Dr. Sonja Stiller-martin
Emergency Medicine
Mentor, OH
28 years experience female
Locations
Center for Advanced Vein Care
Mentor, OH
About
Bio
I am board certified in emergency medicine and practiced for approximately 13 years before specializing in the field of venous and lymphatic medicine. I am now also a diplomat of the American college and lymphatic medicine. When I am not working, i love to spend time playing sports, hiking, crafting and spending time with family.
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.
Emergency Medicine
Phlebology
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
100 Answers
35 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Possibly : Rashes can happen for many reasons... stress, pressure, cold, etc, are not as common, but are possible. Itchiness suggests a histamine reaction, so an... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Depends: Limiting your calorie intake is a good start for weight loss. But you must be careful about how much you limit it and what you are limiting. To few ca... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
See your doctor: You can have pain associated with the cast due to something simple, like the cast rubbing against an area of the leg repetitively, or more serious lik... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Continue medication: Please continue to take the full course of medication. If your symptoms have not improved AFTER the full 5 days of treatment, speak again with your d... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Other issues: Bloating and upset stomach are symptoms that can be associated with several different conditions - not just gallbladder disease. Other conditions that... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Yes and no: No -the nausea and loss of appetite can be normal. The diarrhea can be related to hormone changes happening with pregnancy, or viral, or due to other ... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Depends on why: Gaining weight has a lot to do with number of calories that you take in(food you eat) compared with the number of calories you use during the day. If ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Please clarify: Do you mean cystic fibrosis? Or deep vein thrombosis? Or something else?
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
See below: Plantar fasciitis causes similar symptoms. An evaluation with your doctor, orthopedist or podiatrist will help.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Read the labels: Soaps or body washes that have no color, no fragrance and are specifically made for sensitive skin are your best choices. Other options to help preve... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Irregular bleeding: Irregular or abnormal bleeding does occur occasionally and is because of a hormonal irregularity. Most of the time, it is not a problem. However, if y... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
It depends: If there is no break/dislocation,the most important thing about treating shoulder injuries is to keep them moving(so they don't 'freeze').Dangling the... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
A healthy lifestyle: Living a healthy lifestyle. Exercise -approved by your cardiologist, is important-walking daily does wonders! Monitoring your diet is important:low sa... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Confused: Are you concerned about a stroke? If so, there are many symptoms you can experience with strokes including one sided weakness (arm drift, etc), facial... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
It depends: It depends on the type of infection. Sometimes the lymphatic system heals well and sometimes the vessels will 'clog' and stop draining properly. The... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
More info needed: You can be hospitalized with problems related to either an artery or a vein. Speak to the doctors or nurses caring for you - they should be able to te... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Normal: You do have veins everywhere! And arteries-but the arteries tend to be 'deeper', so you don't see them like you see veins. Atypical veins may bulge, o... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
No : A specific medical condition - or combination of medical conditions - does not qualify a person for disability.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Yes and No: You may be at higher risk for venous aneurysms like popliteal vein aneurysms but not for arterial aneurysms. When most people think of aneurysms they... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Yes: Cipro (ciprofloxacin) and Flagyl are not listed among medications that interact negatively with adipex. However, Adipex does interact with many medic... Read More
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A 60-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Ask one at a time: Not enough room to answer all questions at once: Blood pressure can be difficult to control depending on the cause. Taking medications as prescribed a... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Increased knowledge: Sometimes the best way to decrease a fear or 'queasiness' about something is to learn more about it. Veins are just part of our bodies plumbing syste... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Time for an xray: It could be either. Swelling can occur with soft tissue injury(even without a bruise),like what occurs with direct trauma to the tissues.And it can oc... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Be evaluated: Symptoms for a UTI and STD can be similar, depending on the STD. The only way to know for sure is to see your doctor for an exam, urine test and cult... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
See below: It may be helpful to keep a calendar and mark the days when you have your period. Usually your 'cycle' is 28days from the first day of bleeding until ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Possibly: Most pregnancy tests that you can get at local stores are fairly reliable now a days. However, if your period is late and you are experiencing the sy... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Probably: If your ultrasound at 22 weeks was ok, and the baby hasn't had a significant change in activity level(was moving a lot and now not at all) most likely... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
See below: It is difficult to say what is going on with her palm without and exam and knowing more information, so seeing and speaking with a doctor will help. I... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Not really: Ice makes blood vessels shrink up or try to close to reduce blood flow to the cold area - it's our bodies way of preserving heat. Putting ice over a v... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Temperature related?: Not an easy question as the pain could be coming from anywhere. But since your veins are one of the main ways our body tries to control our internal ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Get tested: Sometimes the symptoms of a UTI and venereal disease are very similar. You should see your doctor to have an evaluation, urine test and cultures to d... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Evaluation may help: Spider veins and varicose veins do worsen over time. If you have symptoms such as leg discomfort, swelling, restlessness or cramping, you may want to ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Possibly: Urine tests help us determine if there is an inflammatory process going on - like an infection. They do not tell us what the infection is until a cul... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
No: You do not need to. It is more important that you follow a daily cleansing regimen followed by a daily facial moisturizer, appropriate for your skin ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
In the GI tract: Flagyl is absorbed predominantly in the GI (gastrointestinal) tract when taken orally (by mouth). It is 'processed' primarily in the liver.
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A male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Difficult to say : If you haven’t had an issue with it before (it usually happens at a younger age), and have had no injury to the area, it is unlikely. While the testic... Read More
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A male asked:
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Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Hydrate hydrate!: Everyone is different as far as how dehydrated they will get under different conditions and how acclimated you may or may not be to those conditions. ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Possibly: If you have episodes where your heart rate is faster than it should be, which is common with a-fib, the symptoms you describe may be related to the a-... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Structure and action: arteries have thicker, muscular walls. They carry oxygen and nutrients out to the body so it can be used. Veins are thin walled, elastic vessels tha... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
See below: Ice or cool compresses and compression over the area will help decrease the size of the vessel quickly - but are temporary treatments. The big questio... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Ignore: Avoid sun exposure after a skin injury or cut to minimize risk of scarring.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Ignore: A teaspoon of electrolyte fluid(like gatoraid) every 5 minutes will often help keep you hydrated.
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Please get evaluated: While this could be minor (virus,muscle strain, inflammation), other more serious things (blood clots, infections, bleeding) from other sources in the... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
More info needed: Did you injure the shoulder or do any activities that are different than normal using that arm/shoulder? If no injury, inflammation and/or infection c... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Possibly: You may have some pleurisy (inflammation of the long of your lung) which can happen with many illnesses- more often with viruses (which are not impro... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Light period: You may be spotting (which can happen near your period due to things like stress, use of Ibuprofen or other meds, etc). You may just be having a light... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Possibly: Infections can occur if there is a break in the skin (cut, abrasion, rash, needle puncture) over the area where the 'blown vein' occurs. If the vein ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Get evaluated: Always get evaluated for chest pain. Many causes of chest pain are not life-threatening - and fear/anxiety will just make it worse. There are severa... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
Location matters: Location of the prominent veins matters. If it is all over(arms/hands/legs, etc), it may be related to increased fluid load (i.e. after having a high ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sonja Stiller-martinanswered
Emergency Medicine 28 years experience
See below: Sometimes your menstrual cycle can be irregular - meaning they may come a little earlier or later than expected - especially when you are younger(teen... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Stiller-martin is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Stiller-martin is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you, I really needed to know what the pain was called!! :)
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Thanks for your quick reply! If it does not resolve itself with stretching I will go to my doctor
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you! I wonder if a lot of fiber is the answer?
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Graduated 1995MD
Medical/Graduate school
Medical College of Pennsylvania, PA
Graduated 1995MD
Awards
Top Emergency Medicine Specialist , First Place, Ohio - Summer
2014
Affiliations
American College of Phlebology
American College of Phlebology Foundation
Diplomate American Board of Phlebology
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