Dr. Varadarajan Subbiah
Internal Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
17 years experience male
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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.
Internal Medicine
Languages spoken
Tamil
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42 Answers
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Up to 1 year: Nicotine can stay in your system for upto 72 hours. The byproducts of nicotine can stay in your system for upto 3 weeks. Nicotine can be found in yo... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Casting: Closed reduction is the term given to realigning bones. At times, our extremeties may come out of the sockets or break altoghether.
Closed reducti... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Good medication: This is a good combination for hypertension. But you are only 25 years old, you may want to talk to a primary doctor to see whether or not you truly ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Keep moving: The best way to prevent bed sores is to keep moving. Ideally the patient should be repositioned every 2 hours so that no one part of the body remains... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Many reasons: A stroke maybe cause by many reasons. I'm assuming this wasn't a hemorrhagic stroke because that would be easily seen on ct scan. Every stroke pt ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
140/90: Pre-hypertension is any blood pressure less than or equal to 140/80.
Stage i represents a systolic blood pressure (top number) greater than 140 or ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Preventing motion: Immobilization is the process of applying a splint, brace, or cast to prevent movement of a part of the body. This is done to help with the healing p... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Maybe: It depends on if your blodo pressure was greater than 140/90 before you started the fosinopril.
If your doctor prescribed it, i would not discont... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
7-24 days: An nj or naso-jejunal tube can be left in place anywhere from 7-24 days. More or less frequent tube changes can result in nose bleeds, nasal erosion,... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: You can take the medication twice a day if necessary. You should also be evaluated by a GI specialist to see if you have a bacteria called h. Pylori ... Read More
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A 62-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
COPD Exacerbation: The term for an acute worsening of COPD symptoms.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Low probability: Respiratory / oral secretions may contain flu and or cold viruses, meningitis, diptheria, or pertusussis. If the amount of time you spent with this s... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Sugars : Your blood sugar depends on the carbs you eat (sweets, pasta, bread, etc). A normal person without diabetes, will have no trouble clearing the sugar ... Read More
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A 50-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Many reasons: Reason can be ardiac, gastrointestinal, or musculoskeletal.
If with your chest pain, you have shortness of breat, nausea, vomiting, sweating, or ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Copper enzyme: Ceruloplasmin is an enzyme in the body that does the majority of the copper transport in the blood stream.
Copper is a vital element for iron metab... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
140/90: There are three stages of hypertension. Pre-hypertension, stage i, and stage ii
medication is not started until stage i. Stage i represents a sys... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Because im taking care of her i need financial help from my mom, but i don't know what it should be?
Dr. Varadarajan Subbiahanswered
Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Hard to say: I do not understand how this can be a medical issue. If she has a medical condition, please let us know to see if we can help.
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Not to my knowledge: They are the chemically the same drug.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Many: Bed sores can be treated with a variety of medications. Every patient with bed sores should get an adequate supply of vitamin c. In addition every p... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Addiction: Addiction is the biggest downside of hydrocodone. Chronic hydrocodone use can increase your pain your threshhold.
If it helps you excercise, it wo... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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No: Pressure sores result from just that, pressure. These are typically found in bed bound patients where parts of their body are constantly in contact w... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Several ways: You can prevent high blood pressure in many ways. You can excercise approximately 30 mins every day, decrease salt in your diet, maintain a healthy w... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Holding things: Unable to grip means unable to hold anything in the hands. This is usually a sign of a neurologic or muscular problem.
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Several things: Your liver function tests are minimally above normal. If you drink more than 1 alcoholic drinks per day, you should cut back. You should have some b... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Chlamydia, yes: You can contract oral chlamydia via oral sex, this can cause an infection of the eye, by traveling up through the throat.
Trichomonas is less likel... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Varies: Nicotine an ingredient in cigarettes can stay in your system for upto 72 hours. The byproducts of nicotine can stay in your system for upto a week. ... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: You have low ferritin levels while the other labs are essentially normal. A low ferritin level maybe the earliest sign of low iron levels. It may ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
This can be normal.: A strong heart beat is normal in an otherwise healthy 30 y/o person. When you take a deep breath, you increase blood flow to the heart and this may b... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
More accurate: Both tests search for HCG or human chorionic gonadotropin, the hormone produced by the fetus.
A blood pregnancy test will tell you the exact level ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Seek treatment: Your symptoms are consistent with a closed head injury. Most likely your symptoms are due to a concussion. You will need to see a doctor.
If you ... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Yes.: You can get a pregnancy test to see if you are pregnant.
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
A sprained wrist?: I think this is what you are referring to. This is usually temporary. You can try icing the wrist at first. Try to limit any heavy lifting or overu... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Diet or Medication: You can try diet and excercise first. You can try limiting your salt intake, excercising about 30 mins/day, losing weight, quitting smoking, and limi... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Could be flu: He could have the flu. This particular strain of flu this season is more virulent and has become an epidemic this season. It may take an extended pe... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Maybe: Viruses are typically most contagious when you are experiencing symptoms. The flu can be contagious for up to 2 weeks. It is recommended that you co... Read More
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A member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Yes: Routine hand washing is good personal hygience, however it would be unnecessary to wash hands after every object you touch. If you find yourself wash... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
No: You can not get "high" or euphoria from fosinopril.
You may get lightheaded and this may feel like a high, if you do feel like this you should have... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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No: No, it will not.
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A 56-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Yes.: Benadryl (diphenhydramine) would be safe to take with allegra. Remember not to operate any heavy machinery or drive while taking this medication. It... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Removal of bladder: A radical cystectomy, usually used to treat cancer, is a complete removal of the bladder, parts of the nearby urethra, surrounding lymph nodes and sur... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
140 to 180 lbs.: Based on your height and age, a body weight of 140 to 180 pounds would place you in the normal category for body mass index or bmi.
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 17 years experience
Typically, yes: The combination of these two medications can cause arrythmias in patients who have heart problems at baseline.
In an otherwise, healthy patient, th... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Subbiah is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Subbiah is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks for your quick reply! Yes it showed in ct scan...and they did all the other testing u said which came out normal..they said it burst
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Thank you i was worried i was getting shingles symptoms again I've already had it once this how my body felt but no sneezing symptoms
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Im not sure if my 4th finger is just sprung, dislocated or fractured,
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School
Graduated 2006MD
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Temple University Hospital
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