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).

Reactive chronic hypoglycemia

My spouse was just diagnosed of chronic or reactive hypoglycemia a week ago. He had all the symptoms and his attending physicians did not catch it at early stage. He suffered for a long period of time. He had difficulty of adjusting to the food that he regularly eat due to other illness. I need...

by Ben over a year ago

Vasodilators best suited for Raynaud

Answered by a doctor

Since Raynaud’s phenomenon is essentially just another form of vasculitis, does that mean that the best treatment for Raynaud’s phenomenon would be vasodilators to help the veins widen? If my line of thinking is correct, could you tell me which vasodilators are recommended for...

by stefan1141178245 over a year ago

How to treat Raynaud’s phenomenon?

Answered by a doctor

Dear all, I've come here hoping for some suggestions on how to treat Raynaud’s phenomenon. Apart from the fact that I know that channel blockers are often recommended, I do not have more information about the medications used. Which channel blockers are the most effective? Which are most...

by alvis1013200300 over a year ago

side effects of ferrous fumarate

After being diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia (through blood tests) I was prescribed ferrous fumarate. I am aware that iron deficiency anemia can have long term and permanent consequences and I am glad that I am getting the medical assistance I need. I do want to know something about the side...

by emmery579167490 over a year ago

abnormal blood work

I had blook work done cbc w diff my monocytes eso are low along with my monocytes (absolute)eso does this mean anything special? My cholesterol was high 249, triglycerides 171, ldl 158, risk factor ldl/hdl 2.8 within normal range is this real bad and is it necessary to go on meds or is their another...

by lmartin48592 over a year ago

great Doctor - Dr. Ipppolitto

Dr. Ipppolitto significantly changed my life. He was treating me and discovered that my platelet count had been off. He initially pinpointed the disease that after several hematologists I am being treated for. Had the hematologists taken things as serious as Dr Ippolitto treatment would have been...

by NLOIN over a year ago

How can I cure the varicose veins on my hand?

Answered by a doctor

Hi everybody. A couple of years ago, I had a surgery and as a result of injections, some varicose veins have appeared on my right hand. Thus, I'm not able to do my daily housework and I have a very bad pain when doing these kinds of works. How can I get rid of these varicose and broken veins?...

by f12296498 over a year ago

Is a non changing Lymph node the same as a node-positive?

by klausslk1102440 over a year ago

Severe Limitation Following Arterial Blood Draw

I was in the hospital exactly one week ago with severe ear pain, tachycardia (165 BPM, resting rate 55) , and excessive BP (180 systolic). It was later discovered that my middle ear had ruptured due to infection, but that isn't the concern I'm posting about here today. While in the hospital,...

by Guest over a year ago

Yellow Substance in Blood

Hey there, ive been wondering for a while now...A while ago i got my pinky finger caught in a garage piece and it was nearly cut off, it happed right at the top joint of it and it went in pretty deep. After i forced myself to look at it, there was blood (of course) but on top of it was this...

by sprays and prays13211 over a year ago