Dr. Allen Meglin
Interventional Radiology
savannah
37 years experience male
Locations
Office
Chatham Radiologists
savannah
Chatham Radiologists
savannah, GA
About
Bio
Training:
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. MD 1986.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Surgery Internship. Radiology Residency 1991
The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Interventional Radiology Fellowship. 1992
Board Certified with Certificate of Added Qualifications.
Chief of Interventional Radiology Walter Reed.
Primary investigator several Clinic trials.
Multiple Publications an awards.
Private practice in Georgia
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.
Interventional Radiology
Languages spoken
English
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A male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Ac joint separation: If the clavicle went up on the lateral side, it could be due to acromio-clavicular joint separation. This results from tears in the ligaments that kee... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Likely sinusitis: See your doctor for vasoconstrictors and possibly antibiotics. Make note of your blood pressure and if you are on any blood pressure medicines as thes... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Change diet: Fatty infiltration of the liver can lead to hepatitis and other complications such as cirrhosis and liver failure.
Change your diet and get follow up... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
HIGH BREAST FEED: BIALRY ATRESIA USU PRESENTS BEFORE 8 WEEKS.
THE BILI IS PRETTY HIGH AND HIGHER THAN EXPECTED FOR BREAST FEEDING ONLY. I THINK BILIARY ATRESIA IS LIKEL... Read More
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A 52-year-old male asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Treat the gastritis: The concern with gastric wall thickening is that it can be hard to distinguish from malignancy. There is no real problem with having a thick wall........ Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Get chest xray: You could have pneumonia. You could have a muscle tear or rib injury. Get a chest x-ray and see your doctor.
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A female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Tonsilits: See your doctor, Sounds like strep throat or tonsillitis.
It is easy to do a throat culture. It is even easier to do a physical exam. See your doctor.... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Inflammation: Inflammation of the esophagus can be a precursor for cancer. Inflammation of the esophagus and stomach can mimic or hide cancer. It was smart to get e... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
See a doctor: If you have a GI doctor, let him/her know what is going on.If pain severe or there is bleeding or you are worried, it is ER time.
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A male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Could be gallblader: Could be any number of things. The relationship to eating suggests gall bladder. Colon and stomach related pain can also be a cause. Start with an abd... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Diabetes: Low blood sugar often results in a sympathetic nervous system outpouring. Sweating, feeling faint, tremulousness, anxiety, irritability...what i call... Read More
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A 52-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
It can be: Gastric wall thickening can be due to inflammation, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, malignancy or simply an empty stomach with redundant muco... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
See your doctor: muscle spasm can be frightening. it can make it hard to breath, cause sleep disturbance, interfere with daily life. Fortunately, there is medical trea... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Pleural pain: Sounds like pain related to the linings of the chest wall and outside lining of the lungs. Pleural pain could be infectious, inflammatory, post trauma... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Color from food dye: the color of your stool is the result of the food you ingested. nothing in the body causes blue colors. blue dye is used in medicine for this reason. ... Read More
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A 52-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Yes: yes, but see your doctor because the other medications should be treating your problem. If not, then something else may be going on.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Get pregnancy test: See your regular gynecologist. You could be pregnant.
You could also have hormonal imbalances that can be regulated with medications. time for GYN fo... Read More
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A 52-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
No, but tastes good: gastritis is best treated with medicines prescribed by your doctor. get endoscopy to be sure it isn't something else. See a GI doctor. Honey tastes go... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Consider bbl: lighten your skin color?
there are a few creams that can bleach the skin.
BBL or broad band light can also light skin spots.
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A member asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
It can: Yes, it can. Especially if there is mitral value reflux with the prolapse. This can cause back up of the blood into the lungs, heart enlargement, and ... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Rest: Muscle tears are often treated with a combination of rest, Ice, elevation, and anti inflammatories. Compression can help, but for the psoas, this is n... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Mri: This sounds more like disc related pain. Get an MRI.
the front of the thigh suggests L4 nerve root impingement. Does the pain make it to the big toe?... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Possibly: There are many glands near the opening of the vagina and at the urethral opening. It could be an inflammed gland, a urethral diverticulum or a mobile ... Read More
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A 47-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Get mri: get an mri for the neck pain to make sure it isn't a disc.
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A female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Yes, get mammo, sono: yes, its time for a mammogram and an ultrasound. See your doctor. Find out if you have a family of breast cancer. Pay attention to your symptoms and ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Surgery: There are creams to help bleach out any discoloration.
Often, the best treatment is surgery to remove excess skin. There are some treatments by laser ... Read More
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A 62-year-old male asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Expensive surgery: Neck surgery can be very expensive. Find a neurosurgeon that works in a place your insurance covers. Some orthopedic surgeons also do neck surgery. G... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
See orthopod: Its unlikely the hp surgery caused a knee problem. More likely, both are manifestations of the same problem, osteoarthritis. Get knee films and see an... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Yes, get a CT scan: Yes, get a CT scan to make sure there is not adenopathy or neck mass or abscess. This could be early malignancy.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
It can be: Sinus disease can be very severe. Follow up with your doctor. He may want a CT scan of the sinuses to make sure there isnt something else going on.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Too soon to tell: It is unlikely that the current symptoms are due to pregnancy this early. It could be other things, however.
If symptoms persist, see you doctor. It t... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
See dr: Low back pain and hip pain may be due to inflammation related to your cycle.
If pain persists into other parts of your cycle consider getting an mri ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Night sweats: See your doctor. Night sweats can indicate a process such as lymphoma. Other causes can relate to ovarian hormones. Other endocrine issues can cause ... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Need endoscopy or ug: People with GERD are at risk for secondary neoplasia due to reflux (Barrets esophagus). See your doctor and consider endoscopy or ugi to look at esoph... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Fracture of humerus: Shoulder dislocation can result in fractures of the scapula and humerus. When the glenoid part of the scapula fractures it is called a Bankart deformi... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Yes: It may be time for a hysterosalpingogram (HSG) or sono HSG to ensure there isn't another process occurring. There are many causes of uterine outlet ... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
MAY NEED MULTIPLE: Time to get an MRI.
It can take multiple steroid injections to get relief.
If you are not ready for surgery, no need to get mri.
Mri will be used to ... Read More
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A female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
On your back: Whatever hurts the least,
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Vein or artery: Are you sure its a vein? If so, this may indicate nothing except that you are well hydrated. It could also mean higher than normal pressures in your c... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
See your doctor: The symptoms you describe are non-specific. They could be viral.....or something else. see your doctor.
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Get ct scan: get a maxillo facial ct scan to make sure there isnt an infection or some other treatable problem
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
See a urologist: Hurting does not indicate one thing or another.
Skin lesions always need follow up
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Allen Meglinanswered
Interventional Radiology 37 years experience
Bloodwork and urine: Diabetes mellitus? Type 1 or type 2?
If so, start with a history and physical looking for excessive drinking and urinating. Look for a history of keto... Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! You're pretty spot on... I went to the er and it's scar tissue tear from previous abdominal surgeries. I've made an appointment with my pcp to follow up care.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! The tendons are in my palms and a hamstring. Thank you for the advice.
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Your answer made me feel good! Thanks :)
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA
Graduated 1986MD
Awards
2002 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA - Honor Medical Society )
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, SUNY Binghamton
Top Interventional Radiologist, First Place, the Nation - Spring
2017
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