Open Question: im not bulging with fat, but somehow i qualify as obese, any thoughts or maybe even an explanation>?
I went on this website, and it says that for my height and weight, i am “class 2 obese”, im not really that fat at all though, I’m very healthy, no diseases, heart conditions, or anything like that, so i cant understand how im classified as obese, overweight…..maybe…. but obese class 2, i highly doubt it, any thoughts?

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:28:20 GMT

Open Question: There’s something wrong with my heart and breathing.. Can anyone help me?
So, my problem is, that from time to time, I suddenly feel very tired, like I ran up the stairs. This time, my pulse is exactly 85, I always measure it and get the same results. I feel like I have less air, but I’m not suffocating, or anyhting, just feel like I need to breathe through my mouth to get more air. If it’s night, I’m trying to be in a curved position, like a baby in a mom’s womb. This way I feel better. If it’s daylight, I really need NOT to sit up straight, as it’s worse. I also feel a pressure at my chest, as I were swimming in a lake or pool. This “disease” occurs around 2 times monthly, usually after I eat or if the weather will change. Only these are the facts I managed to “compare” it with. I’m not sure why this is and what causes it, actually. Hope you will give an answer! Thanks, anyone!:)
P.S.: I often have hiccups, usually after every meal or drink.. :(((
Oh, and I forgot to mention, that I’m 22 years old, I’m 1.63-1.64 m tall and I weigh 51-53 kilos…
Another important detail is, that I don’t smoke and I usually eat healthy food.. Thank you for the answers, I’m curious before going to the doc I also forgot to mention, that I was 21 days late at birth and not my head, but my butt came out 1st..

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:53:47 GMT

Open Question: what does catheter based mean?
im looking to becoming a doctor and i was researching an interventional cardiogolist and i was looking at what it ment and it said it “Focuses on catheter-based treatment of heart disease including angioplasty, valvuloplasty, and coronary thrombectomy.”
what exactly does that mean… thank you for helping

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:25:12 GMT
Open Question: Does this sound like a heart murmur?
I think a nurse told me a few years ago that I have a slight heart murmur, but I don’t really remember.
I’ll constantly feel my heart randomly beat harder and I’ll get extra energy(like a feeling of excitement) out of no where for a few seconds.
This happens quite constantly, and I’ll sometimes feel a pain where my heart it or at the veins in my wrist, to the point where I have to stop and hold that spot for a few seconds. My mom said it was most likely because of the fish oil pills I use to take everyday.
I’ll ask a doctor next time I see one, but based on this does it sound like a basic heart murmur?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:43:26 GMT

Open Question: What is wrong with my heart?
My heart has an irregular beat and when i was sick in school i went to the nurse and she asked me if i have a heart murmur. What is that and do i have it? I’m 14 years old.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:31:25 GMT
Resolved Question: I did a hard run 2 weeks ago, my heart feels increasingly fluttery since. is it a symptom that I can die soon?
also, i have a history of arythmia and tachycardia, that I pretty much ignore. probably shouldn’t be running in the 1st place. only 35, but i guess i could die if i push it too much…
don’t know if its because i am stressed out lately, or because i overdid it on this run. i also feel this ‘tremble’ through my body at times through the day and especially at night when i am laying in bed. is that nerves? or maybe my heart fluttering is felt like a body tremble?
also, i have a history of arythmia and tachycardia, that I pretty much ignore. probably shouldn’t be running in the 1st place. only 35, but i guess i could die if i push it too much…

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:07:16 GMT

Open Question: Could it be heart related?
I apologize that I’m posting this in the pregnancy section but I wasn’t getting answers anywhere else I posted. So I apologize.
So last night I awoke with some chest pains. Nothing to sever. It kept me up most the night because it was uncomfortable. Today throughout the day the pain in my chest seems to getting a bit worse. It’s centered on the left side of my chest and it hurt’s in the same part of my back accompanied by heart palpitations, fatigue, sweating, tingling sensation in my fingers in left hand as if it were asleep, dizziness, low grade fever 99.7 and nausea. When I went to pick up my father prescription I checked my blood pressure and it was 140/90 and pulse was 110. Now I wasn’t thinking it was heart related because I’m only 26. I am about 40 pounds overweight and I do smoke about 1/2 pack a day. No alcohol except maybe twice a year. Can anyone give me any idea’s what it could be and what they would do if I chose to go to the hospital. I don’t have medical insurance so I don’t want to go if it’s not needed as I will have to pay outta pocket.
Family history: Paternal grandmother had sever heart disease, father has had 8 heart attacks, 100% blockage Right coronary artery and sever heart disease. Does that put me at greater risk even this young?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:54:27 GMT
Open Question: help its involving my health?
well I think I may have anemia..I have most of the signs and its untreated and then when I was born…I was born with a heart murmur…and it went away after I was 2…well I think it came back…I havent got checked…but is it even possible for it to come back.??
and what would happen if I leave it untreated? what could possibly happen?
the anemia I think I have had since this July and the heart murmur maybe 3 weeks…
helppp? im scared… really

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:23:50 GMT

Open Question: why people with frequent sorethroat are at risk of having rheumatic heart disease and/or renal failure.?

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:11:17 GMT
Open Question: Hypertension, Irregular Heart Beat & A Murmur?
I am 28 years old and I was diagnosed with hypertension three years ago. I have changed the way I eat and I am currently on three blood pressure pills a day to keep my blood pressure at a normal level. Recently, I have been showing signs of an irregular heart beat and today I was told that I have a heart murmur. My first question is, is a heart murmur and an irregular heart beat the same thing? Secondly, the last time I saw my heart doctor he said not to worry about the irregular heart beat. To me this is something that I am very concerned about. Should I seek out a second opinion or trust him on this? Please someone help me I am scared that there is something very wrong with me that they are not finding.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:47:53 GMT

Open Question: Does the beginning of my book catch your attention? Granted that a lot of the monologue isn’t there?
Everyday seems to run together, meaningless, packed full of routines. A habitual life that has been determined by choices one has had to make in order to thrive as a working part of a civilized social order. An existence inherited genetically. I feel like we have been programmed to think and act like those who came before us. How does one determine what defines them in life?I believe that I?m my own person, but, in a world that has 6 billion people roaming it, the odds of being matchless are significantly against me. A scary realization, when you begin to understand that the world doesn?t revolve around you; you simply revolve around the world.
Retrospectively speaking, all you really have is a fingerprint to separate you from someone else; uniquely yours in life, the tips of your fingers will never have a twin. Everything else is an evolutionary characteristic and I truly detested that with all my heart. I wanted to live in a world where I could help define future generations, a pioneer if you will. Discovering new foreign lands, cultures, and world wonders, using my fingerprint to make a mark in this world, despite the fact that I arrived a little late to the party. I live in a world that has little left to be discovered. All my life I have felt this longing to stand out in a crowd, little did I know it now, but in two days time my outlook on life would be forever altered. My name is Gideon Duprae and this is my story?
?Gideon! It?s time for breakfast! You don?t want to be late for that job interview!?
?Mom I know that you can?t help those motherly urges, but I?m a grown man! And it?s not an interview, it?s a meeting. I?m trying to sell a new product. I don?t expect you to understand my business and I really do enjoy staying over at the house when I visit but please treat me as an equal. I?m not a little kid anymore.?
?I know honey but to me you will always be my little boy, I can?t help it. Now sit down and eat these pancakes, breakfast is the most important meal of the day you know.?
?Yes Ma?am I know. You have only told me that every day of my life?? I murmured under my breath as I took my first bite of food, so that she wouldn?t quite understand what I said.
?What was that honey??
?Pancakes are really good mom, really good.?
?That?s what I thought.?She said with a slight smile on her face. ?Now hurry up or you really will be late for that interview. What did you say was the position you are applying for again??
?Again?Mom you know I have a job and that I?m here trying to push a new product. You know I work for a weapons manufacturing company mom. I know you hate the fact that I build weapons but I only do it for the greater good, and you know that as well. Your son is serving his country and I thought you would be proud of that. Dad was??
There was a brief moment of silence before she reacted .
?Oh Gideon?you know I?m proud of you no matter what. I just don?t understand why you couldn?t just join green peace or something??
?I get paid doing this mom; I do like supporting myself you know. I?m sorry we have to continue this conversation later; I really do need to hit the road now.?
?OK. Good luck with the ?inter??I mean meeting. Yes! Good luck with your meeting.?
?Thanks mom, I will call you after. Tell Vivian that I want to see her before I leave.?
?Gideon you know your sister isn?t avoiding you, she?s just young and doesn?t really understand the importance of family yet. You were the same way at that age.?
?I know mom, I have to go but try and get her over here for dinner tonight. I don?t know when I will be able to come out this way again.?
?I will try dear.?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:17:09 GMT

Open Question: Read My Story And Criticize??? Please!!!?
This is a short story for language arts. I am only 13 so it may need quite a bit of criticism.
What will happen to me after I die? Will anyone remember me for the good and the evil I have done in my life? What is on the other side of death? Darkness perhaps? Or a whole new world full of wonder, those lost friends and dearly missed loved ones reunited with me? These are questions I ask myself as I realize that my life is coming to a close. Although the biggest question of all is…will someone be there to hold my hand as my very heartbeat comes to a stop?
Trapped. I am trapped like a bird in a cage in this nursing home. People come to visit me. sometimes I recognize them, sometimes I do not. Perhaps this is because of my disease, Alzheimer’s. They have told me it is incurable. Perhaps it will make me die faster. Death would be welcomed by me with open arms at this point. This is a terrible place to end my last moments but no one comes to take me away. Maybe that blond woman was my daughter? Maybe she would take me? The most horrible part of my disease is that sometimes I do not even remember who I am. I do now though. Henrietta Tyme is my name. My past is a blur, unfortunately, but glimpses of it come to my mind at times.
The first thing that I usually remember from my past is a man. A man with brown hair and kind blue eyes. Every time I remember him, I feel a pull at my heart. He…seems to be my…father? Perhaps. Next, I remember a hospital bed. With…a woman on it. She looks quite ill and has blonde hair and soft Born eyes like a doe’s. In my memory, her eyes are open wide and a stricken look seems to be permanently etched onto her face. Despite this, she looks rather beautiful. My…mother maybe? The third memory shows a younger me, about 25 years old, holding a small child with short black curls framing her heart-shaped face. Possibly my daughter. The last memory, the clearest one of all, is that of an old man. He is not moving and his messy gray hair is flecked with black splatters. Thick red blood is flowing smoothly from him chest like a scarlet fountain. There are men shouting around him, carrying guns. He appears to be…dead. every time, as I am remembering this, my eyes fill to the brim with unwanted tears. He is my husband. Of that I am sure. It is the only memory that I am sure of. I rest my chin upon my hand and let out a long, exhausted sigh. Suddenly, I feel dizzy! Darkness clouds my vision.
My eyes slowly open. Beneath me is a hospital bed. That is the first thing I notice. Death is beckoning to me. I can feel it. Many people appear to be in my room. Only one stands out. An old man with gray hair flecked with black splatters. Just as in my memory. He is standing at the end of my bed and no one else appears to see him. His chest has a deep hole in it, as if a knife has carved a hole in it. I slowly get up, but notice that my body does not. I seem to be a…spirit. Death must have taken me by surprise when I was not looking. My hand touches my husbands, a light flashes, and everything disappears.
Thank you soooo much!!!! I really appreciate it!

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:16:16 GMT
Open Question: 13 y/o Basset Hound with Abscess Tooth- Anesthesia v Gas?
At the first sign of symptoms, I took my 13.5 year old to the ER and they diagnosed the swelling under his eye as an abscess tooth. He was given clindomyacin and tramadol for immediate treatment/ relief. I have concerns about the tooth extraction because he has a mid-range audible heart murmur and one of his liver values is around 400. His appetite has been pretty good but I have concerns about that too. He loves life— enjoys walking 3xs a day, looks healthy and fit. I’m just losing my mind with this whole anesthesia dilemma. Do vets still use gas as an alternative? No lectures please on how important dental care is… we have always done teeth cleanings, brushed his teeth… he’s a very well maintained older gentleman. He’s the love of my life and I just want a little guidance please. Thank you.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:10:16 GMT