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).

Oestrogen Therapy Shows Reduced Coronary Artery Calcification

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A few years WHI study showed that menopausal women who received a standard dose of oral conjugated estrogens had less coronary artery calcification, a marker of plaque in the arteries, in comparison to women taking placebo. Coronary artery calcification is a predictor of possible future...

by Jenny3481 over a year ago

Postural orthostasis tachycardia syndrome

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Hi I am a 27 year old female and was diagonised with postural orthostasis tachycardia syndrome about 2 years ago but didn't suffer any symptoms for well over a year. In the last 2 weeks I have been near fainting, extremely tired have pretty bad headaches and my eyes hurt I have not been able to...

by jeno11 over a year ago

blood clot after a migraine

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I had a migraine that started one day and proceeded to get worse as the day went on. It continued thru the night into the next two days. Believe me when I say it got worse. I had to take suppositories to be able to take a narcotic to stop the pain and be able to hold water down. It took 5 pills...

by Guest over a year ago

During the past 2 days I feel cold no matter how hot it is.

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I work nights and sleep during the day. I live in an aparment that does not have airconditioning. Over the past 2 days I have been feeling cold even though it is hot out. I am wearing to layers of thick clothing, but my skin is still cold and I feel cold.

by anhtran719 over a year ago

anemia, heat palpatations, constipation??

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my mom has been in and out of the hospital since right before christmas. she first had these feelings that her heart was holding its breath and it was skipping beats. she had many ekgs and all they told her was it was stress to avoid caffene. she has and she has been on medicine and it has not...

by my poor mom over a year ago

low blood pressure high pulse

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HI, My BP is 90/50 & my pulse 89. I am 5'0" & I weigh 108 Is my weight to much & is this why I do have some minor chest pains in the a.m. ? I don't have a regular Dr. & I'm not on any kind of medication.

by Guest over a year ago

Fainiting and then having bad headaches.................

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recently i have been fainting due to lack of poor eating and enemia also i have hypoglycemia. Well im taking iron tablets everyday and potassium tablets due to me having low iron and potassium. The er doctor saw me and the problem that im having know is that i keep getting there small little...

by angelwings26 over a year ago

symptoms of high blood pressure

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does anyone of you with high blood pressure ever experience realy dizziness? i woke up the other high and i felt really lightheaded and dizzy to the point where i thought i was going to pass out. i've been on bp meds for a couple of months now, it ranging anywhere from 140/98 to 125/82. ever since...

by Guest over a year ago

Blood pressure 'is in the brain'

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Scientists at Bristol University realized that the cause of high blood pressure may lie within the brain, rather than with problems relating to the heart, kidneys or blood vessels. Such findings could lead to new ways of treating hypertension. The researchers managed to isolate a protein JAM-1 in...

by Tim over a year ago

Stroke and memory loss

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Hi I'm posting here on behalf of a friend. he is only 18 but docotrs think he may have suffered from a minor stroke recently.. he passed out and when he woke up he had no memory of anything or anyone from the last 10 yrs of his life. i was wandering what the likelyhood is of him recovering his...

by ?S?20552 over a year ago