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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).

thrombosis embolism patients

Hi, I want to be a doctor. But it is not easy. So many exams stay between me and the diploma. My next barrier is thrombosis embolism. There is something about thrombosis embolism that I do not know. So can you tell me which patients are in danger to get it?

by User avatar mendy25366

lightheadness - root cause?

I have noticed that when I sit up in a chair and watch television that I experience light headedness. Then when I lay down it is relieved, I was wondering what the difference in those two positions is. I am guessing that you get more oxygen into your brain when you are laying down?

by User avatar billvinny0783191

High cholestorol

I had some of heart diseases in my family. I have heard that high cholestorol is the best known threats to a healthy heart. As I think it’s in my genes to get some of those heart attacks I am a little bit afraid. Maybe I should check and reduce my cholestorol before I find out I have high...

by User avatar Guest

weak blood vessels

Hello there, I am a guy who is 32 years old. I heard that my life style may damage and make my blood vessels weak. Is this true? If it is, then how can I prevent this? Sorry to bother you with this but I think that it is important. I only know that middle aged people is the most endangered group.

by User avatar judah45371

broken blood vessel

I went to hospital and found out I have Lumbar Radiculitis but I had a big bruise on the back of my leg. They told me it was a broken blood vessel. It is going down and around my leg, Iwanted to know your opinion on this subject. I was diagnosed with CLL in 2008.

by User avatar mary elllen shetron

Is it normal to feel like your going to dye everyday?

I have had many syptoms within the past few months and it just seems to be getting worse and worse. Most of the time it is pain in my chest which leads me to the ER 3 times already. They have performed all kinds of tests and monitored my heart and nothing has shown up on any tests. Everything always...

by User avatar dodaluv124966

My Son is having fever and his WBC count is high. The fever comes in morning and evening

My Son is 7 months old. He is having mild fever in the range of 98.9 - 99.2 F. The fever comes in morning and evening stays for 30 mins but in that period, his head becomes hot. We took him to hospital and he undergone a blood/Stool/Urine test. Everything was normal except he had WBC count of 19000...

by User avatar Sandip

Results of the lead poisoning

What are the results of the lead poisoning? Our kid had some serious problems with nausea and after some tests; it was proven that it is a lead poisoning. I don’t know how he got it, not from food or anything like that; we are so in the dark here. Can you tell me if he will be all right? What...

by User avatar hertha160465710

Feel very strange

My husband is 53 he suffers from hifh blood pressure. He is on medication Coversulplus. This morning he woke up with very low blood pressure so he did not take his medication. Now late in the afternoon he is complaining of a tideness around his head,dizzyness,and a pain in the back of his right leg....

by User avatar Anniedp23999

leg pain with spider veins

Answered by a doctor

since i was 4 months pregnant i have struggled with pains in my legs and at times great pain...at first the doctors just thought it was due to the extra weight and fluid b/c i had kidney problem and i had a/b 17 lbs of extra fluid and gain over 60lbs total, however my son is now 2yers old and i...

by User avatar Guest