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Heart (Cardio) Disorders & Diseases

On this forum you can find topics about specific types of heart disease such as coronary artery disease, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, and heart failure.

Heart and breathing completely stops for 3 to 5 seconds

In the last 2 months I have had 5 episodes where my heart and breathing completly stops for a few seconds......my resting heart rate has gone from 54 ...5 years ago to now 85 and I do have a lot of trouble breathing...like an elephant sitting on my chest and large rubber bands wrapped around my...

by User avatar Guest

Diagnosed with HMG Coa reductase myopathy (Statin-induced myopathy), what is the best option for me

I have been diagnosed with HMG Coa reductase myopathy; in other words, taking statins gave me myositis. I have been on folic acid, methotrexate & prednisone, I cannot find a doctor in my area who has treated this specific disease, & my rheumotologist wants me to go on Rituximab, a chimeric...

by User avatar Guest

Recovery period for mild case of Myocarditis

Hello. My name is Jenna. I am 31 years old and I live in London. I am not smoker, I don’t drink, I exercise very often and I am sick very rarely. But I am diagnosed with Myocarditis, mild case. They did surgery very soon after I was diagnosed with this. They let me home and I am at my house now,...

by User avatar TroubledHeart

chest spasms and throat tightening, I am on medication for my thyroid

Answered by a doctor

I  am 32 and have been experiencing these spasms on and off for at least a week or two maybe more. I am on medication fo my thyroid. And at times it feels like my throat is tightning up.

by User avatar Katherine

Natural remedies for stroke prevention in diabetic patients

Answered by a doctor

Hey guys. My brother has this beautiful girlfriend for a couple of weeks now. She is a girl from the countryside and she is really good and nice person. We really accepted her. But she has a diabetes. She was diagnosed with it when she was only 3 years old. My bro told me this. And as soon as he...

by User avatar MakeMeCoffee349376

What are coronary heart disease risk factors?

Hello folks. Every heart disease has its own risk factors. But I was chatting with my friend a couple of hours ago and she told me that coronary heart disease has a lot of risk factors and that those risk factors can be very dangerous. Even more dangerous than any other heart issue. I don't know a...

by User avatar MakeMeCoffee349376

Is there any difference between an event monitor and loop recorder?

Hey everyone. So, I have one question. My sister - in - law has some heart issues and she is trying to get pregnant. So just to be sure that everything is OK with her, doctor suggested her to have event monitor. Another doctor, who is our good friend, he told her that event monitor is OK but that...

by User avatar CouchPotato351031

Reoccuring Dizzy, nausea, sweating.

Answered by a doctor

Hi all, 28 yr old male Every 2-4 days I'm getting dizzy, nauseous, I'll start sweating and my head tingles. My heart starts racing my chest gets tight. I dont drink, smoke or do drugs. I feel terrible. I'll sit it lay down and after a few hours of this all of a sudden it goes like a big pressure has...

by User avatar Joshsnazzle266275

What is maze procedure and for what heart condition it is used?

Hi. I was wondering can any of you explain me what the maze procedure is? It looks like that my older son Evan needs to have this procedure, but he is so nervous about it and he won't tell me anything about it. I would go to visit his doctor but I don't know him. I am worried. I don't know what to...

by User avatar Guest

Is Variant Angina the same as Prinzmetal’s angina?

Hello everyone. My cousin Anabell is suspecting that she is dealing with variant angina. Why? Well, first she found that symptoms that she has are the indicators of this disease and she also went to talk to her doctor and he told her that some analysis needs to be done. I did some research...

by User avatar Guest