Dr. Karel Pacak, NIH
The information presented on this webinar is for educational purposes only and should not substitute the advice of your doctor(s) and medical team because they have in-depth knowledge of your medical history and current situation.
See list of questions and video timing below.
- 7:08: Are pheo or para patients more at risk of getting COVID and/or getting very sick with COVID?
- 11:45: Should I get the vaccine?
- 16:09: If I don’t have any pheos or paras right now, should I get the vaccine?
- 17:15: Should I delay scans and labwork because of increased risk of exposure to COVID?
- 21:40: What advice are you giving pheochromocytoma patients who have Covid-19?
- 25:00: How out-of-range must metanephrines be to indicate a pheo?
- 29:15: If metanephrines are in a questionable range, what imaging do you recommend?
- 32:11: I have SDHB, how often should I get MRI’s and biochemical testing? What about my kids?
- 36:25: What do we know about SDHA?
- 39:23: How do you compare SDHA and B as compared to C and D.
- 42:02: Can older patients who have a genetic mutation, but never had tumors previously, still develop one later in life?
- 44:33: Since adrenal medullary hyperplasia can be a precursor to a pheo, can you comment on the diagnosis and treatment of AMH?
- 47:55: How can those of us with active pheo and elevated fasting blood glucose(pre diabetic range) reduce fasting glucose? I am already on a very low carbohydrate diet. Would this indicate alpha or beta blockers need to be increased?
- 50:45: How long after surgery do symptoms disappear?
- 57:41: How does pheo para affect menopause and female-related hormones?
- 1:00:00: Why do some family members with a mutation get tumors while others who also have a mutation don’t get any tumors?
- 1:01:00: Can tumors lead to early menopause?
- 1:06:01: Are there any supplements or amino acids that are recommended or should be avoided?
- 1:08:15: Will tyramine increase blood pressure?
- 1:10:40: Patients should stay away from medications that indicate it may cause clotting?
- 1:11:14: Any new promising research that we need to know about?