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I graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in new Delhi India, which is the preeminent medical institution in the country. After graduation I completed my Orthopedic training from National Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital in Virgina. I was in private practice in Maryland form 1982 till 2003 and moved to Eastern Maine Medical center in Bangor Maine in 2003 and am currently Orthopedic Trauma Surgeon.
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Orthopedic Surgery
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English, Hindi
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Get checked: It is unusual to get pain in both hips in some one of your age if you over did it then it generally is on one side occasionally some inflammation of t... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Muscle pain: Sounds like muscle pain in neck shoulder upper back coughing overhead work heavy lifting all can aggravate the pain try heating pad hot shower neck ex... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Too many reasons: There are too many causes of shoulder pain such as infection injury rotator cuff tear bursitis arthritis impingement syndrome pinched nerve in neck fi... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Yes: Pulled muscles in the chest wall are connected to the muscles in abdomen and upper back so it not unusual to get pain in other areas of upper back a... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Good Primary Care : You need a good primary care physician who can do a complete and thorough evaluation of all your symptoms and order appropriate work up to get the c... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Unlikely : If you fall hard it is possible to break the femur close to the hip prosthesis, especially in older patients. Generally one does not break the plastic... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Front of Knee : Usually knee joint is injected from the lateral or medial side of the knee cap, just at top of the knee cap, so medicine goes underneath the knee cap ... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
2-3 months: It generally takes 2-3 months to recover. Of course the first 2 weeks are the worst then it slowly starts to improve and gets better. Good luck.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Wait to see : Sounds like you have some irritation of one of the nerves in the arm due to pressure Most of the times feeling returns and swelling goes away after a... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Uncertain: Probable concussion means you may havesome signs of concusion but your doctor is not completely satisfied that indeed you had an event that you had co... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Difficult to tell: Generally nerve pain is severe burning pain in the leg or area of the involved nerve, muscle pain is like a cramp or charlie horse but in reality it i... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Need to be examined: Local wound edema should resolve in couple of weeks and your swelling of the scrotum is increasing hydrocele is fluid build up in the scrotum any w... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Avoid strenuous acts: In microdiscsctomy surgery they take out the portion of the disc that ruptured and came out of place to cause pressure over the nerve/ right s1 nerve ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Herniated LumbarDisc: Severity of your symptoms point ot nerve irritation and the MRI scan wil help with diagnosis good luck.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
No: Treatment for acute onset of gout in adult is 1.2 mg ( 2 tab) to start and then repeat .6 mg (1tab)1 hour later if necessary. So maximum daily dose i... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Pulled muscle: If you are not used to walking regularly and specially if you are overweight, half mile walk can result in strain and spasm in the oblique muscle that... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Yes better be safe: Never hurts to be safe get it checked it may turn out to be nothing but you will get peace of mind knowing every tthing is fine.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Heavy lifting: You can start gentle exercises hot showers swimming but avoid heavy lifting overhead work and prolonged driving more that 1 hour at a time. As you sta... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Unlikely: It is extremely difficult to loose fat from a localized area of body by excercising. By following regular exercise and healthy diet it is possible to... Read More
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A 75-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Change your diet: You can start by changing you diet, high fat spicy food tend to make your symptoms worse. Limit alcohol smoking, excercise regularly, loose weight an... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Yes: Yes shoveling snow can definitely cause strain of the back as well as abdominal muscles .It can be strenuous especially if it the heavy wet type. Usu... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Not enough info: You did not say if you hurt yourself or had an injury and how long it has been bothering you also if you have difficulty breathing or not lot of time... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Incontinence: Urinary incontinence can be because of pressure on your nerves in the lower back because of herniated disc , but you can also have stress incontinenc... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Problems with bones: Mri is a very advanced test and it gives structural information about the muscles bones and tendons as well as joints. Any problem from infection, fr... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
It depends: After total knee surgery, due to the stress of surgery an blood loss it is not unusual to have changes in the menstrual cycle both frequency and durat... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Unlikely: Kyphosis usually does not cause numbness in leg unless it is extremely severe more often some. Irritation of the sciatic nerve or disc problem can lea... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Yes: Unless you have high fever, chills and feel weak or feel like passing out you will be fine if you are under treatment for the sinusitis to go figure ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Could be muscle : Sounds like it is muscle related pain if it just started you can try heating pad and rest to see of it clears up then try running again if however the... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Not enough info: There are many causes of tingling in feet. It is generally due to nerve irritation of some kind. If this is first time you are having this issue it co... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
About 6 - 8 weeks: It generally takes about 6 to eight week before letting patient walk on operated ankle Depending on the follow up XRays You will need to do exercis... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
No: Coumadin (warfarin) is not known to cause heart burn but any medication that you take by mouth has potential to cause nausea.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
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See your doctor: Please contact your doctor and make an appointment soon to get yoursel checked. He mau order a mammogram or other necessary test.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Yes: Generally lower back injury causes pain in back going down one or both of leg. But it is possible to injure the abdominal muscles especially if you ha... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Usually not: Strep rash is generally painpul and itching is not predominant complaint i strep throat lesions.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Systemic disease: It means there is swelling and pain involving several joint all over the body. It indicates a systemic process generally involving your immune system ... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Could be: Yes you need to be evaluated please see you primary care doctor , this could be serious.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
NO: Coccyx is the tail bone and it is located at the bottom end of spine not in the middle.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
May be pneumothorax: Spotaneous pneumothorax is when one has a small bulla in the lung that ruptures causing leak of air from lungs in chest cavity and evetually leading t... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Due to coughing: Pneumoia usually causes feve, r chills, difficulty breathing, shortness of breatth, and soreness in chest is related to constant coughing and related ... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Kidney related?: Do you have any burning when you pass urine? Any fever or chills if so it could be kidney related, if you did any thing exremely strenuous, it is pos... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Yes: Again it depends upon location of the cartilage defect the size, single or multiple , duration since injury, severity of pain and other factors. Not ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Not enough info: Without knowing your detaisl like age duration etc it hard to say but thyroid nodule is felt in the neck above your breast bone and majority of times ... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Get it checked : You say chronic hip pain by that i take it has been hurting you for more than a month. If so you need to get a x-ray to make sure you do not have seri... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Unlikely: No sinusitisis is unlikey to cause arm pain.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Exam and Diagnosis: Orthopedic surgeons are experts in treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. You can expect a discussion about you problem, physical examination and dia... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
90- 153: Remember it is just a target heart rate to get to during exercise, and not a number to get fixated to as you can see this is quite a wide range maxim... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Unusual: It is unusual to loose this much weight after shoulder surgery unless you lost lot of blood in the surgery. Some of the pain medication and even the i... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Tendinitis/Bursitis: There are many reasons to get pain in hip while lying on you side but most common that i see id tendinitis/bursitis of hip, infection , back roblems c... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
It is possible: But unusual, how do you know if it is stress fracture. Did you get x-rays or not. You should contact the pediatrician to make sure there are no other ... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rajendra Tripathianswered
Orthopedic Surgery 47 years experience
Most likely: Shoveling snow can be pretty tough especially the heavy wet kind and one can get pain because of the tired muscles and tendons that usually will resol... Read More
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Apr 7, 2015
Great doctor. Consistently gives thoughtful, insightful and expert advice.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Tripathi is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Tripathi is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I'm going to see our family Dr. this next Tues.! Thank you so much! :)
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! thanks. I was only worried because it is my 1st sports related injury
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I am 110 and try to eat well..still no relief. Thanks for you answer
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Graduated 1975MD
Medical/Graduate school
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Graduated 1976MD
Residency
National Orthopaedic and Rehabilitaion Hospital Arlington VA
Completed 1982
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