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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).

Prostacyclin and Raynaud

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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

hypercholestoralemia

I was diagnosed with hypercholesterolemia and my doctor prescribed lipitor to lower my cholesterol. I didn't take it, because my friend told me that I would be destroying my liver with lipitor. I had a heart attack 7 months later, with a total cholesterol level of 370. I am trying to find an...

by User avatar Guest

White Blood Cell Count

Answered by a doctor

hi i havent' had blood work done for 2 years. my fiance convinced me to get it done becuase i haven't been feeling great. i've suffered for past year or so with dizziness occassionally headaches and blurred vision as of late getting increasingly worse. i assumed it would be diabetes. when i got...

by User avatar sunshine00765481

High White Blood Count & High thyroid

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Hi folks, I've been reading this forum for several weeks now as I've not been feeling too well.  Around 4 weeks ago I started to have pains in my neck - they were at the side, under my chin and above my adams apple was tender to the touch.  They still are.  Last week I woke up with a terrible...

by User avatar Tom Joad

Treating renal artery in stent restenosis?

Hello, folks. My husband had his renal artery occluded. He went to angioplasty and a stent was put into this artery. However, this artery re-narrowed and he got stent restenosis. I would like to know how to treat this kind of renal artery. What are your experiences? Thanks in advance. Bye!

by User avatar ermengarde44049