It was supposed to be a fasting test but I am hypoglycemic and can't fast. I had to eat breakfast about 1 1/2 hours before the test. I had a ham egg and cheese breakfast hot pocket. My results are slightly elevated so I’m assuming if I had fasted it would have been normal.
Am I […]
My husband had a heart attack and is only 34, he’d a blockage of one artery (oddly and thankfully the other 3 are excellent) he’d a one stent put in and he is also on coumadin (warfarin) because he developed a blood clot in his iv site (he has cyclic neutrapenia) something we also just […]
I'm 13 and this day my heart is beating 90 beats per minute.
I'm scared.
My heart and stomach hurt, and the sides of breasts.
What should I do?
Answer: nothing wrong with your heart, probably upset stomach. tell your parents your sick.. get well !!
Answer: Might pay to see a doctor too hard to […]
it even gets startled if a pencil hits the floor. I’m so scared and even when im sitting, my heart feels a tiny uncomfortable, enjoy it is ready to get scared again. Im 19 and my mother and my dad are just fine. I dont know if im about to get a […]
An adult's resting heart rate of 196 is very perilous.When the heart beats rapidly, the heart pumps less efficiently and provides less blood flow to the rest of the body, the increased heart rate also leads to increased work and oxygen demand for the heart.This might lead to heart attack.
You can determine your heart rate […]
It is usually said that alcohol abusers have great risk to get high blood pressure. So I just wanna know the reason… why?
Answer: When Alcohol is present in the blood stream it covers the blood vessels and artery walls thereby increasing their tension and thereby increasing the blood pressure.
Not only alcohol, but also Caffeine, Smoking, […]
Im 19 yrs old and last year i found out thru my physician that i suffer from heart palpitations
ive always been a nervous person even since i was a child and everytime i went to my physician thats what my mother would blame my fast heart beat on.
so ive never been analyzed further until last […]
I am 25 years old and on Friday I found out that I’ve high blood pressure & diabetes. Well I got a blood pressure machine and just used it 30 minutes ago. My readings was 142/96 with a pulse of 91. is that high?
Answer: You’ve got Stage 1 Hypertension. Optimal BP is less than 120/80 […]
Ok..i was dating this guy and he gave me an STD. What a surprise, huh?? I went to the doctor and she gave me AZTIHROMYCIN. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how long it took for that medicine to take effect?? I would really appreciate it, THANKS!!!!
Answer: Test for chlamydia after two weeks. […]
I’ve high blood pressure, people told me that the diastole is more important that the systolic.
I want to know what causes high diastole. I do not want medical terms, I want to know in patient perspective.
What am I going to do to keep it low?
Answer: Blood pressure is the pressure (force per unit area) exerted […]