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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).

Suffereing from psedomonus infection

I am suffereing from psedomonus infection in UT and consistenly getting count of 100000 CFU/ml. I had gone through open surgory in Sept 2004 to remove the staghorn calculi of 4cm x 1.5 cm size at right kidney. Now the infection has damaged my right testicle forming abscess and pus. Eventhough I have...

by User avatar Anant Palkar68316

47 year old male with diabetes II heart rate

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Hi. Is 203 a high heart rate for a 47 year old Type II diabetic?

by User avatar Guest

coombs positive hemolytic anemia

I have just been told that I have coombs positive hemolytic anemia. They call it the silent killer, apparently. I have to admit that I am freaked out just a little bit and that I am not sure what I should do next. Can you help me out on this one? Thank you so much.

by User avatar arie609163870

bleeding blood vessel

Hello there, I am a guy who is 26 years old. I am a smoker and I know that this is very bad for me. I know of lung diseases including a cancer and many other conditions. Is it true that smoking is bad for my blood vessels? I heard that blood vessel may even bleed or something like that.

by User avatar lukas32767

bruise after donating blood

I donated blood last Thursday and after I had finished a few hours later I noticed that I had a bruise. Everyday the bruise got worst. Now my bruise looks red and purple. My brother said it might be internal bleeding? Should I go to the doctors?

by User avatar jenniferj68320113

dealing with lipid profile

Problems with blood vessels is something that I am use to. My coronary arteries are narrowed by 50% on some places. My lipoprotein is 120 mg/dl. I am an active smoker. I do not drink for the last 10 years. I would like to tell me how to deal with my lipid profile.

by User avatar jon125665289

Shaky Hands and Heart Palpitations

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Hi Guys, am new here. Got a question for you. Yesterday, my hands shook pretty badly, and my heart beat was a bit erratic. I felt light headed. At first I thought it's because I haven't had a proper meal since breakfast (I had the episode at about 3pm), so I went and had a late lunch. The...

by User avatar aizan68315

Having Lab Work done

Hi. I have done the whole lab work. They took the sample of my blood. Now I just have to wait till tomorrow to get my test results. I took a HIV test. I can`t wait. I am really worried. I just wanted to share my worries with somebody.

by User avatar Guest

swelling legs, purple splotches, pain at night

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I have been experiencing numbness and tingling in my legs for about 9 months now, I have purple splotches at times and often pain at night. Lately I have been experiencing shortness of breath and minor chest pains but nothing to concern me to go to the hospital. My legs are ofetn either red or...

by User avatar twodozen

Suddenly very visible veins all over, mostly on my chest and legs

I'm a 20 year old girl and last year, my veins just became extremely visible all over my body. Before then, you couldn't even find my veins. I had to get blood drawn a couple years ago and the doctor had to try 9 times before she found a vein. Now, you can very clearly see them, especially on my...

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