Dr. Robert Robinson
Internal Medicine
Springfield, IL
23 years experience male
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SIU Healthcare
Springfield, IL
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Internal Medicine
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Robert Robinsonanswered
Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Emphysema is a COPD: COPD (Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) is a group of diseases that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The disease names do not indicate sev... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
A few days: Klonopin (clonazepam) has a half life of 30-40 hours, so your body will eliminate half of the drug in about 2 days. It can take 5-7 half lives for a... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Not contagious: COPD is not contagious.
However, COPD due to alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency is inheritable.
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More than one area: Multilobar pneumonia is pneumonia in more than one lobe of the lung.
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Talk to the surgeon: Weight (both overweight and underweight) can be a risk factor for complications of surgery - particularly a major surgery.
Discussing the reasoning b... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Infection + qSOFA: The current definition of sepsis is called qSOFA. You get 1 point each for low blood pressure, high respiratory rate, or altered mental status. A sc... Read More
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A 77-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Yes: A chest xray is needed after a thoracentesis to make sure a pneumonthorax has not developed. A pneumothorax is a very serious complication of a thora... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
No: Levaquin (Levofloxacin) is an antibiotic. Lovenox (enoxaparin) is an anticoagulant medication. These drugs are not related.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
If severe enough: C diff colitis can result in sepsis, which can manifest as alterations in mental status. C diff colitis causing sepsis is life threatening.
The curr... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
No: Lovenox (enoxaparin) is only available as an injection.
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Clinical diagnosis: Sepsis is a clinical diagnosis - there is no lab test for sepsis. Lab tests are used to assist in the diagnosis of sepsis. Look at the SOFA score to... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
No cotton balls: Ear popping during air travel is due to changes in air pressure. A cotton ball will not provide any protection against the change in air pressure.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Should be OK: Breathe Right nasal strips help keep your nostrils open with a piece of flexible plastic that acts as a splint when properly applied over the nose. T... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Ticks: Walking in high grass or wooded areas can expose you to ticks. If you don't see any ticks, you are probably fine. Be sure to clean your clothes to m... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Long Half Life: Abilify (Aripiprazole) has a very long half life, and it can take several weeks to be eliminated from your system. For most people, about half of the... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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For about a week: Naloxone has an active half life of about 2 hours, Metabolite excretion in urine takes much longer. The half life of naloxone metabolites is 24 hour... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Ignore: Have a good flashlight or electric lantern with fresh batteries.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Depends on risks: Estimating the likelyhood of a fatal PE with a negative CT is challenging. Risk factors for PE (pregnancy, surgery, etc) need to be considered. If... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
The strong survive: Antibiotics will kill most vulnerable bacteria. Some bacteria will survive by either activating genes or developing mutations that provide antibiotic... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Taper more slowly: Reducing your clonazepam dose may be causing withdrawal symptoms - anxiety in your case. About 1/3 people who take this type of medication for more t... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Ignore: Select a safe place to go in case of a tornado warning before tornado season starts.
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Map of Human DNA: The Human Genome Project created a map of human DNA and was completed in 2003. Anonymous samples were donated by several people, but the majority of ... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Gasses in blood: Partial pressure of oxygen tells how well oxygen gets into the blood if you know how much oxygen you are breathing at the time. CO2 or Carbon Dioxid... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Pheochromocytoma: Excessive systemic norepinephrine can be caused by a pheochromocytoma (a type of tumor usually found in the adrenal glands). The high norepinephrine ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Can be very serious: Pneumonia in the days before antibiotics had a risk of death of about 30-40% in the United States.
Because of this risk, pneumonia was called the "c... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Not very: D Dimer tests are sensitive, but not specific. This means you can get a great many false positive tests (abnormal test but no disease present). A po... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Leptospirosis: Leptospirosis is an infection caused by Leptospira bacteria. Symptoms are usually mild and nonspecific like headache, muscle pain, and fever. Severe... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Pulmonary Function: The test to diagnose COPD is a pulmonary function test (PFT) that is done after a history and physical exam is suggestive of COPD. The PFT will confi... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Need hormone tests: The pituitary gland releases many hormones. After the removal of the pituitary gland, your body will not receive those hormonal signals - possibly ca... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
No interactions: Lisinopril and clonazepam have no significant drug interactions, so they are safe to take in combination.
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
It can kill you: Tick bites can transmit a number of very serious diseases like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme Disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, and tick-borne me... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
A few options...: 1. Naproxen (Aleve, and NSAID like ibuprofen)
2. Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
3. Aspirin
Fixing the underlying dental problem is essential for treating... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Ignore: Grow your own vegetables for the best flavor.
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Allergy to pollen: Pigweed, a name used for a variety of Amaranth plants that release pollen in the fall. People who are allergic to pigweed pollen can develop a runny ... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Low iron levels: Your lab results fit the picture of iron deficiency, probably getting low enough to cause anemia in the near future.
There are a ton of potential c... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
It can be: A pulmonary embolism is potentially fatal. A 2002 study looked at people admitted to the hospital with PE and found that people who were unstable whe... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Not Sure: Selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMS) are in early clinical and preclinical testing for osteoporosis, cachexia, and other indications.
SARM... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Have it evaluated: Punching anything is dangerous and puts you at risk of a fracture of the hand (called a Boxer's fracture) . You might have also embedded material fro... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
A few days: Klonopin (Clonazepam) has a half life of 30-40 hours. This means that your body will eliminate half of the drug in about 2 days. It can take 5-7 hal... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Yes: Generic Lovenox (Enoxaparin) was approved by the FDA in 2011.
http://www.drugs.com/availability/generic-lovenox.html
It is still fairly expensive.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
You might have flu: Your contact with someone with influenza does put you at risk of developing an influenza infection.
However, many other microbes (viruses, bacteria) ... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Heart arrhythmia: The most common cause of death with CHF is a heart arrhythmia like ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tacycardia.
This is the reason why peopl... Read More
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Severe burns can: Thermal burns, if severe enough, can destroy hair follicles. The burn has to be fairly severe and destroy the dermis and epidermis to result in hair ... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Sepsis complication: Sepsis is a bloodstream infection. Endocarditis (infection of cardiac tissues) can be a complication of a bloodstream infection.
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Ignore: Lightning can strike the same place twice. The Empire State Building is struck 100x per year.
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Clinical diagnosis: Sepsis, particularly unrecognized sepsis is potentially life threatening. If you think you have sepsis, you should seek medical attention immediately... Read More
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Not living as long: Antibiotics have significantly reduced the rate of death from common infections like pneumonia from 30-40% to about 5% with antibiotics.
The CDC ha... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Depends on severity: Sleep apnea is rated on severity, but there is no easy answer about treatment in your case. You can be tested by a sleep study with a CPAP machine to... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Clinical diagnosis: Sepsis is a clinical diagnosis - there is no lab test for sepsis. Lab tests are used to assist in the diagnosis of sepsis. Look at the SOFA score to... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 23 years experience
Test for blood first: Black stool might be caused by blood which may be due to a serious problem like an ulcer.
A simple test can determine if the stool contains blood. ... Read More
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Jun 1, 2017
Thorough, referenced answers on a wide variety of questions. A great asset for patients!
Jun 9, 2017
Provides very helpful answers. Excellent physician.
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, IL
Graduated 2000MD
Residency
Southern Illinois University
Completed 2003
Awards
Fellowship (FACP), American College of Physicians
Associate Professor
Most Influential, First Place, Springfield Region - Spring
2015
Affiliations
Memorial Medical Center, Springfield IL
St Johns Hospital
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