>> IT IS TIME NOW FOR DOC TALK. WE TAKE YOUR MEDICAL QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS WITH LOCAL
DOCTORS. TODAY WE’RE JOINED
BY DOCTOR AMY CALLED FROM
UNIVERSITY HEALTH. THANKS FOR
BEING HERE AT PLEASURE TO HAVE
YOU BACK. YEAH. HAHA. OKAY.
SO OUR FIRST QUESTION COMES TO
US FROM ROLE WILL HE IS ASKING
WHAT ARE THE LATEST
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING COVID
VACCINES FOR THE ELDERLY?
I’M AROUND MY 84 YEAR-OLD
MOTHER A LOT. IS IT A GOOD IDEA
FROM MY MOTHER AND ME TO GET
VACCINATED AGAIN?
SO IN THE FALL OF 2023, THEY
DID UPDATE THE COVID VACCINE.
>> AND BASICALLY IT’S TO TARGET
THE XBB LINEAGE OF THE OMICRON
VARIANT. SO IT’S JUST THE MOST
UP-TO-DATE FOR WHAT’S
CIRCULATING RIGHT NOW. SO FOR
ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 65, LIKE
HIS MOTHER, IT WOULD BE
RECOMMENDED TO GET 2 DOSES OF
THE UPDATED 2023 2024 VERSION
FOR MONTHS APART. SO 2 DOSES
FROM ITS PART. NOW THROW WAS
UNDER THE AGE OF 65. HE WOULD
ALSO BE RECOMMENDED TO GET A
VACCINE, BUT HE WOULD ONLY NEED
ONE INTERESTING. OKAY. ALL
RIGHT. TOWARD THE STAT IS USED
FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL.
>> AND THE NEXT QUESTION IS I
TAKE A TOUR OF A STATEN, BUT
MY MUSCLES HAVE GOTTEN VERY
WEAK. I’M TOLD I CAN’T TAKE
ANYTHING ELSE AS I HAVE 2
STENTS, ONE IN EACH LEG.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT
WILL HELP MY CHOLESTEROL?
AND I THINK WE CAN SPELLED
WRONG OUT THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW,
TAKE W K RIGHT?
>> SO AS YOU SAID, A TORTOISE
DATA IS IN A CLASS OF
MEDICATIONS THEY’RE CALLED.
STATON IS IN THERE FOR CLUSTER
ALL AND THEY’RE HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE IN USUALLY SAFE.
THEY’VE BEEN USED BY
CARDIOLOGISTS AND PRIMARY CARE
DOCTORS FOR MANY YEARS. BUT IN
ABOUT 2 TO 11% OF PATIENTS,
THEY CAN GET A MUSCLE SIDE
EFFECT OR THEY MIGHT HAVE PAIN
OR WEAKNESS. AND SO FORTH.
ONLY POINT TO THAT 0, 5%, HAVE
A SERIOUS MUSCLE REACTION,
RIGHT? SO SEVERE THAT THE
MUSCLE BREAKDOWN CAN DAMAGE THE
KIDNEY, FOR EXAMPLE, OR CAUSE
SERIOUS MUSCLE DAMAGE.
SO THE FIRST STEP OF STOP, THE
MEDICATION UNTIL THE SYMPTOMS
GO AWAY COMPLETELY. AND THEN I
WOULD RECOMMEND TALKING TO YOUR
DOCTOR AND SEE IF THERE’S
ANOTHER MEDICINE YOU’RE ON.
THAT MIGHT BE MAKING YOU MORE
LIKELY TO REACT TO THE STATON.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE’S A
CLASS OF MEDICINES CALLED 5
RATES OR NIACIN THAT CAN MAKE
THE STATEN MORE LIKELY TO GIVE
YOU THAT KIND OF REACTION.
YOU SHOULD ALSO BE SCREENED
FOR SOME OTHER CONDITIONS THAT
CAN DAMAGE THE MUSCLE LIKE
THYROID DISEASE, KIDNEY
DISEASE, OBSTRUCTIVE, LIVER
DISEASE, AND EVEN VITAMIN D
DEFICIENCY. SOMETIMES IF YOU
TREAT THOSE CONDITIONS AND THEN
YOU RESTART THE STATEN, YOU CAN
TOLERATE IT BETTER.
THE STANDS ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO
HIGH INTENSITY, MODERATE AND
LOW. AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN GO
BACK ON THE MEDICINE JUST TO
STEP DOWN A LITTLE BIT WEAKER
AND THEN YOU CAN TOLERATE IT.
I HAVE ALSO SEEN SOME PEOPLE
THAT IF THEY TAKE IT EVERY
OTHER DAY, THEY CAN STILL GET
BENEFIT AND THEY’RE ABLE TO
TOLERATE IT BETTER. NOW, HE IS
IN THAT GROUP THAT HAD A
SERIOUS REACTION, THERE IS
ANOTHER. THERE ARE SEVERAL
OTHER CLASSES OF MEDICATIONS
THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVE. SO AS
THE TEAM I’VE IS ONE AND THAT
ONE IS LIKE A BLOCKER OF
CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION. THERE
ARE SEVERAL OTHERS AS EVEN AN
INJECTION THAT YOU CAN GET FROM
YOUR CARDIOLOGIST. SO THE NEXT
STEP, JUST TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
TO SEE IF ANY OF THOSE OPTIONS
THAT WORK FOR YOU. OKAY.
OUR NEXT QUESTION IS I HAVE A
FRIEND WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
B-CELL LYMPHOMA. THAT’S WHAT
THIS VIEWER WROTE TO US.
>> ASKING WHAT KIND OF CANCER
IS IT AND IS IT TREATABLE?
WHAT ARE SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR?
SO LYNN THOMA IS A DISEASE OR
CANCER OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM,
WHICH I THINK OF US LIKE THE
GERM FIGHTING NETWORK IN YOUR
BODY AND INCLUDE YOUR LYMPH
NODES OR THYMUS. YOUR SPLEEN
AND YOUR BONE MARROW.
>> B CELL LYMPHOMAS, ONE TYPE
OF LYMPHOMA IT COME. THE CELLS
ARE AN IMMUNE CELL THAT HELP
PRODUCE ANTIBODIES AND SO
SYMPTOMS OF B-CELL LYMPHOMA CAN
BE THINGS LIKE WEIGHT LOSS
DRENCHING NIGHT SWEATS. FEVERS
AND ENLARGE LYMPH NODES.
YOU MIGHT NOTICE THE GLAND
THAT’S VERY LARGE. AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR
DOCTOR. GET SOME BLOOD WORK MAY
A CHEST X-RAY CT SCANNER BY
OBSCENE. THE TREATMENT IS
USUALLY CHEMOTHERAPY. SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND SOME
CASES THEY MIGHT NEED RADIATION
OR AND EVEN A BONE MARROW
TRANSPLANT. BUT FOR THIS
VIEWER, HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR FRIEND. WHAT A WHAT I
WOULD SUGGEST IS IF THEY’RE
OPEN TO IT OFF OR IF YOU CAN GO
WITH THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED FRIEND
TO THE APPOINTMENT BECAUSE A
LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU GET THAT
NEW CANCER DIAGNOSIS, IT’S VERY
OVERWHELMING. YEAH, THERE’S SO
MANY TECHNICAL TERMS AND SO
MANY DECISIONS TEAM MAY BE HARD
TO EVEN ASK QUESTIONS. YOU
KNOW. AND SO IF THAT’S WHAT THE
MY BIG RECOMMENDATION IS TO
SEE, IF OFFER, IF THEY WOULD
WANT YOU TO GO WITH THEM TO
SOMEBODY TO LEAN OUT. JUSTIN.
YEAH. SO THE ECLIPSE COMING
UP ON MONDAY, RIGHT?
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU LOOK
INTO THE ECLIPSE WITHOUT PROPER
PROTECTION.
>> THANK YOU. CAN GET PERMANENT
EYE DAMAGE ACTUALLY.
THERE’S A COUPLE THINGS THAT
COULD HAPPEN. ONE AS YOU LOOK
INTO IT, YOU CAN GET A SUNBURN
KIND OF ON THE OUTSIDE LOT
LINING OF YOUR EYE, BUT YOU CAN
GET RETINAL DAMAGE THAT CAN BE
PERMANENT. EVEN CAUSE
BLINDNESS. SO THE
RECOMMENDATION IS TO USE ISO
CERTIFIED ISO, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2,
DASH, 2.35. GLASSES. ARE
VIEWERS, SUNGLASSES AREN’T
ENOUGH. THEY’RE JUST NOT STRONG
ENOUGH. IF YOU CAN’T GET THOSE
KIND OF VIEWERS, THERE ACTUALLY
IF YOU YOU JUST GO TO THE
INTERNET AND YOU GOOGLE
PROJECTOR BOX NASA, THERE’S
INSTRUCTIONS WITH CARDBOARD,
ALUMINUM FOIL PAPER AND A PEN
LIKE ATTACK AND THAT YOU CAN
CREATE YOUR OWN BOX FOR THIS.
AND ONE OTHER THING I’D POINT
OUT YOU EVEN IF YOU HAVE ON THE
CURRENT CLASSES AND YOU’RE
LOOKING THROUGH OF OPTICAL
VIEWER, LIKE A TELESCOPE OR
BINOCULARS,
THAT THOSE OPTICS CAN INTENSIFY
THE RAYS AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH
THOSE VIEWERS AND STILL DAMAGE
ICE. YOU ACTUALLY NEED A
SPECIAL FILTER ON THE END OF
THE OPTICAL OKAY. IT’S THE
SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR. IF YOU DO
HAVE SOME, IF YOU DO GET
EXPOSED DURING THE ECLIPSE WITH
THE BLURRY VISION, FEELING THAT
GRITTINESS IN YOUR EYES, WHITE
SPOTS HEADACHES, THOSE SORTS OF
THINGS. OKAY. I KNOW WHERE
SARAH SPIVEY’S CREATED ONE OF
THOSE PINHOLE PROJECTORS.
I THINK SHE’S GOT A HOW TO
VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE OR
ACTUALLY PRETTY FUN AND SUPER
EASY TO MAKE. SO, YEAH, THAT’S
AN OPTION.
>> AND IF YOU CAN GET YOUR
HANDS ON THE KSAT ECLIPSE
GLASSES ARE UP. ALL THOSE
THINGS THAT I ABOUT THE 2 DASH,
3, SOMETHING OR OTHER.
>> THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE.
SHE 82 HAVING ME.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO SHOW
YOU THE QR CODE NOW, IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS FOR A GROUP OF
DOCTORS, WE WOULD LOVE TO ASK
THAT THURSDAYS AT 6.30, ITS