Dr. Hushang Haghighat
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Fontana, CA
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Fontana, CA
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Pediatrics Hematology/oncology
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.
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Languages spoken
English
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698 Answers
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Hushang Haghighatanswered
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:
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After treatment: After treatment they improve their immune system
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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NO: No sex until you recover.
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A 50-year-old female asked:
I'm waiting to be a bone marrow donor, but have enlarged lymph nodes, will this hinder my ,donation?
Dr. Hushang Haghighatanswered
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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Unknown: The etiology causes of Burkitt lymphoma is unknown.
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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No: If you do not smoke any more you should be OK
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A male asked:
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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:
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Ok: It is ok to save blood in blood bank for short period.
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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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:
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Anemia: Sever anemia, massive hepatosplenomegaly ,sever growth retardation , bony deformities,mongoloid facies.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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No: It dose not cause problem but it may
not 100% effective
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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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:
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No: If you had period after sex, you are not pregnant.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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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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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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