HouseCall: Knee Surgery & Naproxen, Diet & Psoriasis, Lack of Muscle Definition, Hypothyroid and Low Testosterone
Welcome back to our weekend Cabral HouseCall shows!
This is where we answer our community’s wellness, weight loss, and anti-aging questions to help people get back on track!
Check out today’s questions:
Chris: Hello, An orthopedic surgeon has determined that my xray states I need a knee replacement. I am in pain every day and am on Naproxen and have not worked since May 9, 2023. 1. Should I get a 2nd opinion on my knee? 2. Is naproxen killing my microbiome?
Joopie: hi dr i do have psoriasis my head is all over with scalp and i do have blisters on my body if leave the blisters to long i get infections but i do open them and then i put cream on i use persivate cream and pills is there a diet what i must take thanks joopie
Mandy: Hi doctor Cabral. My question is about muscle definition. I’ve been lifting for about 10 years, and can definitely feel that I’ve gained a lot of muscle, but I can’t see them. There’s not much definition. I would love to hear your thoughts about what could be some of the reasons why. To give you some background: I am a 47 year old female. I lift 5 days/week and for cardio I walk 15-20K steps/day. I am not overweight, eat a healthy diet of about 2000 calories/day. My hormones and thyroid are a bit lower, but I’ve been getting treatment for this. Thanks so much for your answer!
Antoine: Hi im new here and loving it because my doc dont help me and i try to find a cause of my hormones problèmes thyroid and testostérone and now digestive probleme for 5 month. I am a 21 athlétique men and since 2 and a half years i started to feel bad , low énergie brain fog no libido feeling depress after that i start to loose muscle strengh and muscle pain (trigger point). For the last 5 month i started to have food sensitives like lactose and other do i dont known witch food because i continue to have diahrrea every morning . I have done blood test urine test and poop test and what it show it very low testostérone hypothyroid and a bit a anémia. I dont drink im lean « healthy » really good diet and little bit a supplementation zinc magnésium omega 3. Now i feel like im dying . I started to have hypothyroid and low testostérone for 2-3 years and i dont know why and my doc just what to give me drug without looking what the cause i did irm brain scan and no cancer here Im 21 years old and athletic