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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by Guest over a year ago

AVM SURVIVOR HAS NEWLY FORMED FACIAL CYST/LUMP

My God daughter had a large AVM removed two years ago, in the right frontal lobe of her brain. 6 embolizations were necessary to remove the AVM. The sugery was sucessful, although she continues to have frequent eyeaches and headaches, partial vision loss, and occasional word lapses. Five days...

by LESLIE24952 over a year ago

blood comes from mouth every morning

Doc, a pleasant days, I am asking about, if the bloods come out from the mouth every morning, it is happen when I was taking a cefelexin medicine, I take that medicine because my tooth ache, then I take cefelexin four times a day cefelexin 500mg, after that when I wake up in the morning I had a...

by rodelio over a year ago

Maternal Blood Test Might Reveal Fetal Health

Researchers from Hong Kong report that they have found a potential new way to differentiate the mother’s and the fetus’s DNA in a maternal blood plasma sample. This new finding may lead to a maternal blood test that could reveal health problems in an unborn child. Only about 3 percent of DNA in...

by simone2593 over a year ago

Raised white blood cells

Answered by a doctor

I recently had the symptoms of fatigue, drowsy, naeuseua, and all the things u feel with a hang over, aching bones, I had what I thought was tonsilitus and raised glands over and over again and kept Being prescribed antibiotics, it didn't go, my doctor decided to do a full blood check and it...

by daisy over a year ago

who long it take for a RBC to develop

How long time is needed for the complete cycle of Erythropoisis. Regards atal

by atal ahmadzai over a year ago

GROUP B STREP... I NEVER KNEW THEY WERE RELATED.

I was told during my second pregnancy that I tested positive for "group b strep" which can cause miscarriages. I was put on an antibiotic drip to diminish the chances of it being passed on to my baby... during labor In October 2002. I was asked by my private ob/gyn if I had been told this before and...

by meekspeaks240579 over a year ago

Concern about White Blood Cell Count

Answered by a doctor

Hi, I went to a Rheumatologist and he did a blodo test to check liver, kidney, etc because I'm taking medication for Osteoarthritis. Both time my white blood cell count was a little high. I was getting concern about this. I went to my Primary Care Physican and she wanted a blood...

by loveyouhun over a year ago

high wbc, odd shaped wbc, reccuring fever 18 month old

My daughter has had fever every month for the last 7 months that last typically 5-10 days, fevers get up to 104.5 and she has vomiting with the high fevers. Every month we take her to the Dr or ER and are sent home with antibiotics with the answer of "she's probably getting a cold or ear...

by Karensa26321939 over a year ago

what is the life expectancy for hemophilia

Hello, folks. My little nephew has been diagnosed with hemophilia. I must admit that I am very sorry for this and I would like to help him. I don’t have much info about this disease, so I will need your help. What is the life expectancy for this type of disorder? I will appreciate it.

by rogerio2006149814 over a year ago