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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varicose vein

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HI, i am a young Tibetan boy. My mother is a 52 year old and she has had varicose veins for almost six years. She does lots of work in the fields, which is to bring river water to the fields. So she was wading across the water in the fields all the time this period of every summer. And all of sudden...

by Tibet boy6695 over a year ago

over a year ago by kewiesterrock

What is the fluid used in place of plasma

I keep coming across the expression Plasma Substitute. What exactly is used as a substitute. I am interested in how this might be used in the treatment, Plasma Exchange in a patient with Waldenstrom's hyperviscoasity. ?

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

Hypoglobulinemia alternative treatment

My mother is 77 and has hypoglobulinemia. Her quality of life of Zero. She previously had IV immunoglobulin therapy but this has not been stopped owing to cost. She has just had a double blind trial at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead to see whether it is worth restarting this therapy. The...

by Guest over a year ago

over a year ago by Guest

Have high sed rate, what does it mean?

Hello, I am 48 years old and each year I go on a regular complete medical check up, including blood and urine test. Unfortunately, the last time, couple of days ago, it was discovered that I have a high sed rate, and I have to go for some more analysis. What does it mean? What possible conditions...

by hildegaard83761062 over a year ago

over a year ago by peyter204666821

rule for calculating normal sed rate

I have to admit that having a kid is not an easy task, not because the little one is always so energetic and cannot be still for a minute, but because of the constant illnesses he picks up at school. Is there some sort of rule for calculating a normal sed rate? I guess I don’t have to take him...

by fanni34392 over a year ago

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