Summary: Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.Here you'll find the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions posed by Healthy Talk fans. Listen in because what you know helps ensure healthy choices you can live with. Today on Healthy Talk, you wanted to know: In a previous "Ask Dr. Mike" segment, you forgot to mention growth factors like IGF for wound healing. Can you cover these please? Depending on how deep you cut yourself, you should start to see your wound heal slowly as the days pass. However, if it's not, you may have to reevaluate your approach to wound healing. For example, recently Dr. Mike discussed the the most important things to help wound healing. These included calories, carbohydrates, fats, vitamin A, vitamin C, proteins, zinc, and water. However, there are also hormones and growth factors like IGF that also play a role in helping your body regenerate. There are so many different types that you can check out in supplement form. I have acne inversa. I read that there's a new drug to help; have you heard of this? Acne inversa is an inverted pimple on the inside of your skin that is extremely painful. Usually, these occur under the armpits and groin, and there isn't that much you can do to treat them. Dr. Mike hasn't heard much about a drug to help treat this condition. However, he did find a company, Cellceutix, that is meeting with the FDA on the new drug for acne inversa, but nothing on the drug itself. Is there anything on the rise for treating CIDP? Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIPD) causes a lot of pain due to trauma or infection. Dr. Mike recommends anything with phosphocholine. If you have a health question or concern, Dr. Mike encourages you to write him at askdrmikesmith@radiomd.com or call in, toll-free, to the LIVE radio show (1.844.305.7800) so he can provide you with support and helpful advice.
