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).

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Is a non changing Lymph node the same as a node-positive?

by klausslk1102440 over a year ago

over a year ago by klausslk1102440

High Tri's

Hello! I’ am 26 years old male. I had problems with High Tri's. I have been experiencing leg cramps that I believe it may be due to the tricor, so I have stopped the tricor as of today. I was taking about 1.5 year. In terms of results, It was simply amazing: my over all went from 269 to 142 and...

by hartzog1193 over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

What TSH stands for on a blood work?

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by lorettarakes over a year ago

over a year ago by Jenny3481

When is varicose veins surgery performed?

Answered by a doctor

I have varicose veins. I think that it’s nothing serious. My doctor told me that I need to loose weight, to exercise regularly and to try to avoid long periods of standing or sitting. I do all I can but still I’m worried. I’m wondering when is varicose veins surgery performed?

by pennie179266870 over a year ago

over a year ago by ynes152866869

Are these hypoglycemic symptoms?

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by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

blood vessel burst in eye

My daughter has had several blood vessel burst in eye during last year. That was her first year in college, so I assume that these health problems are related to stress she endured. At least, that is what she says. I think that blood vessel burst in eye is something more complicated then that....

by cheri19437 over a year ago

over a year ago by lauritz25835

toxoplasmosis info

I am a kind of person that likes to know all there is to know about all kinds of diseases and conditions. Now I am interested about toxoplasmosis. Can I get form you info about it? I would certainly appreciate it.

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by schomberg2667

Neutropenia

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by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

How long to reduce cholesterol?

Hello. I am 30 years old male. Few months ago I was put on diet because of high cholesterol. No one told me how long do I need to maintain diet changes and exercise to reduce cholesterol? Does anyone know?

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by gauvreau1622