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).

illness with a lowgrade fever

I have burning in my right ear,back of head and neck. With a lowgrade fever. When on antibioitics it helps.When the antibiotic is gone, my symptoms come back. They are eposodic and when it happens my blood pressure gets elevated. I am very fatigued and ger bad headaches, with right eye pain, and...

by Guest over a year ago

White Blood Cell Count

Answered by a doctor

hi i havent' had blood work done for 2 years. my fiance convinced me to get it done becuase i haven't been feeling great. i've suffered for past year or so with dizziness occassionally headaches and blurred vision as of late getting increasingly worse. i assumed it would be diabetes. when i got...

by sunshine00765481 over a year ago

High White Blood Count & High thyroid

Answered by a doctor

Hi folks, I've been reading this forum for several weeks now as I've not been feeling too well. Around 4 weeks ago I started to have pains in my neck - they were at the side, under my chin and above my adams apple was tender to the touch. They still are. Last week I woke up with a terrible...

by Tom Joad over a year ago

Researchers Discovered Lack Of Vital Component In Stored Blood

Every day millions of people receive stored blood during transfusions and recent research came to finding that this blood may lack a component which is of great importance because it delivers oxygen to the tissues. This component, nitric oxide helps to keep blood vessels open seems to break down as...

by Laylah over a year ago

Test results- high white blood cell count?

Answered by a doctor

Does anyone know what these tests mean? WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT 11.3 4.0 - 10.0 thou/cu mm RBC 4.85 4.0 - 5.2 mill/cu mm Hemoglobin 14.6 12.0 - 16.0 g/dL Hematocrit 43.3 35.0 - 45.0 % MCV 89.3 78.0 - 100.0 cu micron MCH 30.2 26 - 34 pg MCHC 33.8 31 - 37 g/dL CHCM 33.1 32.0 - 38.0 g/dL RDW 13.1...

by sweetgirl3192 over a year ago

superficial thrombophlebitis symptoms persist

I have suffered from superficial thrombophlebitis for 8 months .(july2006) after a fall and a small break in my left hand. After the cast was removed a ST developed and was treated with anti inflamatory medicine for 2 months. A second St developed in my right lower leg 2 months later confirmed by...

by pawpaw1@iprimus.com.au over a year ago

white bleeding and cant keep the new blood in her body

Results for one of my cousin in afghanistan she is 22 years old she is bleeding from her vegina. the red blood and white blood get infection and cant keep the new blood in her body.and every day she westing a lot of bleeding and its out from body.what is the solation please she is about...

by Guest over a year ago

Done a Blood Test following is the result. Worried

I have done a blood test recently following are the values that are out of normal values, what it would mean ? I am worried. Neutrophils - 37.20 % Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin - 26.90 pq Mean Corp.Hemo.Conc - 29.90% RDW CV - 15.10 fL PDW - 16.70%

by Yadav over a year ago

What\'s wrong with me?

ive been really dizy lately,hungry,tired & sleepy,and I have a lot of headaches.my dad said it could be hypoglycemia so I got tested for it but I didn't have it.last year, I never ate breakfast and one day my hands and legs were shaking uncontrolably.it stopped after the nurse made me eat.the...

by Guest over a year ago

Its been a whole year and its not gone away...

Hello! About a year and a half ago, before the end of summer, I had tripped over a protruding tree root and had gotten a Hematoma (what the doctor said it was). Now, being 1 yr and a half later, I still have this large mass on my thigh. When given a bump or poked, a sharp stinging feeling is absent....

by Guest over a year ago