Dr. Sophia Yen
Pediatrics
Mountain View, CA
26 years experience female
Locations
LPCH at Stanford's Teen and Young Adult Clinic
Mountain View, CA
My office hours
Friday: Closed
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UnitedHealthcare
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About
Bio
Graduated MIT with a B.S., UC San Francisco Medical School with an MD, pediatrics residency at Children's Hospital of Oakland, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship at UC San Francisco, MPH in Maternal Child Health at UC Berkeley. Currently, am an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Adolescent Medicine Division at LPCH at Stanford Medical School. Interests are reproductive health, prevention of teenage pregnancy, obesity.
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Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
47 Answers
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Need more info: what pill did you take? birth control pill? emergency contraception pill? ulipristal acetate? or levonorgestrel?
wait for period before starting pill... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Big or little pain?: if BIG pain, go to the ER and get it checked out. Birth control does not shrink the cyst sometimes and just prevents new ones from happening...
if li... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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No.: You can test it, but it should only reflect her smoking. Not "around her."
however the main question is whether you trust your daughter to tell you t... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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You could, but...: You could get it tested, if it is positive, then you have an answer.
If it is negative, then we don't know...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cannabis_... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Yes. Plan b messes up your period.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Some people sweat: Some people sweat more than others
maybe it's just you.
See your provider and if you have excessive sweat, they can consider prescribing you drysol.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Depends: if you had your tetanus vaccine aka dT within past 9 years, you should be fine.
if you are not up to date on your vaccine, then you are probably stil... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Yes and No.: You could have a disease if the condom broke or if you didn't use the condom before any penile contact...
You could also be irritated by the spermici... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Most likely not: Full of clots, unlikely to be implantation bleeding. Spotting - more likely.
Most likely just your period.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Wouldn't hurt: It depends when you started your birth control pills. If you started birth control for the 1st time ever 2 weeks ago and you started the 3-5th day of ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Go see your provider: Depends how long you have been on all those meds.
Could be something else. Go see your provider that prescribed those meds.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Normal or bacterial: could be normal. theoretically a woman can have all sorts of vaginal discharge throughout her cycle. You may have just become more aware of it.
or co... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Ibuprofen 800 mg: You can try Ibuprofen 800 mg three times a day with food, assuming you are not on any other medications and you do not have any kidney problems.
Othe... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Very unlikely: Very unlikely for oral sex, I would think. but if you think HIV might be involved, get tested. Better safe than sorry. Were you checked for HSV (herpe... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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It's possible.: If you are not on birth control and you are having sex, then it's possible that you are pregnant.
It could also be that the UTI made your period dif... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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No. not much: No you do not have to restart the whole course
yes it will affect the outcome by slowing it down 1 week. But shouldn't affect it much.
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Possibly: Ebv spreads through bodily fluids e.g. Saliva and blood. So if you share saliva or bodily fluids with your co-worker, you could infect them and pass t... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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2 websites : To find out about obamacare and where people can sign up. Go here
https://www.Healthcare.Gov/families/
for your young person, they will be covered... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Most side effects will go away by month 3.
Just make sure you didn't miss any pills..
And spotting can also be a sign of an std. So make sure you are ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Less soap, baths, oi: Eczema sometimes responds to showering/bathing less frequently. By using strong soaps, you strip the skin of its natural oil.
Thus, you need to rep... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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See your doctor: Most likely you have pcos, affects 1 in 10 women. Treatment is birth control pills/patch/ring or iud to regulate your periods and decrease change of e... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Depends: How long has it been there. Where exactly is it?
It could be a cyst - which needs to be removed surgically.
It could be a lymph node - indicates inf... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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All std tests done?: Most likely it is a scar from an abrasion. A dermatologist or urologist who sees skin or penises respectively should be able to tell you
when you get... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Old blood, soon: Most likely it is old blood and it should stop soon.
If it doesn't stop in 3 to 5 days, go see your provider/doctor.
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A 49-year-old male asked:
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Yes it is fine.: Marlissa is just a generic form of birth control that was pretty standard for a long time. It has an older form of progesterone. Some might choose one... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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See your doctor: it would be an unusual rash to go arms to chest...
see you doctor or dermatologist.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Ignore: If you have insurance, go see your doctor. They have good stuff e.g. Tretinoin and doxycycline.
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Yes! Depo=munchies: Yes. Depo Provera can give you the munchies. If you like depo. I suggest you consider the Levonorgestrel iud aka mirena (levonorgestrel). It has the ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Very unlikely: Very unlikely that they are related, like almost zero. Can't even think how they could be related.
Sounds like you might have appendicitis or pancrea... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Lab error?: If everything else is normal, could be lab error.
Or could be the urine lags the serum. The serum might have been high and now the urine is high.
T... Read More
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A female asked:
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Could be pimples: Could be pimples, could be something else
go see your provider.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Go see a doctor: 1. Make sure you aren't pregnant!
2. Go see a doctor
most likely you have polycystic ovarian syndrome, treatment is usually birth control pills/patch/... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Exercise = good: For those with pcos, exercise often makes their periods regular e.g. Closer to every 28 days.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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No.: No. Conscious sedation has far lower risk than general anesthesia. That is why we try to go with conscious sedation instead of general anesthesia if w... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Ovulation: Sounds like you are describing cervical mucus plug coming out (pink discharge)
and egg white/stretchy is pretty classic for ovulation cervical mucus ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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NOT related.: If you are on BCP and only missed 1 pill, you didn't need to take Plan B. but better safe than sorry.
The tight throat is NOT related to the medicat... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Yes, Yaz (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) is good: Yaz (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) is the lower dose with fewer placebo pills sister of Yasmin. It has lower estrogen (so less clot risk, but no... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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EC disrupts periods: "the morning after pill" is usually levonorgestrel. The way it works is that is "scares your body" with high hormones so it won't release an egg.
Oft... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Low, depends.: How do you know there was no spillage? Condom got stuck halfway in - doesn't sound good...
Ella is a great emergency contraception method.
Depending... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Pregnant?: Could you be pregnant?
These are not symptoms usually related to Depo Provera (medroxyprogesterone) or coming off Depo-Provera provera
sounds more l... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Prescription better: If you have health insurance, then the prescription stuff is better.
Your doctor can prescribe you tretinoin
you can use over the counter benzoyl per... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Yes/no.: Depo is known to exacerbate depression in some people. If you aren't depressed but just cry, then no big deal.
But if you are depressed, consider the... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Yes.: Any time you miss your period, you could have gotten pregnant.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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STD check?: Perhaps you aren't using condoms? If so, you can get an std and that can cause a wart that can bleed during sex.
Also stds can make a part of your va... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Hormonal change: if your periods are lighter, then it could be a hormonal change.
if your periods go away, then go see an MD.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Ask your doctor: You should ask your doctor these questions. That's what you are paying for. Also, your insurance company might have a nurse question line.
For a baby... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Time will tell: well, do you feel pregnant? some women know right away.
Most women in industrialized countries do not breastfeed enough to prevent ovulation after ... Read More
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Dr. Yen is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Yen is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you. My Dr told me the same thing but I didnt understand athe ti
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank You doctor iwas really confused but your reply made me peace....
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Thanks. Does a period get lighter with age? Can diet affect flow?
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
UC San Francisco School of Medicine, CA
Graduated 1997MD
Residency
Children's Hospital Oakland
Completed 2000
Awards
Pediatric Clerkship Faculty Honor Roll, Dept of Pediatrics, Stanford Medical School
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Affiliations
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics
North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
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