{"id":6059,"date":"2020-01-31T04:03:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T17:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2020-01-31T19:16:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T08:16:43","slug":"the-truth-about-du30s-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=6059","title":{"rendered":"The truth about DU30\u2019s health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Solita Monsodd
As seen on the November 2019 issue of the Philippine Sentinel<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our President, by his own admission, has Buerger\u2019s disease, Barrett\u2019s oesophagus, is subjected to migraine headaches, and has \u201cspinal issues\u201d (which he attributes to a motorcycle accident when he was 68 years old). As many TV viewers have noticed, he also regularly gets large dark spots on his face. He also has admitted to taking sleeping pills, taking Fentanyl, which is 50-100 times more potent than morphine, and needing \u201cadditional oxygen\u201d while sleeping. He admits also to constipation (inherited from his mother, he says), although I don\u2019t know in what context he offered this. And now, he
adds Myasthenia gravis to the list (inherited from his grandfather).

He also has a mental ailment\u2014antisocial narcissistic personality disorder.

This ailment he has not been forthcoming about, unlike with his physical ailments. But this ailment was diagnosed by a doctor\u2014Natividad Dayan, former president of the International Council of Psychologists\u2014and submitted to the court that was presiding over the marriage annulment proceedings between Mr. Duterte and his wife. As I mentioned in earlier columns, Mr. Duterte and US President Donald Trump share this disorder.

How do these ailments affect the way President Duterte is presiding over our country? Is he fit to run it? Two years ago, through my column, I asked the Philippine Medical Association to assess the President\u2019s behaviour. Now, I want to widen the scope and ask them to assess his other ailments. But I doubt whether there will be any takers, at least not publicly. They are afflicted with the Big C\u2014and I\u2019m not talking Cancer.

I know of no Malaca\u00f1ang or any other doctor who has even discussed the President\u2019s health, or how it may affect his judgment or ability to govern.

Maybe because there is no official Malaca\u00f1ang doctor, or whoever doctor doesn\u2019t want to lie. So, we are left to our own devices, mainly Google. Which I did. I googled Buerger\u2019s, Barrett\u2019s, Myasthenia gravis, migraine, back pains, Fentanyl, and narcissistic personality disorder. It\u2019s all there. But if you have no time (or patience), let me share with you my findings (from Mayo Clinic):

BUERGER\u2019S DISEASE: <\/strong>Rare, incurable disease of the arteries in the arms and legs. May lead to infection and gangrene.

Symptoms include pain in the limbs that may come and go. Good news: Quitting all forms of tobacco is the only way to stop (not cure) this disease, and President DU30 has quit.

BARRETT\u2019S ESOPHAGUS: <\/strong>Associated with increased risk of
developing oesophageal cancer. Biopsy of tissue from oesophagus is needed to determine the degree of dysplasia (the presence of cells of an abnormal type, which may signify a stage preceding the development of cancer). Bad news: We don\u2019t know whether that biopsy has shown no, low, or high dysplasia. Worse news: It can recur after treatment. N.B.: Mr. Duterte xsaid a polyp in his intestine was biopsied and came out negative.

MIGRAINE:<\/strong> Can cause severe throbbing pain or pulsing sensation, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and extreme sensitivity to light and sound.

Attacks can last for hours or days, and pain can be so severe that it interferes
with daily activities. Bad news: We don\u2019t know how often President Duterte gets these attacks.

SPINAL ISSUES: <\/strong>(back pain). A leading cause of disability worldwide. Signs and symptoms include muscle ache and shooting or stabbing pain, or pain that worsens with standing or walking. President Duterte says the cause of these and migraines was \u201cnerve damage\u201d due to a motorcycle accident six years ago (no doctor confirms or denies). Bad news (or good): Is this all the damage done by that accident?

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS: <\/strong>Can affect not just eye muscles, but face and throat muscles, and neck and limb muscles. Bad news: It looks like it is not just a case of drooping eye.

SKIN DARKENING:<\/strong> Could be caused by diabetes, or Addison\u2019s disease (adrenal deficiency). Let\u2019s not get carried away. Would you trust him to run your company or your country?

NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY<\/strong>: I am stopping here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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