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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).

Hemochromatosis

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I am about to be married. My future husband has family history of hemochromatosis. But he had no symptoms of this disease. He is 33 years old. Is there a possibility that he develop the symptoms later? Also I would like to know will our children have problems with this disease.

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broken blood vessels on face

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Hi, it seams that I have problem with blood vessels on my face. It all started quite unexpectedly. I have had pimple near my nose for some time. Recently it has changed. I did not pay much of attention to it but I heard that this could mean that the change is caused by broken blood vessels on my...

by User avatar stephenie32094

blockage of right artery?

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How serious is the blockage of right artery? I ask this for my father. He had a CT scan done and doctors said that he probably had a heart attack some time ago, around two years. The problem is with his right corony artery. They said that it is one hundred percent dead but that his left one will...

by User avatar menard38721

cns vasculitis

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Hi, my friend is 47 years old and he is suffering from cns vasculitis. He had very strange symptoms in last few days and he decided to see his doctor who ordered him to make MRI. He is still in hospital and doctor sounds pretty pessimistic when I talked to him. I would like to know something more...

by User avatar son36712

broken blood vessels in the eye

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Hi, a terrible thing has happened to me. When I got up yesterday morning, I went in the bathroom and I saw something that frightened me. My left eye was all red as if there is blood in it. I rushed to the doctor's office. After examining me, he said that I have subconjuctival hemorrhage. His...

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Comments and reviews on article "Cold hands and feet: The sign of iron deficiency?"

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Users comments and reviews on article Cold hands and feet: The sign of iron deficiency? by MariAnne

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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 User avatar Jenny3481

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 User avatar jeno11

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...

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induced hypertension

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Is it possible to have induced hypertension if get pregnant? I heard some friends of mine talking about this and got worried. I recently got married and I and my husband are planning to have a baby. Does this condition happens to all women who get pregnant or there are some rules?

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