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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).

I am scared because my father has HBP and is not taking any

My father was having problems with High Blood Pressure, but it was not something he could control with diet alone. His doctor suggested effexor, but he toped. I am scared now because his not taking any medication now for HBP. He said he has tingling from effexor. I wonder if anyone else has had...

by User avatar Guest

side effects of tetanus vaccine

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Have any of you ever had the tetanus vaccine? I just cut myself on a rose bush while gardening this morning, and the rose bush had quite some mud on it. I am now worried about tetanus and guess that I should be going to get the tetanus vaccine. What can you tell me about the side effects I will...

by User avatar hali945154904

ITCHING - CHRONIC

I am experiencing severe itching. There are no apparent marks or bites. Not located to just one area, ie. it is on my back, legs, thighs, stomach, arms, etc. I have "mosquito bite looking" bumps appear with severe itching. I have been to the doctor and she has ran me on a course of...

by User avatar kbalsley78176

Numbness and weakness

Hi- Ok so I get these dizzy spells once a year it seems. Everything goes into like tunnel vision. I then feel really week fall to the ground and then I need to drink some kind of soda or orange juice. It last from 30 minutes to 10 minutes.. I am usually fine and then its like nothing happened. The...

by User avatar Guest

ana bloodtest

I know that blood testing requires taking sample of blood. I realized that must be done using a needle and extracting blood. Lately I have heard one friend of mine had ANA blood test, so I wonder that kind of test that is. I did not know there are many different kinds of blood testing. Can you tell...

by User avatar Guest

Iron Deficiency Anemia

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My mother was on the clinic today. Lately she has problems with dizziness. Couple of times, while she was coming back from work, she has felt dizziness. She looks rather pale, especially after the attacks of weakness. Today she got the results of analyzes and it shows that she has iron deficiency...

by User avatar cullin32622

causes of bactremia

I know that bacteremia is an invasion of the bloodstream by bacteria. I found it scary, because I have heard this may occur through a wound or infection. I have a friend who gets bacteremia after a surgical procedure. That is why I would like to hear what you could tell me about causes why...

by User avatar Guest

Normal resting pulse rate for me?

when i go to bed to sleep every night my pulse drops to 45bpm. some doctor said to me that because of my age (24yrs) that is normal, in the past i did a lot of exercise but it has been more that 6 months since i dont do exercise, is that a normal resting pulse rate for me?? (I have been taking...

by User avatar maxi_gemini99721

elevated sed rate

I have been sick for few days and finally, yesterday I visited my doctor. He told me we should perform blood testing, he has to check if my sedimentation rate is elevated. All this he told me I did not understand quite well, so I want you to help me. Can you tell me procedure how sedimentation rate...

by User avatar dunfee1430

Can leukemia be inherited?

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Hello, I have a sister; she is pregnant for four months. I would like to know if she is in any danger and her baby too. Our father suffers from myeloid leukemia and I guess I would like to know if leukemia can be inherited? I am so worried for her and I do not even don’t know how to tell her,...

by User avatar kaylyn160454785