Dr. Eric Chevlen
Internal Medicine - Oncology
Youngstown, OH
49 years experience male
About
Bio
I have 30 years experience in medical oncology, hematology, and pain medicine.
SpecialtiesDoctors 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.
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 - Oncology
Hematology
Medical Oncology
Pain Management
Palliative Care
Licenses
United States: California, Ohio, Pennsylvania
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624 Answers
62 Agrees
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Eric Chevlenanswered
Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Not due to fatigue: Your axillary symptom is not due to fatigue. Were you wearing a backpack whose straps might have irritated the area? Were you sweating much so that y... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Prob not related: Since the liver is in the upper RIGHT abdomen, it's unlikely that liver trouble is the direct cause of your pain under a left rib. Is your spleen enl... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Yes.: For people without stomach or kidney problems, it's usually safe to take, even over age 59.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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No: Your increased risk of cancer from the X-rays is immeasurably low.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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See doctor: It's possible to acquire HIV, hepatitis, syphilis, gonorrhea, or herpes that way. It's also possible that your muscle aches are unrelated to infection... Read More
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A 58-year-old female asked:
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OTC benzocaine: Over the counter benzocaine, an ingredient in sun burn remedies, would reduce the symptom until you can have definitive treatment. A prescription age... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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In a way, all: Although the test is not actually performed in every laboratory in California, every lab can draw blood from a patient and send the serum to the refer... Read More
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A female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
See doctor: You don't tell us your age, or where the pain is. On the left side of what? Chest? Head? Abdomen? Pelvis? If you have persistent chest pain on coughin... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
See MD ASAP: You may not need a colonoscopy, but you do need medical evaluation. Symptoms may be due to cancer or abscess. You will certainly see a doctor for this... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
No.: If anything, a sufficient dose of hydrocodone would cause the pupils to constrict (grow smaller). Acetaminophen has no effect on pupil size.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Capillary hemangioma: These may be capillary hemangioma a, a perfectly harmless tiny cluster of blood vessels. If you suddenly get a huge increase in their number or size, ... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Yes: Tylenol #3 contains 300 mg of Tylenol (acetaminophen). An otherwise healthy person could take 1000 mg of acetaminophen four times a day for several d... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
See dermatologist: Hair loss is a young woman is unusual. It may be seen in malnutrition, hypothyroidism, and some other disorders. Some medications may cause it. Rar... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Can't tell: The benefit of chemotherapy is independent of its side effects. Only his oncologist can tell him whether the treatment is working. If he's feeling b... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Consult physician: Consider that this may not be insect bite, but rather shingles, especially if other sites develop. You should consult a physician.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Depends: If you're taking Suboxone to treat opiod drug addiction, you should wait until you experience some signs of withdrawal, then begin it. If you're taki... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
See urologist: Several possibilities, including urethral stenosis (narrowing of urethra) and mass in pelvis. It's unlikely to improve spontaneously. Since complicati... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Yes.: Yes. It can also be a sign of depression, anxiety, and a host of chronic illnesses. It can also be seen in people who are healthy but just don't get h... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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We don't know.: The information you give is inadequate to support a useful answer. Confer with your doctor.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Could occur together: Costochondritis may be the consequence of coughing, but not the cause of coughing. D-dimer has high negative predictive value, but not-so-high positi... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Can be helpful: breast cancer is rare in young women, but certainly not unprecedented. Heed your doctor's advice.
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A 20-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Iron pills typically turn feces black.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Urologist or oncolog: for localized prostate cancer, a urologist is the first stop (although he may recommend radiation therapy. For metastatic prostate cancer, a medical ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Yes: yes, no problem.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
No interaction: Oral contraceptives (OC) do not interfere with the effect of methotrexate used to treat ectopic pregnancy, nor do OCs interfere with measurement of be... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
No.: It's possible that Suboxone will blunt the analgesic effect of tramadol somewhat, but withdrawal is not a concern.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Vulvar scratch: My guess is that you scratched your vulva during wiping. Give it a few days. If it does t get better, see a gynecologist.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Await test results: Obviously, you are seeing a doctor about this. While your described symptoms MAY be due to cancer, that's not the first diagnosis that leaps to my min... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Not preg, but...: You are not pregnant.
If you characteristically feel this anxious without cause, you may have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are treatable, b... Read More
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A female asked:
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Serious: Metastatic prostate cancer is not curable with currently available treatments. Treatment, however, does improve quality of life and may add years to l... Read More
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A male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Is he SICK or fussy?: Is he growing normally, running around and energetic like other children his age? If so, don't worry. If not consult a doctor.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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No.: No. Those are unrelated problems.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Uvula, not tonsil: You probably mean uvula, not tonsil. The uvula is midline, suspend like a punching bag. If it droops down to the tongue, that's harmless.
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Safe vs tasty: It's not a question of safety but of taste. You could safely eat the frozen vegetables after letting them defrost without cooking them. But they woul... Read More
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A male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Yes.: At the time of the blood test, your lymphocyte count was low. HIV infection is one possible cause. There is a King list of other possible causes.
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A female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
No: I'm not sure what you're asking. Cold sores do not increase the risk of cancer. Sharing food with a cancer patient does not spread cancer. Spread of c... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Lungs not dry: As an isolated symptom, it's not likely to be any lung disease. Your lungs are certainly not dry. You can reassure yourself of this by exhaling on a ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Possibly, but...: Uterine cancer seldom causes night sweats. Lymphoma can. Obviously, you need the kind of complete evaluation you cannot get here online.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Yes, but so what?: Conceivably the two are related, but it doesn't matter. A white blood count elevation which is only slight is not problematic per se. So it's either ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
See ENT doc: i recommend you see ENT doc. Systemic diseases would be most unlikely to cause unilateral thumping sounds. A multitude of ear diseases could. Pregnan... Read More
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A female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Discuss w/oncologist: Prostate cancer which has spread to bone is not curable WITH CURRENTLY AVAILABLE treatments. However, current treatments can improve quality of life ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Unusual: That's unusual, but likely has an innocent explanation, such as adjusting her gloves, or moving some obstructing mucus or hair . Don't stew over it. ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Not likely: More likely is abdominal cutaneous nerve entrapment in the scar from the procedure. If so, the condition is annoying but not hazardous.
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
No connection: The sinuses are air pockets inside the facial bones. They are connected with the air passages of the nostrils. From time to time, due to allergies o... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Possibly.: Hearing voices may be a sign of schizophrenia. It may also be seen as a result of certain drugs, and rarely of other conditions. A person hearing vo... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Not likely: Most DVTs cause little pain, but do cause swelling of the leg or foot.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Avoid swallowing air: Burping usually results from swallowed air. It is usually harmless. People who chew gum often end up swallowing air. Discontinuing gum chewing is an... Read More
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A female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Many possible causes: The list of possible causes for these symptoms is quite large. It may be seen early in infections, as a reaction to foods, and even hyperventilation.... Read More
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A 48-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Maybe, but not DUE.: Even people who have never used those meds may get stomach ulcers, so your being off them for a few months doesn't eliminate the possibility.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Oncology 49 years experience
Cannot: It cannot be prevented. Consider either (1) that it can be beautiful in a young woman, or (2) use hair dye.
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Nov 4, 2014
Dr Eric Chevlen is an excellent physician very knowledgeable,passionate and on the top of his field he is a great value to the peolpe of OHIO and to the family of health tap
Nov 29, 2014
Dr. Chevlen is a very knowledgeable and compassionate doctor who gives practical and sensible advice. I enjoy reading his answers. Highly recommended,
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Chevlen is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Sorry, but you obviously are not aware of the condition I have. My lungs may not be totally dry, but they feel dry and it makes it really hard to breathe! And I have a lot of fatigue!help!
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Ill speak to my surgeon, it is located in the large intestine at the sigma their saying a lipoma on the right in the sigma right before the small inte
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Probably right and would be expected by her. Same time, Spanish culture focuses that the man be stronger at times like this. Will work it out. Bye!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, OH
Graduated 1974MD
Residency
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Awards
Top Oncologist , First Place, Ohio - Summer
2014
Most Influential Doctor, Third Place, Youngstown Region - Summer
2014
Top Oncologist , Second Place, National - Fall
2014
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