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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).

Vasculitis?

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Hello, I need information… I would like to know how Vasculitis is diagnosed. Thank You very much!

by User avatar trudia134

Possible Transient Ischemic Attack???

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Hi. My mom recently experienced some numbness of face which made me extremely worried. She keeps telling me that everything is OK and that she feels fine, but I’m afraid that she had transient ischemic attack. She is generally of a good health and that probably one more reason for her to believe...

by User avatar mandy589

What are the low blood pressure symptoms?

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Hello. I'm 34 year old female and I was wondering could anybody help me with my problem. Two years ago I had a minor surgery of kidneys. I was diagnosed with urolithiasis and only surgery could help me. After surgery doctor told me that I must drink some mild diuretics to improve my urine flow and...

by User avatar Guest

High cholesterol

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My daughter told me that high cholesterol is the best known of all the many threats to a healthy heart. She told me that this is fat-like substance which builds up along the walls of the arteries. That faces me a dramatically higher risk of complete blockage, leading to heart attack or stroke. I...

by User avatar schuring1686

Final diagnosis - Vasculits

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Recently I have noticed that my left groin area is a bit swollen and sore. I don’t know what could be the cause but first thing I could think of was some inflammation or even something much worse like cancer because it can also, as I heard, cause swelling of different lymph nodes in the body....

by User avatar Guest

Anemia Cause was not found

Hi, my wife has sever anemia ,she has low hemoglobin level and we have done all types of test,blood tests,urine test,lymph test ,chest x-ray,abdomen x rays ,test for the uterus and the thickness was 10.6(doctor advised her to do curettage and check the level of hemoglobin ,WE ARE NOT CONVINCED WITH...

by User avatar Guest

life expectancy for hemophiliacs

Hello, good people. My husband has been diagnosed with a certain heart condition that is called cardiomyopathy. I am not quite sure what this is, so I was hoping to get more info here. What do you think about this? What is life expectancy here? I would really like to hear what you think.

by User avatar lucius512151826

High sed rate no pain

Hi, I am 47 years old and I have just returned from the regular medical check up. I do that every three months so that I can react fast, if there is a need for that. This time the sed rate was very high and it scares me. I feel no pain and I am generally fine. Some additional tests are scheduled but...

by User avatar carolina29275095

Thalassemia

I have just been diagnoised with Thalassemia. I am 48 years old. and have suffered with chronis anemia all my life. I am suppose to see a specialist very soon. Some of my symptoms are severe hair loss, fatigue, hypothyroidism, & uterine fibroid tumors. Are these conditions part of...

by User avatar Guest

joint pain, pain in front of leg, tightness of leg

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1 year ago, I had a massive blood clot on my heart and lungs, which I had open heart surgery, I also had blood clots in my L leg.  My question is I'm on Coumadin and other medications, my joints hurt so much if I sit down or lay down and get up.  My R leg also gets pain in the front of the calf...

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