Dr. Angela Walker
Addiction Medicine
Collegeville, PA
44 years experience female
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Having pursued an MPH form Columbia University School of Public Health in Epidemiology, I joined the Centers for Disease Control and conducted research on tuberculosis. I have published in several journals. I did a brief stint in the ANG and was the deputy state surgeon for Delaware.
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Addiction Medicine
Internal Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Public Health
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United States: Pennsylvania
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Acne and Water: It is recommended that persons drink 6 to 8 glasses of water per day. There is no special recommendation for persons with acne. However, if you are pr... Read More
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Canker sores: Canker sores are not herpes. Canker sores are not considered sexually transmitted disease.
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Black Flecks & Mucus: Coughing up black flecks is not a normal condition. It reminds me of black lung disease that is typically found in coal miners. Florida does not have... Read More
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Arm Pain: Pain going up your right and left arms that is intermittent. Are you an athlete. What kind of work do you do. Although i can not give medication advic... Read More
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Pain in Belly: Hard to tell what it is. Did you have any trauma? You can take over the counter pain medications, but if it continues i would get it checked out with... Read More
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Bump: If a bump under a bruise is painful or getting larger i would get it checked out.
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Behavior Sex Problem: I would start with you personal primary care physician. He will do several basic and even specialized test before starting any medications. It could b... Read More
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Pinched Nerves: Swollen lymph nodes in the arm pit is a concern for a physician. It is possible there are two different pathologies or conditions going on here. From ... Read More
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Sex and Ovaries: The most common cause of pain in the ovaries is mittleschmerz. This is a condition that occurs around 14 days before the beginning of your next period... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Side Effects: Nothing is wrong with you. You may be having a side effect of the lamictal. See the doctor who prescribed it.
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CPR for Babies: You should look into a course for this. The american heart association has information on line. However, if it is happening to you now, call 911 and t... Read More
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Kidneys In Diabetes: Albuminuria is present when the urine Albumin creatinine ratio (uacr) is greater than 30 mg/g. This result is borderline.
Albumin in the urine is use... Read More
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No.: One knows when one has been infected with hepatitis a, b or c (once known as non a non b) because initially there are the antigens and well as antibod... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Light Period: This seems not to be a typical period for you. If you are sexually active, i would get this checked out for pregnancy and infection. If you are not se... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Vaginal Sonogram: This result should be discussed with your doctor who ordered the sono. He or she would have spoken with the radiologist who did the sono and get an un... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Insomnia: Insomnia in a young person is complex. Sleep is affected by many things such as the use of caffeine, drugs such as Adderall (dextroamphetamine and rac... Read More
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Immune booster: No there no vaccines that can prevent all infections. No drinking cranberry soda would not help.
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Pregnancy/Good Vibes: Usually when there is abdominal symptoms, even unusual ones like vibrations a doctor would think...Could this be pregnancy? The doctor would want to k... Read More
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Lactaid and Lactose : It is possible your what you think is lactos intolerance is not just that. You may have lactose intolerance, but your doctor can do a simple test to c... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Age and weight: The average weight for a particular height depends on the frame or build of the person. There are several standards for weights. For a small frame, av... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Withdrawal: In order to prevent or diminish symptoms of withdrawal attributed to butalbital which is found in fioricet, (acetaminophen butalbital and caffeine) a ... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Soda and red lips: If you think it is due to soda, stop for awhile; perhaps a week and see what happens.
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Anxiety: Having a support system or group as well as talking with a psychotherapist might help with anxiety. There are behavioral techniques such as dialect be... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Belly Fat: Belly fat is normal. However, if you are concerned, check your diet for the type of fat you are eating. Saturated fats especially from meat will give ... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Antibodies: Your antibodies, like so many other naturally occuring chemicals in the body are affected with smoking. That is why tobacco is a poison to the body a... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Headaches Twitches: Headaches, twitches of muscles and pins and needles sensations make me think of something neurological including seizures. There are different types. ... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Zoonotics: There is a difference between being infected and being diseased. An infection means there is a "bug" that lives in the host (you) but does not necessa... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Fear of Pelvic Exams: Perhaps this doctor does not have the experience at this time to do the pelvic exam. But a pelvic exam is needed to check for disease such as cervical... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Autism : It would be best to limit him to this exposure. You can remove him from or keep him from the areas where this is likely to occur or ask others to refr... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Acne: I suppose you are being treated for acne. I would speak with your provider and see if he agrees with using a topical preparation in addition to the an... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Loose stools and gas: This obviously seems to have happened suddenly. When to take him to the doctor depends on your comfort level of self treating with over the counter re... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Bowel Obstruction: You will not pass gas with a complete bowel obstruction. You may pass gas with a partial one. Since you gave not had a bmw in so long, get this checke... Read More
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Slugs and infections: Very rarely. I once bit into an apple that had worms in it. The nurse declared well we know that the apple does not have any pesticides!
however, if... Read More
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GI Absorption of BCP: You did not indicate the brand of your birth control pills or the kind of food eaten.
Birth control pills are readily absorbed in the GI tract (gast... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Back Pain: You may be able to treat it with over the counter medication, otherwise see your provider who might recommend physical therapy.
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Medical information: If you are not satisfied with the care there, either call your own doctor and schedule an immediate follow up or return to the er and ask to be seen a... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Blood Spotting: Young women can have abnormal periods for all sorts of reasons, most typically of concern to doctors is because of pregnancy. Other causes include eat... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Flushing & Allergies: Facial flushing and feeling hot could be due to stress, medications or other substances. It could even be due to weather or environmental exposures an... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Hypokalemia: Doctors are concerned when a patient develops nephropathy and has associated fluid and electrolyte imbalances such as hypokalemia. The hypokalemia is ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Black Sputum: If all the basic tests are normal, i would now see a pulmonary specialist. Do you smoke? Do you live in coal mining town?
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Sex and Staph: It is important to know where the staph infection was and what antibiotics were used to treat this before it can be determined what might be causing y... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Spotting : If your periods are unusual with spotting and light bleeding between, you should think about pregnancy anyway. Please see your provider.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Sex and Ovaries: The most common cause of pain in the ovaries is mittleschmerz. This is a condition that occur at the end of the last period and before the beginning ... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Inner Ear/Sensations: Warm sensations with spasms do not suggest to me a simple inner ear problem unless it is associated with dizziness and ringing in the ear. I would hav... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Head and stomach: Upper abdominal pain could be anything including something in the gall bladder, the pancreas the GI tract. Pain in the head that is not related to hea... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Vaginal discharge: A yellow discharge could be a vaginal infection.
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Pelvic Exams and Age: There is no recommended age to stop pelvic exams, because if you have a uterus and ovaries, you can have problems at any age even if you had a hystere... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Condoms : If the pregnancy test is positive, she is pregnant. A woman can have vaginal bleeding that looks like a period even when pregnant. Do another pregnanc... Read More
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Addiction Medicine 44 years experience
Stimulate Contract: Caffeine is a substance found in coffee and tea and now in various drinks or supplements. Caffeine is a stimulant, meaning it causes certain organs of... Read More
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Ignore: Don't smoke while you are using the nicotine patch. It defeats the purpose of quitting.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Walker is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Walker is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Oct 15, 2016
Great advice
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! thank you so much I'm in the middle of menopause I think I've addressed this with several doctors accept the one you said thank you
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you, guess my question was not specific enough, what is success rate for surgery, recovery time & chance of recovery? First time user.
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Thanks for your quick reply! Im DEFINETELY NOT PREGNANT! Ive never ever had sex never even kissed with boys! This has happened once b4 but food helped completely not now
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, TN
Graduated 1979MD
Awards
National Health Service Corp Scholarship
HealthTap Founding Doctor
Affiliations
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine;
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Publications
A Prospective Study of the Risk of Tuberculosis Among Intravenous Drug Users and HIV Infection
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