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Board Certified in Gastroenterology
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Gastroenterology
Licenses
United States: Utah
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235 Answers
133 Agrees
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Iron deficiency: Yes an occult gi bleed usually manifests itself as chronic iron deficiency. An upper endoscopy and colonoscopy +/- pillcam is usually needed.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See a doctor: I recommend you see a doctor who can ensure that you not have strep throat or bronchitis.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See your doctor: As you probably know, POTS can be provoked by stress. This includes viral illnesses. If diarrhea and abdominal cramping are your initial symptoms, you... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: These are good questions but it really is a case by case situation that is best discussed with a surgeon who can help you determine which approach wil... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: This may be heartburn / acid reflux or it could be a condition called eosinophilic esophagitis which can cause narrowing of your esophagus as well as ... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Unfortunately no: But avoiding constipation with high fiber diet/good water intake and/or use of stool softeners may help.
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A 46-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: I'm not exactly clear if you were having diarrhea before and the procedures were being done to evaluate the diarrhea, which is now worse.. you should ... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
No: positive calprotectin indicates the inflammation is in the intestines. stomach and esophagus inflammation will most likely not cause this test to be p... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See gi doc: You may need to have a colonoscopy to determine if there is any colitis. At the minimum you should have stool tested for infections and inflammation m... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Go to er: It could be a deep vein thrombosis. If this moves it could be life threatening due to risk of lodging in the lung vessel (pulmonary embolism).
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: It may be acid reflux but it could also be a hiatal hernia. If this is a recurring issue, it may be a good idea to see your doctor and consider an ant... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
No worries: Stool color is determined by multiple factors, one of which obviously is what you eat. If it doesn't happen again, I wouldn't worry about it, especial... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Unlikely: It sounds like a little anal trauma occurred. Next time if you have to use suppositories, lubricate it with Vaseline. See your doctor if you have issu... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: Does eating or defecation provoke pain? It sounds like it is positional and could be abdominal wall pain rather than visceral (related to organs like ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Possible inflammatio: see your doctor and get a rectal exam as well as a stool test. If inflammation is present, consider getting proctoscopy/colonoscopy to evaluate furthe... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See GI doctor: While acute pancreatitis can be life threatening during a severe episode, it sounds like she may have features of chronic pancreatitis. Does she still... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Hopefully low: MR contrast is different from CT contrast and usually is less likely to cause nausea. Hope this helps!
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Small intestine: is where the bulk of absorption occurs. The stomach's job is to break down the solids into a slurry that, along with water, will get absorbed by the s... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Bleeding from gut: Gi bleed is any bleeding from usually the stomach of colon. Rarely it can be from the esophagus or small bowel. An endoscopy is usually needed to eval... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Not enough info: I would recommend he see his primary care doctor or a gastroenterologist to help evaluate this further. Upper abdominal pain can be due to many differ... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See Haiku: Have a GI doc
Help you stay in remission
And life will be good!
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Depends on cause: gastroparesis is usually due to either use of narcotics or poorly controlled diabetes, or idiopathic (meaning unknown cause). It is important to exclu... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Try Intermountain: See if your insurance allows you to see Intermountain's physicians. You can find many good internists through their website.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Pretty quickly: Usually within a few days if taken in the right dose and for the right indication (chronic pancreatitis)
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: high protein intake can be one cause. Also, recent antibiotic use causing a change in the bacterial environment in your bowels responsible for breakin... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Not enough info: Depending on abdominal exam, it could be gastritis/ulcers or something else. Its hard to know otherwise without knowingn what makes the pain worse, wh... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: you may have an intolerance to a certain food/food group. Recommend you keep a food journal to track which foods may be causing your symptoms and shar... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Ignore: Avoid alcohol, get immunized for hep A and B, and see GI doc about therapies. Cure is possible!
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Ignore: Antidepressants are actually an under recognized cause of peptic ulcers.
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A 59-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See a GI doctor asap: You may need to be retested for C. difficile but also get tested for other infectious as well as getting a colonoscopy with biopsies to look for micro... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Ignore: Cut out the NSAIDs, may need an endoscopy, if pain doesn't improve.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Ignore: Taking fiber supplements without sufficient water can worsen constipation due to its bulking effect.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Ignore: Do take medication as prescribed
Don't take NSAIDs or smoke
Do see GI if not getting better.
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See GI doctor: the high sgot/sgpt levels suggest acute hepatitis (hepatitis A or another viral hepatitis). Bilirubin spikes and then comes down in such acute cases b... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: not sure what you mean by growing belly - does it bloat or are you increasing in weight? abdominal pain? relationship of belly size to eating?
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Unlikely: If you do not have unintentional weight loss, its probably unlikely related especially as youve had it for years. Cramps and non bloody diarrhea could... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See answer: Its not clear what stomach issues you have (i.e., diarrhea, abdominal pain), The white fluffy stuff could be mucus or fat, so I would recommend discu... Read More
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A 83-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Please see doc: It could just be gastritis (inflammation of your stomach). However, given your age, I would strongly recommend an upper endoscopy. Please discuss with... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See your doctor: It is hard to tell by your description but it could be a hemorrhoid or a skin tag. Best to see your doctor who can do a rectal exam.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Yes: Tarry stools (melena) is usually due to a higher gi tract source of bleeding (I.e. stomach or small bowel). As the source of bleeding gets closer to t... Read More
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A 61-year-old male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Check with gi doc: Hard to tell without a physical exam but gastritis is fairly common. Could also be incisional pain where the surgery was done. Scar tissue is another ... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Not usually: Most people have "intolerances" rather than true food allergies. In my personal experience, I have seem a low percentage of true correlation between a... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Needs doctor evaluat: If this is a chronic problem he should be seen by his doctor and possibly a pediatric gi specialist as he may have a congenital issue. Otherwise const... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
IBS or muscle pull: Cramps in a young person can be a feature of irritable bowel if no other alarm symptoms are present (I.e., bloody stools, weight loss). It can also be... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Too soon to test: Testing to ensure you've cleared the infection should happen about 6 weeks after you finish the treatment. Breath test is more accurate than the stool... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Possibly: Were the endoscopy studies recent, perhaps while you were having the rectal bleeding? Consider having your GI doctor do an anoscopy to look for hemorr... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Inflammation: Its best to check with the doctor treating you but inflammation usually takes several days to get better in uncomplicated pancreatitis and lags the dr... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Sounds like reflux: Take your child to her pediatrician to ensure everything is ok!
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
Suspect gastritis: PPI and zantac (ranitidine) improving the pain is very suggestive of gastritis (inflammation of stomach). Consider getting checked for H. pylori gastr... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Faiz Shakiranswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
See your ob: Nausea is a common symptom in early pregnancy but gastritis (inflammation of your stomach) is fairly common too and cn cause the symptoms you describe... Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I do still see blood in my stool. The stomach shows Gastritis bleeding etc but no ulcers or any cause found. I do not have Anemia. I am at a loss, and no health professi...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! She is on Xifaxan and has been off and on for 3-4 years. Worked better early but not so much now. In addition it is very expensive, 400 for 10 day supply. She has been d...Read More
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This made me feel good. Thanks! Thank you so much. I had never heard of esophageal hypersensitivity. Sounds a bit like me. I am sensitive and bipolar w/anxiety. I would like to ask you some questions ...Read More
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, OK
Graduated 2006MD
Residency
O U MEDICAL CENTER
Completed 2009
Awards
Top Gastroenterologist , First Place, Utah - Fall
2015
Thought Leader, Second Place, Utah - Fall
2015
Top Doctor, Second Place, Salt Lake City Region - Fall
2015
Affiliations
Intermountain Alta View Specialty Center
American Gastroenterlogy Association
American Society Of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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