nature and etiology of vasculitis, steroids and steroids sparing meds are commonly used . It's best handled under the care of... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Poor: Too many risk factors against
renal failure
uncontrolled bp
uncontrolled sugar
age
probably malnourished.
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Cough: Differential diagnosis would include, allergy, also asthma variant cough could present as dry cough. If a patient is on certain meds like vasotec (ena... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A member asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Cyst: Get it checked out bu your pcp , probably it is a ganglion cyst which is benign, but it needs to be checked out.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Neuropathy: Could be both, needs to be checked out.
Work up will include labs, clinical exam, emg/ ncv.
5.4k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Diet: Most of the time hard stools indicate lack of fiber in diet, best treatment is to make sure that one eats more fruit / vegetables and plenty of water... Read More
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A 67-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Hypertension: Longer one waits to control bp, more difficult it becomes to control it down the line. It's always advisable to take blood pressure meds on a regular ... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Palpitations: By vibrating, you probably mean sudden onset of rapid heart rate which starts and stops suddenly, it can cause shortness of breath and cough, it shoul... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Wt: Your bmi is 29, should be < 25, that means your wt should be around 130 lb.
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A member asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Breast mass: See your pcp / gyn md asap and get a mammogram and or ultrasound . Differential diagnosis includes benign cyst to tumor. It's best to be examined by ... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Chromosomal: Differential is very wide ranging from genetic abnormality to family history to medication effect , drug / alcohol history, moms medical history , idi... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Exam: All the way starting from history taking to examining the patient, if needed electrocardiograph , labs, imaging studies like echo, stress test, ct sca... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Impotence: It could be one of the cause, other etiology need to be ruled out, example- low testosterone , anxiety, vascular etc.
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Leukopenia: Multiple reasons varying from viral process to something serious, needs to be checked out by hematologist asap.
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Sugar: Probably related to starving, need to eat regularly , next time check your sugar when you have headache or eat something, if the headache still persis... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A member asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Prophylaxis : Mosquito repellents, prophylactic meds are very important, please make appt with your pcp to get prescription for meds like lariam, malarone, (atovaqu... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Uti: One is assuming that you have recurring urine infection, Macrobid usually works, other options may include Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim)... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Htn: Diastolic BP is borderline high @ 90, should be around 80, modify your diet, avoid salt, fried food, exercise, if this does not bring down the bp, opt... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Hypotension?: Differential diagnosis would be blood pressure drop on standing resulting in passing out or seizures. Either way needs workup to r/o cardiac , neuro c... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Trauma: Get it checked out, in the meantime, ice, meds like Motrin to help with swelling and inflammation and x-ray to rule out fracture and visit to your md ... Read More
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Weight: Get your thyroid blood test to make sure you do not have hyperthyroidism.
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Asthma: Allergies can trigger asthma / shortness of breath.
Please see an allergy specialist for appropriate. Test and treatment.
5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A member asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Location of pain: Best test for kidney stone is cat scan and for uterus fibroids - ultrasound .
Also sometimes if one has kidney stone, urine test may show calcium cry... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 58-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Mitral valve / chf: Please see your cardiologist. / pcp and get it checked out . Differential diagnosis would include mitral valve problem , heart muscle weakness, decond... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: Wear it the right way, make sure it's a good quality condom.
5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Haresh Sawlanianswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Fallopian tube: Laparoscopy or hysterosalphingiogram ( imaging).
5.4k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Sawlani is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Sawlani is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! That is the second dr I have seen. Other one said maybe a cold or mono
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Thanks. Most of the doctors say it is OK to have 130/90 after 40 years. This is confusing...
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Thanks for your quick reply! was not to helpfull with my symptons
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Topiwala National Medical College
Graduated 1992MD
Residency
Westlake Hospital
Residency
Grant Medical Center
Affiliations
Chicago Medical Society
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