Faith Santos -Caratao, MD -Diabetes, Thyroid and Endocrine Diseases

18/09/2025

Dear patients and colleagues
I have been getting feedbacks that our clinic mobile number is hard to reach and/or your calls to set appointments are unanswered . If that is the case, kindly send me a message here so il be the one to facilitate the appointment.
Please let us know how we can serve you better.
Thank you!

28/08/2025

21/08/2025

This day we give honor to
- the babies we still long for and think of…
- the babies who brought joy back into our world
-the husbands who stood by us through thick and thin
- the community of family, friends and doctors who guided us in our journey
- our God who carried us through our grief and gave us hope and faith
Aug 22 is National Rainbow Baby Day. Sending hugs and prayers to everyone whose journey is signified by a rainbow❤️

I’m 1 in 4.
I saw two pink lines.
And then I watched them vanish.

No bump pics.
Just blood, silence, and a pain no one talks about.

I was expected to “move on.”
But how do you move on from someone you never even got to hold?

I mourned a baby I never met.
I grieved a future I had already fallen in love with.
And I did it quietly, because the world doesn’t know how to hold space for loss this small, but this heavy.

But... sometimes after the storm, comes a rainbow.

National Rainbow Baby Day is August 22nd.
It’s a day to honor the little ones born after loss.
A day that’s both joy and grief woven together.

For every rainbow baby, there’s a storm that came first.
For every celebration, there’s a heartbreak that lingers.

So when you see us celebrate our rainbows, know this:
We are also remembering the ones who never made it earthside.
We are loving two babies at once...
The one we lost, and the one who brought color back into our world.

💔🌈 August 22nd, National Rainbow Baby Day.

17/08/2025

Dear Patients,
I will be cancelling my clinic schedule this week. My son has a respiratory infection and he really needs to be monitored closely.
I apologize for the inconvenience this sudden change of schedule may have caused you.
Kindly get in touch with ika for further details.
Thank you for your understanding!

13/08/2025

Important reminders for those on levothyroxine treatment.

ETA guidelines for the use of levothyroxine to optimize the treatment of hypothyroidism: recently, an expert task force was approved by the Guidelines Board of the European Thyroid Association to formulate recommendations for patients who take levothyroxine in tablet form:

For optimal absorption of levothyroxine, tablet form:

🔹absorption of levothyroxine is under fasting conditions, with 62–82% of the dose absorbed during the first 3 hours after ingestion

🔹soy, coffee, tea, milk, and grapefruit may interfere with absorption; avoid these for a few hours after taking the medication

🔹 calcium, iron may interfere with absorption; take these 4 hours apart from levothyroxine

🔹a fiber-enriched diet or fiber supplements may cause malabsorption

📍Drug interaction with levothyroxine absorption:

🔹proton pump inhibitors, PPIs, (rabeprazole, esomeprazole, omeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole) used for gastritis, stomach-related conditions, may interfere with absorption. Take levothyroxine at least 4 h before PPI.

🔹patients with gastric disorders and those who take proton pump inhibitors may require higher levothyroxine doses to achieve target TSH levels, and long-term PPI administration presents a heightened risk in these cases. Always mention gastric issues and medication taken for these to your doctor.

📍The co-prescription of levothyroxine with several interacting drugs (Tamoxifen, estrogens, corticosteroids, etc) or supplements can affect bioavailability; always discuss with the doctor both the medications and supplements taken.

📍Regular thyroid function lab tests as markers of adequate thyroid hormone status are important.

📍An effective doctor–patient relationship is essential to individualize treatment and reach the therapeutic goal.

Marco Centanni, Leonidas Duntas, Ulla Feldt-Rasmussen, Josef Koehrle, Robin P Peeters, Salman Razvi, Pierpaolo Trimboli, Camilla Virili. ETA guidelines for the use of levothyroxine sodium preparations in monotherapy to optimize the treatment of hypothyroidism. European Thyroid Journal. July. 2025.

13/08/2025

Best defense laban sa Diabetes complications? Know your numbers!

Tandaan ang 4 targets para stay in control and protected ang future mo.

Follow PCEDM for more health-related contents.

11/08/2025

So much has been said on social media about the issue on the professional fees of doctors.
I just want to say thank you to my patients who understand that waiting times can sometimes extend an extra hour or two. Thank you to those who give a little extra ( gifts of appreciation)
Vegetables , fruits, bread , pastries , siomai , lumpia and my favorite a live native chicken.
They are forever etched in my heart and and are truly and profoundly appreciated 🥰

As our way to improve our service, we have decided to add a priority lane for seniors, pregnant patients and those with frank disabilities ( amputees , blind , deaf mute excluding psychosocial category). Kindly present your valid ID and other documents for proof . Thank you

06/08/2025

Protect your health at every stage of life. Vaccines help prevent serious diseases and support your long-term well-being. From flu protection to boosters and age-appropriate shots, staying updated is key to living well.

For more health tips or concerns, call us at 8988-1000 or 8988-7000 or send us a message.

02/08/2025

By age 35, recommended na magpa-Diabetes Screening.

Pero kung may family history, overweight, o other risk factors ka, kahit before 35, dapat ma-check na rin.

Maaga pa lang, alagaan na ang health!

Follow PCEDM for more health-related content. 🩺✨

30/07/2025

Good day patients.
Please take note that we will have no clinic on the following days in August 2025
August 1-6
August 21-25
Otherwise usual clinic schedule will proceed on other days.
Thank you!

22/07/2025

Praying for all the mothers with their rainbow babies. Our God is faithful ❤️

That first ultrasound after you’ve had a miscarriage isn’t filled with excitement,
it’s filled with fear.

Your hands shake.
Your heart pounds.
And every single second feels like an eternity.

You’re not holding your breath to hear “It’s a boy” or “It’s a girl.”
You’re holding your breath just to hear a heartbeat.

You don’t walk into that room with joy.
You walk in with memories of the silence you’ve heard before.
The silence that broke you.

And when they finally say, “There it is… a strong heartbeat,”
you can finally exhale, just a little.
Because you know nothing is guaranteed,
but for that moment, your baby is okay.

Pregnancy after loss isn’t the same.
It’s a mixture of hope and fear,
love and grief,
all tangled into one.

©️Caty Sanders