Dr. Jose Fortunato Caringal Online Urology Clinic

Dr. Jose Fortunato Caringal Online Urology Clinic Doctor of the Urinary Tract and MALE genitalia. Specializes in diseases related the Kidney, Ureter, Urinary Bladder, Prostate, P***s, Te**is, and Sc***um (i.e.

kidney stones, enlarged prostate, infertility, cancers of the urinary tract, etc)

29/09/2022

Prostate Cancer is a type of cancer that only occurs in men and is the 5th most common cancer in the country.

Join us at the "Prostate Cancer Na Ba?" Lay Forum tomorrow at 11 am via Facebook Live as we walk you through the screening process, diagnosis and new treatment options available for the disease.

To send your questions in advance, go to https://tmcph.co/ProstateCancerWebinar.

See you there! โ˜๏ธ

16/07/2020

While masks with valves are designed to ease exhalation and decrease humidity for the wearer, they do not block transmission of COVID-19 because they allow exhaled air and droplets to escape.

We value your safety and the well-being of our patients, clinic staff and doctors. Starting today, all locations of The Medical City Clinic will not allow patients and companions wearing masks with valves to enter clinic premises. Please refer to the poster for your guidance.

13/07/2020

๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—— ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—ฆ

First, linawin muna natin ang terms
๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—œ๐——-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต - coronavirus disease 2019. Eto ang sakit.
๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ-๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฉ-๐Ÿฎ โ€“ severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Ito ang virus na may gawa ng COVID-19. Ang lumang tawag dito ay ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต-๐—ป๐—–๐—ข๐—ฉ.

๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜๐˜‹๐˜š ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜๐˜.

May dalawang tests na ginagamit para malaman kung may COVID-19 ang isang tao.
1. Rapid diagnostic test (๐—ฅ๐——๐—ง)
2. ๐—ฃ๐—–๐—ฅ (polymerase chain reaction) or swab test

๐—”๐—ก๐—ข ๐—”๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—— ๐——๐—œ๐—”๐—š๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—– ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง?

Kapag may pumasok na foreign body o antigens sa katawan, gumagawa ang katawan ng panalaban dito na tinatawag na ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ or ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ (Ig).May ibaโ€™t ibang antibodies para sa iba-ibang antigens. Sa RAPID TEST, sinusuri ang dugo kung may antibodies nang panlaban sa SARS-CoV-2. Hindi nito direktang nakikita kung may virus.

Dalawang antibodies ang tinitingnan sa RDT, ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—  (๐—ถ๐—ด๐— ) [green line sa graph] at ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š (๐—œ๐—ด๐—š) [red]. Ang IgM ang nauunang lumabas pero nawawala rin agad kagaya ng fling mo na hindi mo naman sineryoso. Ang IgG naman ay huling dumating pero pangmatagalan, parang yung hinintay mo ng ilang taon tapos sya pala ang forever mo.

Apat ang pwedeng resulta
1. IgM+ & IgG-
2. IgM- & IgG+
3. IgM+ & IgG+
4. IgM- & IgG-

๐—œ๐—ด๐—  ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, ๐—œ๐—ด๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜

Kapag positive ka sa IgM, ibig sabihin ay ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ka. May SARS-CoV-2 ka at pwede kang makahawa.

Ano ang dapat gawin?
1. Confirmatory test (PCR)
2. Isolate for 2 weeks
3. I-trace ang mga close contacts mo in the last 2 weeks dahil pwedeng nahawaan mo sila. Dapat ay ma-test din sila.
4. I-report sa LGU mo ang resulta ng test mo

Delikado ba ito?
Hindi naman. Konti lang sa mga nagpapa-postive sa IgM ang magkaka-symptoms. Sa mga may symptoms, konti lang ang kailangang magpa-ospital. At dun naman sa mga na-ospital, karamihan ay nakaka-recover.

๐—œ๐—ด๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, ๐—œ๐—ด๐—  ๐—ก๐—˜๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜

Kapag positive ka sa IgG, ibig sabihin ay nagka-infection ka na, natapos na, may antibodies ka na laban sa SARS-CoV-2, at higit sa lahat, hindi ka na nakakahawa. May immunity ka na pero dahil bago pa lang sa atin ang COVID-19, hindi pa natin alam kung hanggang kelan ang itatagal ng immunity mo.

Ano ang dapat gawin?
1. Magpasalamat ka na nalampasan mo na ang infection at buhay ka.
2. No need for confirmatory test dapat kasi base sa mga pinakahuling datos ng WHO, hindi ka na makakahawa kahit may ma-detect pang konting virus. Pagaling ka na totally. Pero dito sa โ€œPinas, kailangan pa rin.
3.. No need for isolation
4. I-trace ang mga close contacts in the last 3 weeks dahil pwedeng nahawaan mo sila. Dapat ay ma-test din sila.

๐—œ๐—ด๐—  ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, ๐—œ๐—ด๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜

Hindi ka nakuntento sa isa, gusto mo dalawa. Eto yung may fling ka pa (igM) pero andyan na rin si potential forever (IgG) at hindi ka pa maka-decide. Pag positive ka sa IgM at IgG, ibig sabihin ay nagsisimula ka nang gumawa ng long-term antibodies pero hindi pa tapos ang infection at nakakahawa ka pa rin. Pag ganito ang resulta mo, ang rekomendasyon ay kagaya rin ng sa IgM+/IgG- sa taas.

๐—œ๐—ด๐—  ๐—ก๐—˜๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, ๐—œ๐—ด๐—š ๐—ก๐—˜๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜

Dalawa ang pwedeng sitwasyon pag negative ka sa IgM at IgG. Una, wala kang virus. Pero hindi ibig sabihin ay hindi ka na magkakaroon. Padalawa, meron pero napakaaga pa at wala pang nagagawng antibodies ang katawan mo na made-detect ng RDT. In both cases, pareho lang ang gagawin. Yun pa ring mga pag-iingat kagaya ng pagsusuot ng face mask, paghuhugas ng kamay, physical distancing, etc. Pwede mong ulitin ang test after 7-14 days.

๐—”๐—ก๐—ข ๐—ก๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—ก ๐—”๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—–๐—ฅ?

Sa PCR, hinahanap natin ang genetic material (RNA, blue line sa graph) ng SARS-CoV-2. Kung sa RDT, antibodies lang ang hinahanap, sa PCR yung virus mismo. Ito yung swab test. Kumukuha tayo ng sample sa nasopharyngeal area (sa may lalamunan sa likod ng ilong). Positive or negative lang ang result dito.

Pag positive, same recommendation pag IgM+ except the confirmatory test.

๐—œ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ
Ang resulta ng test nyo ay base lang sa status nyo nung tinest kayo. Hindi ibig sabihin na negative ka sa test eh negative ka na forever. Pwede ka pa rin mahawa at mag-postive kapag hindi ka nag-ingat. Ganun din sa nag-positive sa IgG (immune), hindi pa natin alam kung hanggang saan ang itatagal ng immunity nyo. Kailangan pa rin mag-ingat.

Sa ngayon ay hindi pa rin bumababa ang daily confirmed cases natin. Kaya please lang,. Wear your mask when interacting with people or when in the same space with them, sanitize hands regularly, maintain physical distancing. Protect yourself to protect others.

As always, stay safe!

09/07/2020
Thank you Bayanihan MD, Incorporated for inviting me to be your guest speaker tomorrow, June 18, 2020, 11AM, Thursday. P...
17/06/2020

Thank you Bayanihan MD, Incorporated for inviting me to be your guest speaker tomorrow, June 18, 2020, 11AM, Thursday. Please join us for a live discussion about menโ€™s health and the prostate in particular. See you!

Have you prepared something special for your Father, Dad, Papa or Tatay next week? Why not ask them to watch our next episode of The Doctorโ€™s Order and learn more about Menโ€™s Health.

Link: https://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=573892583311368

For that one special guy in our lives, we will be focusing on the often overlooked Prostate Gland. Specifically, we will be dealing with Menโ€™s Reproductive Health, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and Prostate Cancer.

As your doctors, we believe that itโ€™s never too late to check your prostate.

We will be joined by Dr. Jose Fortunato Caringal, a Urologist.

Watch us live here at our FB page, Bayanihan MD, Incorporated every Thursday, 11AM. This is hosted by our very own, Doc Karl and Doc Celine.



The Medical City Ortigasโ˜๐Ÿฝ
12/06/2020

The Medical City Ortigasโ˜๐Ÿฝ

12/06/2020

For any urologic concerns, you may come and see me at The Medical City MATI 1901. Just make sure to book an appointment in advance through Ms. Tina Damaso at 09056645492 or you may just send us a direct message through this page. See you!

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Dr. Jose Fortunato โ€œPIPOโ€ Caringal, finished his medical degree at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in 2007. He then took 2 years of General Surgery training at the Medical City Ortigas, before transferring to East Avenue Medical Center to finish his 4-year Urology residency. He underwent further training for Endourology and Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy at Binh Dan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is currently on his 5th year in private practice as a Urology consultant in various hospitals listed below.