Q: A close friend of mine passed away this summer. He suffered a massive heart attack. This surprised me as he had lost a lot of weight in recent years through a low carb diet, and was maintaining his present weight. He was still chubby but not obese anymore. He had begun to become more active, and was not a …
Best wishes for a healthy heart in a healthy body
Hello everyone, I am Angelina! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday celebration with family and friends; I love the magic of this season and the excitement and anticipation of the New Year about to begin. Many of my clients come to me once the rush is done, the presents have been opened and numerous desserts enjoyed, with a …
I have these intermittent chest pains
Q: I am a 43 yr old female. BP is 110/70. wgt125,hgt5’3″.Total cholesterol is 175. Past month or so I have been having off and on chest discomfort. Sometimes it is an achiness and others like a burning between my breasts. Some days all day and other days nothing at all. I had a stress/echo in Oct. Echo was fine. …
New chest pains
Q: A couple of nights ago I noticed a little pain just left of the center of my chest when I coughed. I am not sick, congested, or feel “bad” at all. The next day when i was taking a shower I noticed pain (bruised or sore feeling) when I touch that specific area of the chest. The pain only …
My daughter has a rapid pounding heart beat
Q: My daughter is 28 and told she is in excellent health but recently has had episodes of very rapid heart beat over 100. F or about 6 weeks her heart is pounding so hard she is unable to sleep. Her blood pressure is low not high , she claims her left arm aches and her fingers feel tinglely.EKG normal …
My EKG shows an MI. Should I have more tests
Q: Dear Sir, Extremely sorry to bother you. I am 33 years old.I had an EKG that said Normal Sinus Rhythm, Septal Infarction and heart rate 103 bpm. I was sufering from severe physical and mental stress for almost a week before the EKG. I had a very mild chest pain in the extreme left side of breast which was …
My dad continues to have chest pain after stress test
Q: my father is hypertensive and 40 years old.the other day he suddenly got high bp and was taken to ER.the bp was fluctuating too much but got under control.the very next day the doctor performed stress test which didnot involve exercise.it and other cardiac tests like echo came out to be perfectly fine,but after he got back home he …
Doctor is sending me for an echo to look for pulmonary hypertension
Q: I am a 26 yr old male. 5ft 8in tall and 218lbs. I have done one Anabolic steroid cycle with testosterone early in 2009. I also have a history of Anxiety and Hypochondria. I was hospitalized as a result of my steroid use. The ER doctor admitted me because my CPK-MM was elevated and I had severe Tachycardia. I …
Reducing Your Health Care Costs
To Kristen Mack, The Chicago Tribune, December 20, 2010 (The Chicago Tribune today released a Rahm Emanuel statement in which he promises to reduce City workers’ health care costs by $500M, or 20%, with “… just 4 percent of the city’s workforce accounting for roughly 65 percent of the city’s health care costs…”) While I applaud this incentive, to make …
Iron deficiency anemia and clumping Platelets
QUESTION: Iron deficiency anemia can cause a high platelet count but can it also cause platelets to clump? My Lab work said my platelets were clumped on my blood smear but appeared to be increased in number so a manual differential in 8 weeks. This is the second sample in two months to show clumping.