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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).

Had a dissection of the main left artery

I had a dissection of the main left artery in my heartl. It felt like a heart attack but the artery is damaged not clogged. I want to know is there a normal life for me down the road or is my heart always going to be a risk of breaking again

by User avatar kathi

Laser atherectomy to treat peripheral arterial disease?

I must say that heart issues are not something I expected in my 57th year of life. Well, I guess I am paying the price for the “healthy” life I have been leading all this time. I did stop smoking several years ago, but it is not enough, I guess. Anyway, I have to deal with peripheral...

by User avatar zebedee122166046

Estimating amount of lipopolysaccharides

how to estimate the amount of lps present in the sample?

by User avatar janardhan77256

aneurysm

Hi there, I am medical student who is 21 years old. I want to know more about aneurysm. I know that it is a bulge in a blood vessel, in many cases near the brain. Do you know the feeling when you have something to write but you don't have enough material? So please, write everything you know and I...

by User avatar cheri19437

Prostacyclin and Raynaud

Answered by a doctor

I have Raynaud’s phenomenon and am considering treatments at the moment, because I am feeling that it is getting out of control. Several people have told me that prostacyclin is a good treatment. Can you tell me more about this and how it works? Presumably this is a drug to widen the blood...

by User avatar portie1304180851

Chest, back, and neck pain

Answered by a doctor

I am a 26 year old male. A couple of years ago i started having palpitations. The doctor told me that I had high cholesterol. I took lipitor for 3 months and then started taking fish oil and garlic oil twice daily. I completely changed my diet and dropped my cholesterol from 254 to 184 which the...

by User avatar shaunanagins

blood sugar disorders

My husband and me are suffering from blood sugar disorder. We are not very educated people, especially in medicine. Therefore I would like to know more about this. Is it dangerous? Should we see a doctor? Are there some medications for this? Can it be cured? Any information will be very welcome.

by User avatar denys33671

illness with a lowgrade fever

I have burning in my right ear,back of head and neck. With a lowgrade fever. When on antibioitics it helps.When the antibiotic is gone, my symptoms come back. They are eposodic and when it happens my blood pressure gets elevated. I am very fatigued and ger bad headaches, with right eye pain, and...

by User avatar Guest

low HDL

I search for an answer to my question. How bad low HDL could be? I am 54 years old and still in good shape. I run once a week and practice light workout two times a week, long walks included. Even though I try to keep my weigh in normal proportion, last blood test showed low HDL levels. LDL level...

by User avatar Guest

aortic dissention

Hi, my name is Paul. I had a catheterization few months ago. That passed ok, but recently nurse told me she heard murmur sound that sounded aortic. I think that my aorta could be damaged from catheter. Could you explain me the difference between aortic dissention and aortic aneurysm and what the...

by User avatar Guest