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Hi! I am Dr. Shashank Jain. M.D MPH
I am board certified in Internal Medicine and have been practicing Hospitalist medicine for a number of years now.
I keep keen interest in and keep my self up to date on new break-through in medicine, and would like to see it translated into direct care, hence I have joined Health Tap.
My future intersts include Cardiolaogy
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United States: California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Shashank Jainanswered
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Simple: Make sure the doctor who initiated you on a full dose Aspirin, is alright with you changing the dose. The dose change is simple, just initiate baby as... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Risk higher: if you have family history of an early heart attack, you are at a higher risk of developing Coronary artery disease - which manifests acutely as what ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Stress Card: Stress Cardiomyopathy is diagnosed when underlying Coronary artery disease is ruled out. So a chest pain, wouldn't, shouldn't necessarily mean that he... Read More
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A 73-year-old male asked:
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Risk benefit: Are you on Aspirin too? The standard of care is to cover with both Aspirin and Plavix (clopidogrel) for atleast a year and then be on Aspirin lifelong... Read More
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A 61-year-old female asked:
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More information: 1. how bad does it hurt?
2. any discharge?
3. Is it red?
4. any fevers?
5. did it come around suddenly or gradually?
6. how big is it, roughly?
7. is ... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
A 43-year-old male asked:
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Normal values: Direct (also called conjugated) bilirubin: 0 to 0.3 mg/dL
Total bilirubin: 0.3 to 1.9 mg/dL
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A male asked:
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Get it checked: Whatever you describe could be a varied number of things!
It is best that you get it physically checked out, by a doctor. When it comes to lumps, l... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
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Good: It's all good , dont stress . Eat well, stay healthy, exercise .
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A 64-year-old female asked:
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Symptoms: These are the most common symptoms of heart failure : http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-failure/basics/symptoms/con-20029801
your s... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Good: thats a good sign, its resolving!
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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?: How do you know that you have/had non sustained V tach? did you have any symptoms with it?
So frequent PVC's warrant an evaluation at your age, and ... Read More
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A female asked:
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Not significant: One of them is in the normal range and the other one is not significantly elevated. Just generally speaking there's nothing to be done. For good measu... Read More
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A female asked:
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Not: you can have any symptoms of gastroenteritis - in the worst case scenario. Dying is off the list. relax.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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More: Has to be something more thab UTI, you need to contact your PCP ' s office and need urgent evaluation - blood work too if indicated. Probay refer to U... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Pleuritic : This could be :
Musculoskeletal (most likely: means coming from his muscles, tendons, or structural parts of his chest. Reason could be he pulled ... Read More
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A 61-year-old male asked:
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Physical examination: You need to see your PCP for a detailed physical examination. At your age , there could be a number of condition presenting as your symptoms, a thorou... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Infection?: IS it something new?
any fevers along with it?
can be a urinary tract infection, you might need to go to a clinic to get urine tested.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Not good: depending upon what your past medical history is, A chest pressure like this can be a sign off the heart attack. If your pressure gets worse with exer... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
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Mix: A mix of exercising and right eating is the key. Net negative calorie intake is the goal.
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A 66-year-old female asked:
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Depends: Depends upon the scenario. Where is probably is the most q. Where is the clot. Usually we leave the body to take care of the clot, and take measures t... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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PPI: Please confirm with a doctor that you have GERD ( we need to go over the specific symptoms, positives and negatives)
Once that is done 1st line treat... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Why,dont, see PCP: At your age if you are on Atenolol there has to be a steong reason. I stongly advice consulting with the physician who started this medication before... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Acute? : If it is acute, i.e. Started in the last 1-2 days, maybe after you ate something outside - it could be just gastroenteritis. Now if you have a a lot o... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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No: Unless a physician that has done a thorough physical examination on you and finds a actual reason/cause to be ruled out in your CNS system, MRI is not... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
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Sprain: You might have sprained your ankle? or/and fracture - pulled your muscle in a bed way.
first thing is have a health care provider check you out. Res... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Could be: Your husband most likely has a feeling of "Palpitations". It could be due to heart running fast and/or irregularly - secondary to the rhythm being abn... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Probably not: I agree with Dr. Gani's answer. In addition remember normal bowel frequency can range from it being on a daily basis to once every 3 days - so take th... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Nope: They do prevent DVT. However a thrombus/clot is a result of multiple factors, and a compression stocking can control (that too a degree) - one of them... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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48: Usually upto 48 hours,
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Awesome!: thats great, keep it up!
Congratulation on the wedding!
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A 67-year-old male asked:
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Urgent: if these pains are new, unusual from what he had post - operatively, similar to the ones he had (if any) with his heart attack, or if associated with ... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Muscle: If this has been going on for a while, = 1-2 days or more, it might be muskoskeletal - specially by the symptoms u describe. Maybe u lifted a heavy we... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Uti: These symptoms can be seen with UTI. Although could be seen out of UTI too. If you have fevers, chills, pain in lower belly, burning during urination,... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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ENT: Please go and see an ENT specialist, so that they can look into your ears.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Soon: Please contact your doctor/ surgeon as soon as you can. They will need to take everything in account - symptoms , studies, blood work and ofcourse ta... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Finding: If you donot have any symptoms, dont worry about the RBBB. Some people can have it and there is nothing to do about it. Just let your doctor know, so ... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Certainly: We would certainly love to talk about it. But the way this is structured is - we can post comments only and so forth. If you wanna chat about it you m... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Not really: at some point it should re absorb. See your doctor for a more thorough and personalized answer
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Likely not: Many in our population can have a lifetime of small PFO's without any concerns or consequences. Since we do more imaging now a days, we pick more of t... Read More
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A 65-year-old male asked:
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No: Probably not, please get it checked out. Someone needs to do an examination and see what's going on!
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Yes: maybe even more than what you actually need. I am sure there might be a mix of things, and a reason more than just "prehypertension" that you were ini... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
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Brochospasm: Albuterol by it's function has been used for bronchospastic disases. So SOB because of asthma, copd will be helped by Albuterol. Sometimes you can als... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Normal: Healthy normal individuals , are expected to have a oxygen saturation of > 94%.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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No: Probably not. Appendix pain is more based on the underlying inflammation
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A 16-year-old male asked:
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Yes and no: H.E is a complication of a decompensated liver, mostly due to Cirrhosis. So its a syndrome which can happen in people who have lost their normal live... Read More
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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Pain: If the pain is sudden in onset , and you think is bothering you a lot then you might need to get it checked out. It could be most commonly secondary t... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Probably not: From what it seems like it might be Musculoskeletal.
As far as chest pain coming from the heart is concerned, a stress echo is very specific and a g... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Anxiety: Many young men around the world experience this phenomenon of Erectile Dysfunction secondary to anxiety. They get erections otherwise, including morn... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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More: We would unfortunately need more information to advise anything about your symptoms. Why was the surgery undertaken? What kind of pain is it? You wo... Read More
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Nov 26, 2015
Very quick on a reply. Put my mind at ease with a medical issue thank you
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Jain is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Jain is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This made me feel good. Thanks! Thank you! I plan to ask more questions as I know I keep being told my heart is "fine" just runs too fast. Most tests have been normal as well.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! It only hurts a bit when i touch it not itchy or anything its probably a boil or heat lump i was just inquiring to be sure thank you.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Sir my problem is sky is like a roof. I want that this roof should be removed but this remain on its place. Like aeroacrophobia
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