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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).

High cholesterol and leg groin, pain.

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I have high cholesterol and my doctor put me on statins, but I developed leg pain and had to stop. I was on zocor for five weeks and then I was put on Crestor and the pain started after only two weeks. It has been two monthls since I took the Crestor. I have recently developed leg pain with the...

by User avatar DEBBIE DEARIEN107477

Is Leukemia hereditary disease?

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Hello. I'm 35 year old female. I will try to describe you what happened and what is troubling me for the past two weeks. Three months ago, my close relative was diagnosed with acute leukemia and, you will not believe this, he died after two months fighting with this serious disease. We...

by User avatar Guest

i am suffering from high white blood cell count its 52% lymphocytes found

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i have pain in bones legs and hands morning and evening i feel dizzy and laziness  i have problem in digestion too. whole day long i feel uneasy tired n irritate......laboratory report says lymphocytes increased to 52 % (20 - 45) and other report is normal. what should i do. i have right upper...

by User avatar gopal1234

I would like to know if my blood pressure reading is of concern

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I measured my blood pressure today and got 106/80. Achart I referred to showed 106(systolic) to be on the low side. It then had a chart that said 80-89(diastolic) to be "prehypertension." Should this concern me that my 80 reading fell into this category?

by User avatar wrcpem@columbus.rr.com

genetic blood disorder

Hi, I am six months pregnant. I didn't have any complications, but recently I saw a television show about genetic disorders that disturbed me a lot. I had no idea that a baby can inherit some blood disorders that parents did not have. Some of explanations were not quite clear to me so I was...

by User avatar oralle45030

ANyone had surgery for subdural hematoma?

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My friend had a head injury last week. She was ok until yesterday when she had to go to doctor. She had a very strong headache and her doctor thinks that she need to go to surgery because she has hematoma. ANyone had surgery for subdural hematoma? Tell me something about recovery.

by User avatar adham117667354

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by User avatar Heidi

High Alkaline phosphatase

I’d like to have info on specific role of alkaline phosphatase in human body. What does it mean when its level is elevated? I was complaining on pain in my upper stomach and was suggested to have blood test to measure some enzymes. Test has shown that my alkaline phosphatase was high, it was 150...

by User avatar mione1704

Teenage blood pressure and pulse

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My grandchild has a blood pressure of 111/75 and pulse of 133 is this normal

by User avatar Julie

Vertebral artery syndrome

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Hi, my sister is 44 years old and she had a stroke a week ago. I was so shocked, I didn’t know how could this happen when she’s still young, but then the doctor explained me that she has a condition called vertebral artery syndrome. Does anybody know something more about this condition?

by User avatar aubrey563