Dr. Monica Parker
Family Medicine
Scaly Mountain, NC
35 years experience
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Bio
I am a family physician who cares for geriatric patients. I have an interest in understanding dementia onset in ethnic persons. I help families manage their relative with behavioral problems in dementia. I love my work geriatric patients and their families.
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Family Medicine
Languages spoken
English
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Monica Parker answered
Family Medicine 35 years experience
Improper hormones: Irregular menstrual periods are not uncommon in adolescents and young adults. Abnormalities in your thryoid gland or pituitary gland, or your ovaries will cause this. Please schedule an appointment with your gynecologist for an examination and ultrasound to look at your ovaries and obtain levels of your estrogen and other hormones. If you are having sex, pregnancy can still occur.
A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. Monica Parker answered
Family Medicine 35 years experience
Exercise daily: Persons with high BP are usually somewhat overweight. Reducing your weight thru daily exercise and practicing good dietary choices that restrict sodium will be most helpful. I f your BP is elevated, you must begin with a medication to control it. After you have begun the lifestyle changes that lower bp, exercise may allow you to stop meds. Poor BP control leads to heart dz; kidney failure.
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Parker is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
HealthTap member
Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Parker is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful!
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Thanks for your quick reply!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Nebraska College of Medicine, NE
Graduated 1986MD
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