Dr Kat Lauro

28/12/2025

Home. For good. 🏡

𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 - 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐍!✨

We are delighted to welcome 𝐃𝐫. 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐌. 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐨-𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲, 𝐅𝐏𝐂𝐏, 𝐃𝐏𝐒𝐍, 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞- 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 to our growing community of healthcare professionals.

🩺 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 :
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Room 538
ACE Medical Center – Butuan
South Montilla Blvd., Brgy. Villa Kananga, Butuan City
For Appointments : (0953) 524 9185

𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑫𝒓. 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑱𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝑪𝑬𝑴𝑪 𝑩𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒏💚

#𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐧
#𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
#𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡
𝒘𝒘𝒘.𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒄𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒏.𝒄𝒐𝒎

17/12/2025

❌ alkaline water
✅ adequate water intake

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Sorry to break it to you, but alkaline water is all hype and does not prevent kidney stones any better than regular tap water.

This journal shows that most commercially sold alkaline waters contain very little actual alkali, not enough to meaningfully change urine chemistry in a way that would prevent stones. In fact, for common stone types like uric acid and cystine stones, alkaline water provides no added benefit over plain tap water.

Here’s the key point most ads don’t mention:
👉 Your kidneys tightly control blood pH. Drinking “alkaline” water doesn’t alkalinize your body. At best, it slightly changes urine pH, and even that effect is inconsistent and usually clinically insignificant.

What does help prevent kidney stones?
✅ Drinking enough total fluid
✅ Evidence-based dietary changes
✅ Prescribed alkalinizing agents when medically indicated (not bottled water)

04/12/2025

Alamin ang Normal na Antas ng Creatinine sa Dugo!

Ang normal na halaga ng creatinine ay karaniwang nasa 0.6 - 1.2 mg/dL, at ito ay mahalaga upang masukat ang kalusugan ng ating mga bato.

Ang tamang antas ay nagpapakita kung gaano kahusay ang pag-filter ng mga waste products ng ating katawan. Kapag ang mga antas ay mataas, maaaring ito ay senyales ng problema sa bato.

Palaging kumonsulta sa doktor upang masigurong nasa tamang sukat and iyong Creatinine.

04/12/2025

30/09/2025

All by God’s grace and guidance 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

The Southern Philippines Medical Center Section of Adult Nephrology proudly congratulates our graduates who are now Board-Certified Nephrologists.

Mikhail Olalo, MD
Sitti Rizminn Naik, MD
Desiree Castillones, MD
Kathrina Joy Lauro, MD
Nurmaine Mabang, MD
Richelle Pagarigan, MD
Aivan Matthew Wee, MD

We celebrate this success with you and look forward to the meaningful contributions to the field of Nephrology.

02/01/2025

Happy New Year to all of us. December 31, 2024 was my last day as an adult nephrology fellow. In line with this, I am no longer a part of SPMC's Adult Nephrology Fellowship Training Program.

As a graduate of this humble institution who molded me, I am grateful to all of my patients who have helped me along the journey. Wishing you a healthy new year. God bless you everyone!

02/09/2024

📌MPOX MUST KNOWS📌
Credits to the owner: twitter account
Link: https://x.com/monsterryfied19/status/1830491377505042774?s=46&t=tWx_m_8M5_IdARnCfKG0jA

1. Ano ba ang MPOX?
Isa itong sakit na dulot ng Monkeypox virus. Opo, virus po ito.

#2- #5: see images

6. May gamot ba o bakuna para sa MPOX?
Walang specific na gamot sa ngayon para sa
MPOX. Pero namamanage naman ito gamit ang mga antiviral meds.
Sa kasalukuyan, wala pang widely available o accessible na supply ng bakuna para sa MPOX dito sa Pinas

02/02/2024

Rainy season is here. Do not forget to take your prophylaxis 🙇‍♀️

22/01/2024

Will be responding to inquiries Monday-Friday except holidays from 8am to 5pm.

Thank you for your understanding.

04/08/2023

🚨🚨DENGUE ALERT 🚨🚨
❌🦟❌

Rainy season provides opportunity for mosquito breeding places to thrive. Recent news showed an increase to 164% of dengue cases as compared to last year.

Here are few infographic taken from DOH for you to avoid dengue infection.

Remember, healthy habits breed knowledgeable minds. 🧠

13/07/2023

🚨LEPTOSPIROSIS 🚨

Remember, healthy habits breed knowledgeable minds.🧠

Infographic source: DOH and PSN