Dr. Anila Khaliq
Family Medicine
Utica , NY
20 years experience female
About
Bio
Med School -Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women , Lahore , pakistan Residency - Family medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center , Brooklyn , NY. Worked as attending - Alice Hyde Medical Center , Malone NY. Currently Working as Faculty , Family Medicine Residency Program , Utica , NY.
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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.
Family Medicine
Licenses
United States: New York
Languages spoken
Punjabi
Doctor Q&A
35 Answers
343 Agrees
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A 42-year-old male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Needs to come out : It needs to come out asap. Even successive courses of antibiotics aren't good , you can use anti inflammatory ( Motrin - will help reduced inflammatio... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:

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Family Medicine 20 years experience
Only when needed: Stress test is not a screening test , its only done when recommended by a physician and is only recommended when there is something positive in cardia... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:

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Family Medicine 20 years experience
Might be infection o: The pimple & white head means you might have slight infection in your skin , if it is too painful or you are having fever , chills you might need a ph... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:

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Family Medicine 20 years experience
No: You would bruise easily if your platelet count is low than normal . If you have higher than normal white blood count , means you might have slight inf... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:

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Family Medicine 20 years experience
No: Looks like you have blood in your urine when you drink a lot of water it gets diluted and then you are unable to see the blood in the urine.If you can... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Allergic : You might be allergic to something in the candies , to sugar or to any content of the candies.
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A 20-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
No: It is not normal to get vaginal bleeding after a transvaginal usg unless they did some intervention like a usg guided biopsy. U might be having irregu... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:

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Family Medicine 20 years experience
Sebaceous cyst /acne: If it was a pimple , it would be infected and painful and red , if its not painful it might be a blocked sebaceous cyst , usually they are benign but ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Yes : But chest pain should always be investigated by a physician , breast pain can be from your monthky menstrual cycle but i would see a physician for che... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:

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Family Medicine 20 years experience
No: I dont think so but if it happens again , i would definitely check with the doctor .
I m assuming that the kid did not have any other symptoms apart ... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:

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Family Medicine 20 years experience
Lots of factors: a lot of factors can contribute to it , stress , SAD ( seasonal affective disorder ) seasons .
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A 28-year-old male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Not clear: I m not sure what your question is , I need more information to answer this question , if you are asking that can we avoid C-section for the second ba... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Ignore: Weight loss is a mind game , you train your mind to stop eating when your body feel full.
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A 37-year-old member asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Yes: Because you are on blood thinner and your blood is thin you can bruise very easily which is not a big problem, usually it becomes a problems if you ar... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Pimples between my breasts including a new one which is hard and not movable. what could cause this?

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Needs doc visit: It might be a sebaceous cyst if it is not painful , which is caused when the duct of the sebaceous gland is blocked. Occasionally it can become infect... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Deconditioning : If you are not used to running that might be a reason , but if you are used to running and recently started feeling short of breath , you might need a... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
No and yes : Your HDL is great which is 42 but your LDL should not be more than 100 ., your's is 127 , once the patient touches 130 + ( LDL ) which does not come d... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Yes: its normal and that's how it is , a lot of guys will have a huge adam's apple by the time of their puberty
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A 30-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Yes still effective : Yes if you have taken it regularly it is still effective . Not in all patients taking depo periods go away completely , although they definitely becom... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Yes: it does , because when you inspire ( take in deep breath ) your intrathoracic cavity develops negative pressure and will drop your pressure , it's the... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Ignore: Dos~always ask yourself before eating , you want to eat because you are hungry or because you want ?
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A 47-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Yes: it might be peri meopausal symptoms but the best thing is to get it checked by your GYN specially if you never had h/o irregular periods before
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A 32-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
24 hr holter monitor: There is no normal murmur to my knowledge at the age of 32 yrs , unless you are pregnant. Also it might be panic disorder , but i would do 24 hr holte... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
You can but: You will need a chest ct and a biopsy to confirm ,
shortness of breath has a very wide differential diagnosis , you should check with your physician... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
No: A yellow bruise just tells that the bruise has been there for a while , was probably blue , purple , green and then golden and now yellow , it is almo... Read More
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A male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
RLS: either it is electrolyte abnormality or restless leg syndrome , you can contact your doctor to check your potassium and magnesium levels checked , als... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Why tres orix: Why are you taking it ? It contains all vitamins , you can simply take multivitamin prescribed by your Gyn which comes in addition to the iron ( prena... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
What's indication ?: why are you using birth control ? what is the indication in your case ? if it makes you suicidal probably I would not use it but again it depends on t... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Yes a lot: you can cut down on salt , spices , seasonings, loose weight , walk every day. it will definitely contribute to lowering of your pressure.
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A 18-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Target the culprit: If you know what causes the migraines, a lot of times you can avoid the culprit , for most of the people there is specific cause which precipitates th... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Need another med : Not necessarily every medicine work for every one . You might need a change of medicine , so please see a physician , you also might need a vaginal sm... Read More
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A male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
See your physician: Hep c causing liver cirrohsis can cause inr to go up because of liver not being able to produced enough coagulation factors. Not sure why you are on a... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
No: Stopping of these two pills wont cause hyperthyroidism but these pills should not be stopped without a physician's recommendation .
Also if you are ... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:

Dr. Anila Khaliqanswered
Family Medicine 20 years experience
Newborns only drink: New borns are only expected to drink milk , eating starts at the age of 4-5 months when table foods are introduced. If they are not eating well and ha... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:

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Family Medicine 20 years experience
Not recommended: after some search i came to a conclusion that though it carries great value in Asian medicine but still we don't have enough researches to prove its e... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Khaliq is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Khaliq is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! I did others check ups, but still bleeding and I don't want to go back to the same Dr that did the procedure it reminds me of everything :(
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you for your time! I will be sure to do this! :)
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you very much! I appreciate your quick reply!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Medical or Grad School
Graduated 2003MD
Medical/Graduate school
Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women, Pakistan
Graduated 2003MD
Residency
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Awards
Top Doctor, First Place, Elmira Region, NY - Summer
2013
Most Influential, First Place, Elmira Region, NY - Summer
2013
Thought Leader, First Place, Elmira Region, NY - Summer
2013
Affiliations
St Elizabeth medical center
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