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Blood & Blood Vessel (Vascular) Disorders

The basic types of blood vessels are arteries, veins, capillaries and lymphatics. Their main goal is to keep blood flowing to all of your vital organs. Here, you can discuss topics related to blood disorders (anemia, blood cholesterol, hemochromatosis, hemophilia, polycythemia vera, sepsis, sickle cell disease, thalassemia, thrombosis) and blood vessel disorders (arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, aneurysm, vasculitis, venous thrombosis, varicose veins, lymphedema).

esr and temporal arteritis

My old mother has been having lots of headaches and vision problems. When we took her to the doctor last week, he informed us that he suspected that she could have temporal arteritis. He has now ordered a bunch of tests including ESR. What can I expect for my mom?

by User avatar humfried842156976

high homocystine levels

my homocystine level is 15... what can I do to reduce it?

by User avatar Guest

eye blood vessels

Hello! I am curious if eye blood vessels could be broken for I was explained that my eye could be reddish for broken eye blood vessels and it is not like I have pain or some other discomfort but it looks ugly and is scratching sometimes and I am curious now what could have caused my eye blood...

by User avatar darda32867

my mother is suffering from Buerger disease

Hi, my mother is 52 years old and she is suffering from Buerger disease. She is smoker for more than 25 years. Her doctor told that she has to quit smoking if she wants her blood vessels to last for some time more. I would like to know something more about this disorder.

by User avatar betteanne156464389

Is it a good thing when these things happen?

Is it a good thing when ur body goes from really hot to freezing ice cold in less than 5 minutes and is it a concern/ Also is it a good thing when you sitting or standing and your feet go completly puple and you touch them and they go back to purple? Is it bad circulation?

by User avatar samssoccerhorse

Brusing on legs

I took a severe fall down a flight of stairs over a year ago and I still have bruising on both of my legs. The last doctor I saw stated it may be a circulation and blood problem. I have had my platelets checked my blood work came back fine. I have also seen an internal medicine doctor he stated that...

by User avatar Guest

blood vessels anatomy

Hello! Can somebody tell me some general info about blood vessels anatomy? You see I have this blood vessels problem for a long period of time – the thing is that I even stop wearing dresses and shorts for these veins and capillaries I have over my legs so I would like to know something more...

by User avatar livia41431

Systemic Mastocytosis

Hi, I visited a doctor few months ago about headaches, fainting and flushing. He didn’t know at first what was wrong with me, but after some tests and lot of questions about my medical history, he diagnosed me with systemic mastocytosis. What are the most important things about this disorder?

by User avatar Guest

I have microcytic anemia.

I was diagnosed with microcytic hypocromatic (sp) anemia some time ago. it was found to be non-iron deficent. My doctor was treating me with a high dose vitamin D and C and a slow release iron. I developed kidney stones the required surgical removal. My uroligist stopped all vitamins. The past week...

by User avatar jaylyn2201127244

What is Temporal Arteritis

Hi, I’ve had very strange symptoms lately, so I went to doctor. I had C-reactive protein test and blood tests including erythrocyte sedimentation rate. It turned out that I have temporal arteritis. What is this condition?

by User avatar Guest