ASK THE DOC 10/13/2017
Health October 15, 2017Dr. William Whaley joins us for our weekly checkup, featuring your questions!
We would like to thank the Georgia Cancer Specialists for sponsoring this segment. I f you have a question for our doc, send it to [email protected] or 706-889-9700.
- What causes me to lose my sense of smell?
- All sorts of causes… NUMEROUS DISEASES
- Also, with age it can deteriorate.
- Also, seasonal allergies.
- Can a mental illness change personality or behavior?
- Personality: No. Personality disorders are serious disorders. The medical community divides it into three categories.
- People appear odd or eccentric. Schizotypal
- People who are dramatic, emotional, erratic. It’s a disease when its narcissistic.
- People that appear anxious and fearful. Avoidant behavior, obsessive compulsive. Or very dependent.
- BEHAVIOR
- Low Thyroid/High Thyroid makes you lethargic or too hyper.
- Too much Testosterone can make you over aggressive.
- Personality: No. Personality disorders are serious disorders. The medical community divides it into three categories.
- I’m just getting over a cold and my ears feel plugged up.
- The tube that drains the ear is full, caused by a virus, then your can’t equilibrate the pressure.
- Nasal sprays can open them up.
- The most common occurrence is because of ear wax
- The worst thing to do is stick a q-tip in the ear
- Go to the pharmacy and get something over the counter that will melt the wax.
- If you go onto an airplane after having that sort of cold you can rupture ear drum on the way down from altitude.
- It can lead to a lifetime of dizziness with zero cure.
- The tube that drains the ear is full, caused by a virus, then your can’t equilibrate the pressure.
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