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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).

Can exercise help to get rid of plaque in arteries?

My father has plaque in his arteries. His doctor told him that he will need to change his life style. Also he needs to take medications but still he must stop smoking and begin to eat only healthy food. I heard that exercise can help also. Can exercise help to get rid of plaque in arteries?

by User avatar amye45002

affraid of temporal arteritis biopsy

My doctors suspect that I have temporal arteritis. I have had terrible headaches and loss of vision. I am due to have a temporal arteritis biopsy and I am really scared of it. Can anyone put my mind at rest and tell me that the procedure is not terribly painful? Because I hate pain. Thank you so...

by User avatar evangeline1201140589

urea nitrogen levels

I recently had a blood test and my urea nitrogen level was 31. They range should be from 7 - 25. My doctor told me everything was normal. I would like to know if being 6 over the limit, it ok or not. All my other test were in the normal range. Thank you, Arlene

by User avatar Guest

Cytomegalovirus

Hi. In a past few days I started to suffer from fever and constant fatigue. I got headache from time to time and it doesn’t lasts very long. On the left side of my abdomen I can feel something under my fingers that for sure wasn’t there before. That’s got me really worried. That’s why I...

by User avatar Guest

Felt like fainting

Answered by a doctor

Today in Science class, I felt as thought I was going to pass out. I've never felt it before. We were talking about blood and all of a sudden I started sweating profusely, then my vision began to blur and my hearing decreased to the point where it sounded like my teacher was mumbling her words....

by User avatar Guest

reactive hypo

Hello! My sister has been found to suffer from reactive hypoglycemia. How can a person notice that they suffer from this condition? Is reactive hypoglycemia dangerous? Thank you!

by User avatar Guest

I can feel an EXTREMELY stong pulsing in my abdomen

Hi, I am a 23 year old female. Here are my symptoms. When lying on my back, if I barely touch my abdomen next to my naval I can feel an EXTREMELY stong pulsing (in sync with my heartbeat.) I know my aorta is there but I had never noticed the pulsing being that strong before, especially...

by User avatar Guest

Bad circulation/discoloration in hands, legs & feet.

Answered by a doctor

Last June I received a horrible sunburn from the top of my knees down to my ankles/feet (I have very pale, fair skin).  The skin became VERY red and somewhat swollen and painful, I thought I might have gotten sun poisoning.  Ever since then I have been having increasingly bad circulation...

by User avatar VW7186305

Waht is gangrene?

I have an uncle who has been diagnosed with gangrene. What is it and how do you exactly get it?

by User avatar Guest

calcified haematoma

Hello. I am a guy 32 years old and I have a calcified haematoma on my arm. It happened when I fell of my bike ten years ago. The bruising never faded, and it is a bit lumpy. Is there a way for me to get rid of this haematoma? It really annoys me to look at it every single day. How can this problem...

by User avatar aldrich34768