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Dr. Hushang Haghighat

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Fontana, CA
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Office

Fontana, CA

Address

9985 Sierra Ave, Fontana, CA
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Pediatrics Hematology/oncology

Specialties
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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Languages spoken

English

Doctor Q&A

698 Answers
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Mass: Exam to find the mass in abdomen, rectum or neck ,under arm or any place in body.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
After treatment: After treatment they improve their immune system
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Yes: You should tell your family so they support you and help you for treatment.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Accept: If you diagnose with cancer you should accept the treatment because, it give you chance to live longer.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should evaluated by pulmonology and have CT of chest to find the cause so be treated.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see dermatology to be evaluated to find the cause ,so be treated.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Prednison: If with your chemotherapy you are taking prednison you will gain weight but after chemotherapy you can loss weight with diet and exercise.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
EKG ,echocardiogram: See your doctor to have evaluation ,EKG and echo cardiogram to be sure your heart condition is OK.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Go to ER: Stuff neck and pain behind eye is not good symptom you should go to ER to R/O meningitis..
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A male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
NO: No sex until you recover.
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A 50-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should be evaluated for cause of large lymph nodes and if is benign you are ok for donation.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You may have gastroenteritis so see your doctor for evaluation and treatment.
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see your doctor for evaluation and have urine test and culture to R/O urinary tract infection. so be treated.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
No: Colon cancer usually dose not rise WBC ,but cause abdominal pain and bloody stool.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
No: The ear infection dose not cause itching in roof of mouth ,it cause pain on side of ear.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Hematology: You should be referred to hematology to be tested and to be advise to avoid some food , like fava bean and some medication to prevent hemalysis.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
No: Usually palpate the nods dose not enlarge the node,but if they become enlarge need evaluation to find the cause ,so be treated.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should evaluated by doctor to find the cause it could be damage to vagina or urinary tract infection.
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Follow up: You need follow up with your doctor and if become larger need resection or biopsy for diagnosis and treatment.
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Mass: It is growing mass that could be causing headache ,and could diagnose with biopsy on neck mass or CT /MRI of head
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Radiation and Chemo: the recommended therapy must be individualized on basis of age , extent of disease ,and histopathology of the lesions, Since surgery plays limited the... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Unknown: The etiology causes of Burkitt lymphoma is unknown.
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A 46-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Re evaluation: You should re evaluated if the pain persist and lymph nodes become large.
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see ENT to be evaluated and have CT to find the cause so be treated.
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A female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: If the fever persist she should see her doctor to be evaluated and have throat culture and blood test to find the cause so be treated.
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Yes: It is possible for several week to have mild pain until incision site weal healed.
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: He should see his doctor to be evaluated and have blood test to find the cause and R/O diabetes.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: He should see his pediatrician to be evaluated and have stool culture to find the cause so be treated.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Normal: petechiae on site of drawing blood it can happen ,and pressure on site it help to recover.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see your doctor to be evaluated and have blood test( EBV ,CMV, CBC)and possible biopsy of nodes to find the cause so be treated.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Type of cancer: It depends to type of cancer and the gene.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see your doctor to be evaluated and have X ray and Ct of Spain to find the cause of problem and to be treated.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: See your doctor to be evaluated and may need steroid injection in knee and support, but if is not helping then you may need knee replacement.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see your doctor for evaluation and Xray/CT to find the cause so be treated.
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A 44-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Test: You can have blood test for HIV to see if positive.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see your doctor to be evaluated and have CT of scalpe to find the cause so you be treated.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see your doctor to be evaluated and have culture from those lesion ,most likely is fungal infection ,so you should be treated.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: She should see her doctor to have blood test and CT of head to find the cause so be treated.
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You need to see your doctor to be evaluated and have urine test and culture and if is infection to be treated.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Colonoscopy: if you have symptoms (pain ,blood in stool ,difficult bowl movement ,)you should have colonoscopy for diagnosis.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Evaluation: You should see neurology to be evaluated and have CT of head to find the cause and to be treated
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
No: If you do not smoke any more you should be OK
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A male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Blood test: You should see Doctor to have CBC,and Coagulation test to find the cause of problem.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Ok: It is ok to save blood in blood bank for short period.
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Yes: if CT revealed mass in lung for defenite diagnosis need biopsy,or if possible resection of tumor.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Anemia: Sever anemia, massive hepatosplenomegaly ,sever growth retardation , bony deformities,mongoloid facies.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
No: It dose not cause problem but it may not 100% effective
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Sever anemia: This syndrome is quite common in Thailand ,where there. is a high incidence of the genes for B0 thalassemia and Be golobin
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
No: If you had period after sex, you are not pregnant.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Specializes in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Anemia: iron deficiency cause mild anemia and smaller red cell , and it could be cause by diet ,especially in young children ,or because bleeding or infectio... Read More
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Oct 29, 2016
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Haghighat is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Haghighat is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thankyou sir,I m very grateful, but I m afraid from biopsy, 1 of my doc said it is normal to have cm lumph nodes, and fna biopsy is not good for sub cm lumph, sir pleas...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you for taking time to answer. This is an incredibly frightening time for me. I have an appt. with a pulmonologist in 2 weeks. Hopefully I'll get answers, and h...Read More
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Thankyou, I don't have the results of the biopsy yet. So not sure about malignancy or benign. All I know is it has calfication, vascularity, heterogeneous echotexture and I'll defined margin.

Education & Training

Residency

HENRY FORD HOSPITAL

Awards

Top Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist, First Place, National - Summer
2014
Top Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist, Second Place, National - Fall
2014
Most Influential, First Place, San Bernardino Region - Spring
2015
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