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Gary sterba md pa
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Graduated at Universidad central de Venezuela
Did Internal medicine and rheumatology trainning at state University of New York . Post doctoral Fellowship od the arthrtis foundation . Asisstant professor in medicine at State University . Practiced Rheumatology and internal Meidcine for many 7years in Caracas Venezuela . Rheumatology practice now in Plantation aventura with ARDS.
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Rheumatology
internal Medicine
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gary Sterbaanswered
Rheumatology 49 years experience
Don t think so: Complement is an acute phase reactantant , having high complement levels only means there is a reaction , probably inflammatory . If the diagnosis is ... Read More
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Evaluation: A detailed history and physical , and depending on this you may get addicional lab work , routine or specialized acording to what is the suspected dia... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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There : There are some issues about Nitric Oxide in the tissues, and Nitric Oxide deficient experimental animal and the efects of indometacin or the inhibicio... Read More
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Fibromyalgia : Fibromyalgia is not an easy disease to treat , and is not as if you take one and the other and the other and none work. It is a more complicated deal ... Read More
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, : , obviously the cramp and the stiff knee is after the fall, if there is swelling , you should have an orthopedic surgeon evaluate , if there is blood ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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The : The treatment of rheumatic diseases is somewhat, a little more , complex. Rheumatic diseases, and lupus specially needs atention and desicions related... Read More
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A 58-year-old male asked:
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You : You have to see a rheumatologist and he has to review your x rays and give advice on wath to do ! if you have severe disease or compromise of your hip... Read More
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A member asked:
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Not : Not all pills are the same and not all individuals are the same . The effect of a medication in an individual has to do with many factors that we call... Read More
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A female asked:
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Rheumatoid : Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease that requires certain criteria for it s diagnosis . We automatically think that if a test for a disease is positive ... Read More
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With : With all the information in internet , you could find information in many places , medscape is a good source http://emedicine.Medscape.Com/article/119... Read More
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I : I imagine that by saying that you have not healed you mean you have pain or some disability . First you need to see the orthopedic surgeon to make sur... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Rheumatoid : Rheumatoid arthrtis is a disease that has to full fill a number of criteria to be diagnosed and even then it may be difficult to diagnose , you can se... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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You : You obviously , for what you describe, have a number of dietary limitations , but there is no limitation as far as the osteoarthrtis is concerned . Os... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Raynauds: Most people with raynauds do not end up with scleroderma . You need an evaluation and you need to fullfill the criteria . If only raynauds and a posit... Read More
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You : You should visit an ortho or a sport medicine dr , you could have a sprain muscle or tendon, or torn and you may need to inmovilize the ankle or you m... Read More
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5t : 5t s important for a pain of this kind to know your age , different diseases affect at diffrent ages and many facts have to be taken in consideration ... Read More
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The : The criteria for fibromyalgia requiere you to have three month of symptoms , so before we discuss if its going to be life time , we need to meet the c... Read More
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Rheumatologists : Rheumatologists are drs that specialize in all types of arthrtis. The pitting of the nail is found in psoriasis, and if that corresponds to a diagnosi... Read More
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If : If you have crohn disease and there is arthrtis as you describe it and with thiose abnormalities on the MRI . You have most probaly , the arthrtis ass... Read More
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Obviously : Obviously you are very limited with what you write. You have to be evaluated by a rheumatologist and there are ways that you cam benefit from some med... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gary Sterbaanswered
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Yes : If your joints hurt , if is more that six weeks and you have inflammation , redness , stiffnes or increase in size then you need to see a rheumatolog... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
This : This is a very limited question , in terms of information
many things ought to be cosidered. The first is , if you have swelling , why? Swelling in th... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Criteria needed: To make the dinosis of lupus , one uses criteria to help out , in making a clinical diagnosis . If blood work and ct are normal is difficult to do an ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Lipitor (atorvastatin) : Lipitor (atorvastatin) is an anti inflamatory medications , besides been a colestherol lowering drug . One of the side effect is related to muscle ack... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
No ! : Random knee pain or muscle aches are not features of herpes infection.
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The : The name of the acid is uric acid and the name of the disease is gout . The arthrtis of gout is a recurrent arthrtis that has episodes that might las... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
No : I don t know if there a herbal medicine that does that , although that there are many that claim that do it.
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Endocrinologis: If TSH is high and gland is enlarge, your doctor might want to give you treatment , with thyroid hoimone to normalize the TSH and reduce the size of ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Not clear : You may havespondylolisthesis , but is it symptomatic , does it limit you in any way . If there aree no symptoms, it has toi be followed and treated ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Investigate : Not a usual cause for peripheral neuropathy at 32 years of age , you need a good work up to find out the cause or to define that the cause is not detm... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
I don t think: There is no dierect correlatiomn on what that medicattin does and the pains of arthritis . Don t forget that the placebo effect can be as high as 30 p... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Joints are painfull: The pain in juvenile arthritis are usually in the joints , with fever , general malaise and depending on the type , it will have other caractheristic ... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Basic research: There are many people working on channelopathies . It is a way to separrate problems by what is though is the mechanism of action of their disease . D... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Not sure : I was not aware of any and i look it up . I found some personal descriptions and several articles on stones precipitated by the use of Ceftriaxone , a... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gary Sterbaanswered
Rheumatology 49 years experience
Like other: Medicine has been changing and due to many factors it appears that evaluations by different specialties might have different parts . Rhaumatology is a... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
No: There is no real relation, although one can argue that hormones might be involved, age , reduce activityband these factors might interact , but they a... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
I : I do not know your age or if you have any concomitant illness. If you have degerative changes this might be anought to give you pain . You should try... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
No !: Having kidney problems or chronic kidney disease will not lead to rheumatoid arthrtis . Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune inflammatory disease wit... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Uau: I am not sure what you are refering to ! there are many diseases that affect a part of the body or an area of the body . So you can have a patient wit... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Folis acid: Leucovirin of Folic Acid are the two ways to reduce the effects of Methotrexate . Unless you are talking about nausea , , general malaise etc then med... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Yo need treatment: You need serious dedication for good therapy . Biofeedbsck, cognitive therapy, may be medications . You have to find the right therapist and look for ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Ophtalmologist: If your eye is affected , has to be evaluated by the ophtalmologist to define what is the problem , a dry eye, a scleritis or other problems. He will ... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Well : Well , as you put it di difficult to give you a solid opinion. Thing to be considered is age, gender, weight and a full of other issues . A rheumatol... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
No , is not : The first to deal with stiff joint and arthritic pains will be the family poracticiones, the generalist , the internal medicine doctor .
The rheumato... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:
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One : One of the ways to get correct information from a computer is to have the correct ( input) information in the computer. In medicine is the same , you ... Read More
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
The : The most frequent cause for dry eyes has to do with the enviroment . When mouth or other mucosa are effected the problem might be systemic . The diagn... Read More
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Ok : Ok you have lupus ! if all the criteria for lupus are meet, your diagnosis is there and you are right . Your doctors might want to have a biopsy for o... Read More
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
The : The substances that mediate in part the information for fibromyalgia , are similar o the same as the ones that mediated depression, hence the use of t... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
The : The best choice is to consult a rheumatologist, a triad of red eyes, urethral discharge(from your penis, the uretra is the duct) and arthritis is desc... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:
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Rheumatology 49 years experience
Psoriasis : Psoriasis is acompanied in a number of patient by arthritis, and is a inflammatory condition of the joints that could be of five varieties. Fibromyalg... Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you Dr, I was confused because some people said that they felt energetic and active when they took MSM in hypothyroidism. But you made it clear thanks.
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you! It just seemed connected since I never had issue with neck pain until beginning amphetamine medication!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you for your response. I've been working with a psychiatrist and need to find a good therapist.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Central University of Venezuela Faculty of Medicine
Graduated 1974MD
Residency
Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus
Awards
Research awards, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Top Rheumatologist , First Place, Florida - Winter
2013
Top Rheumatologist , First Place, Florida - Summer
2013
Affiliations
American College of Physicians
American College of Rheumatology
American College of Rheumatology, Pediatric Rheumatology Special Committee
Publications
Tacrolimus in a patient with vitiligo
Rituximab is safe and effective in patients with rheumatic diseases
Macrophage activation syndrome in nine patients. Three adults and six children
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