Submitted by Dr T on March 14, 2011 – 9:49am Hello, my mom was getting alot of bloody noses. Then she was rushed to the hospital because her nose was really bleeding heavy. They had to caterize the inside she had 4 or 5 veins that needed to be caterized. My mother has always has low blood pressure. The doctor …
MY CRP lab result was 7.25
Submitted by Dr T on March 14, 2011 – 9:28am in Cardiac Risks Question: Hello I am 48 year old female . My weight is 175 Lb. My height is 5′ 4″. I don’t excercise. My last cholesterol was 212. My question is should I have additional test done because this CRP level was so high ? Also when I …
My young son has an enlarged aorta
Submitted by Dr T on March 14, 2011 – 9:04am in Cardiac Risks Question: Just found out my 14 year old son has enlarged aorta while looking for something totally unrelated. His was 2.6 standard deviations above norm, is this the 1.5 times the size you mentioned to another person as being the point of increased chance for rupture? He …
Do I need to keep taking my Hypertension meds
Submitted by Dr T on March 12, 2011 – 12:01pm in Cardiac Risks Question: I have been taking Avalide for the past two years since I was diagnosed with hypertension.I believe it was brought on by my new high stress job. At 50, although overweight, I always ate healthy and was active, and my readings were high normal until my …
ECHO test results show high normal pressure in my lungs
Submitted by Dr T on March 12, 2011 – 11:47am in Cardiac Risks Question: 39 year old female, had echo done and need more answers with he results: Mild tricuspid regurgitation with top normal pulmonary pressure.(estimated at 31 mmHg). Low normal left ventricular systolic function 50- 55%. What does this all mean? Is there a heart condition I should be …
Occasional Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
Occasional Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Submitted by Dr T on March 12, 2011 – 11:33am in Your heart rhythm Question: I am 43, thin & healthy. I had one 12 hour bout with afib and all heart tests say perfectly normal…My bp is low and that was 4 yrs. ago…since I had 3 or 4 small 2-4 min. bouts and got …
More about atrial fibrillation
Submitted by Dr T on March 12, 2011 – 11:19am Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia. There is no single cause of atrial fibrillation, although it is associated with many conditions: Most common causes Hypertension (high blood pressure) Coronary artery disease Heart valve disease After heart surgery Chronic lung disease Heart failure Cardiomyopathy Congenital heart disease Pulmonary embolism Less …
Tightness in chest for 3-4 days which later supsided
Submitted by Dr T on March 11, 2011 – 9:58am in Cardiac Risks Question: I am 37 yrs old with medim hight and weight 72kg with no history of any disease but frequent allergic cold and sneezing.Some ten days ago i experienced sort of tight in upper portion of chest which went away after two three days .later i consulted …
Atrial Fibrillation
Submitted by Dr T on March 10, 2011 – 4:39pm in Cardiac Risks Question: How long can an elderly person with less than 40% heart function live with his heart in constant atrial fibrillation. Thanks for your time. Most patients do very well with this condition, but if AF persists, it requires to take a blood thinner such as …
Bluish cold fingers
Submitted by Dr T on March 10, 2011 – 4:18pm in Other Question: let me start that here in Greece it’s very very very cold today. anyhow, my hands and feet are ALWAYS VERY COLD and sometimes go numb if i carry something heavy or wake me up at night being numb. I was watching t.v with my hubby and …