Archive for May, 2009

Open Question: Shortness of breath when not swimming?

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Open Question: Shortness of breath when not swimming? I am 17 years old and in good shape. (I weigh 165lb and max bench 230lb). Lately, at night I have been having short breath.It is the same feeling I get after a long swim. If I breathe in too deeply, I start ...

Open Question: My heart skips beat sometimes when I run, is this just out of shape disease?

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Open Question: How can I lower my heart rate? I have anxiety disorder as well as a heart murmur. My heart beats so fast that when I'm sitting still doing absolutely nothing, my hair trembles. It literally trembles. Anyway, I took 4 Midol caplets like 2 days ago because I was ...

Open Question: What BP would cause me to fail a pre-op physical?

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Open Question: What BP would cause me to fail a pre-op physical? I'm having a pre-op physical on June 9th for a cornea transplant. They will totally knock me out for 1 minute and numb the eye. Then they bring me back, and its local anthesesia with sedative. The surgery takes ...

Open Question: Heart murmur? Sometimes I feel like my heart is not beating anymore and it just vibrates for about 5 seconds?

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Open Question: Fire safety cigarettes are poison? I've been smoking 30 years. I live in Arizona where we just started getting Fire Safety Cigarettes. For three weeks I was constantly getting ill, and having never heard of fire safe cigs, had no idea why. I immediately noticed my cigs (Marlboro reds) kept ...

Open Question: Can you sue over a relationship?

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Open Question: What think so far of my prologue to a fantasy novel? Miata tried not to breath in the repugnant air surrounding the crowd she was a part of: Outlying farmers fresh from the field, shopkeepers still trying to peddle their wares among the crowd, there wasn?t a single person ...

Open Question: Dad might die of heart attack!! :’[ Help me please?

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Open Question: heart question, nullness [i am so sorry, my question messed up badly b4 TWICE, please read!]? ok, i've had palpitations, pains.. got a 'nothing-to-worry-about' murmur (hah, yeah like i wont worry after hearin it when i did) so i've come to terms with some random odd sensations of the heart.. but, ...

Open Question: Why did my 9 year old cat die?

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Open Question: ASPCA funding and ethics question? How can America spend money on medical clinics and expensive surgical operations on animals, while people from hospitals in Eastern Europe are dying in the waiting room because of lack of funding, and limited capacity for beds and food??? Doctors, children, teachers, if they don't ...

Open Question: “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe. ten points to best answer!!?

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Open Question: "The Raven," by Edgar Allan Poe. ten points to best answer!!? What does the phrase "stock and store" in stanza 11 mean? [First published in 1845] Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly ...

Open Question: What could this sharp pain be?

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Open Question: What could this sharp pain be? For as long as I can remember (I am 23 now), I get this sharp pain in my heart/lung area. It happens maybe a couple of times a year and it comes out of nowhere. I'll be living my daily life and breathing ...

Open Question: Which arteries does coronary heart disease affect?

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Open Question: Which arteries does coronary heart disease affect? Sorry but I have a project to do and Ive been researching but I cant seem to find what i need so i can understand. We studied the way the heart works in bio and arteries are supposed to go ...