Open Question: why is it that someone who is heterozygous for FH has a lower risk of heart disease than someone who is homoz?

Thu, 03 May 2012 16:37:56 GMT

Open Question: What do you think of the start of my story?
The darkness behind my eyelids was thick and stank of chemicals, as though someone had poured black oil inside my head. My tongue lay like a dead slug in my mouth, and my limbs to heavy to lift.
Had i been sick? Was i injured? Or…
My stomach sloshed, rebelling against the thought.
I couldn’t be dying, i was only 16 years old. Yet my skin itched with the coarseness of the unfamiliar sheets, and the mattress beneath me felt rubbery. The air was stale and lukewarm. Where else could i be but in the hospital?
As the oily slick across my senses thinned, colours and shapes crept into my awareness. Faint blue splashes of footsteps on tile, the dry buzz of air conditioning, a silken ribbon of murmurs outside my door. Muffled thumps from the end of the corridor felt like cotton puffs dropping onto my forehead, until they ended in a sandpaper rasp of,’nurse!’
I winced and opened my eyes.
I was lying alone in a room so stark that’s its blankness hit me like an assault. There was no IV stands or heart monitors, no bedside table covered in flowers and get-well cards. No windows, no cupboards, no shelves, not even a clipboard hanging on the wall. Nothing but the bend, and me in it.
My arms lay limp by my sides, skinny and white as ever. They looked whole enough, but the forearms were a mess of half-healed scratches and bite marks. My wrists were chaffed red, my fingernails were ragged stubs, and my grandmothers ring, a square-cut topaz i’d worn everyday for the past five years, was missing. I was staring at my bare finger when the door opened, and a women in petal pink scrubs came in. ‘Good Morning alison,’ she said brightly. ‘How are you feeling?’

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:26:58 GMT
Open Question: Creative Names for a Running Blog?
I am very much out of shape and have pretty much become a couch potato. I am going to start the couch to 5k running plan and wanted to start a running blog. I have never been a runner, but definitely want to become one. I want to be heart healthy and the push has come from the death of my father in laws from heart disease at the age of 59. Also, I have heart disease in my family as well and everything has recently become very real to me. So, any suggestions for names??

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:23:54 GMT

Open Question: If a 13 year old child is morbidly obese but then loses weight can the child be at risk of heart disease?
I’m a 13 year old boy and weigh at 248lbs. Yes that’s allot! I go to the gym three times a week and I’ve started a healthy diet. I’ve lost about 8lbs this week and I’m on the right track of having a happy life. So the question is. When I loose all the weight, will I still be at risk of any heart diseases?

Wed, 02 May 2012 05:42:37 GMT

Open Question: heart murmur, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes in neck, what is this?
before everyone goes and bashes me for not going to the dr let me say I HAVE NO INSURANCE I CANT AFFORD A DR OR A EMERGENCY ROOM AND I DID GOOGLE THIS BEFORE I ASKED!!!!! i already went to the dr for swollen lymph nodes on the left side of my neck which was a lymph node infection and cant afford my phone bill now also i have never had sex and am hiv free so thats NOT the cause so let me get to the punch ive have mid back pain where my kidneys are for 4 yrs chest pains for 4 yrs fatigue for 4 yrs not normal fatigue and trouble breathing when i lay down which doesn’t go away unless i sit up im having some trouble walking which is recent since i exercise everyday for 1 hr not in the past 3 days i have developed a heart murmur which sounds like gargling and i can hear it and also i can feel a vibration in my chest its not indigestion! it happens when i am stressed and chest pains come after when it happens its possible i have heart problems and kidney problems or liver problems with the way i live my life so what could this be? also i do not have low thyroid diabetes or hyperthyroidism i do not have cancer

Tue, 01 May 2012 14:09:15 GMT

Open Question: What is wrong with me?!?!?
First of all i think i have diabetes! Im always thirsty and it seems like i always have to pee! Plus im always tired and cold! And sometimes im hungry like 15 minutes after eating a meal and im not fat! And iv always been at a healthy weight for my age. Oh and im also tired alot and always cold! I still exercise quite a bit tho. I swim and dance and bike go for walks and ski and snowboard in winter. But im always super tired for the first few hours after i wakeup sometimes more in the aftenoon. And i also often have trouble sleeping. I also think i mite have anemia. And i think i have an iron and calcium defenicy. I rarely drink milk. The only dairy products i get basically is cheese. And im always looking up symptoms i have on the internet and finding all these conditions and stuff that i think i have! I swear like every day i find some new disease i think i have. And im also pretty sure im depressed. I cry super easily and all the time. I often cry for no reason. Like i know it sounds stupid but ill cry over something like my friend cant hangout that day than ill start crying than suddenly ill think of like a bunch of bad things than start crying really hard. And i often feel alone and like nothing will ever be right and yeah…and the other thing is twice something happened to me where i think it was a panic attack. I started sweating alot my breathing was really fast and my heart was beating super hard fast and loud. And i had a head ache and felt super dizzy. And both times it all went away after i just layed down for 15 minutes. I thought i was having a heart attack the first time it happened it was so scary! And the other thing is i think i have some sort of like mental or personality disorder! My mood changes really fast and tiny little things make me so mad and…yeah its hard to explain! Anyway is there seriously something wrong with me?!?! Am i just crazy or what…? :/ oh and also maybe i should see a doctor but im way to scared…

Tue, 01 May 2012 05:33:48 GMT

Open Question: How can I get rid of this weird cellulite I have?
I’m 5′3 and 120lbs, 17% body fat, and I’m 18 years old. I really don’t even know how I have it as I’m fairly active and have a pretty low body fat percentage for a girl, but I have this strange cellulite I guess on the back of my thighs right under my butt and I need to get rid of it! (before I go to the beach!)
I’m planning on using an elliptical at the gym for 15 minutes to warm up, then lunges, leg presses, leg extensions, and that inner/outer thigh machine I do not know the name of. Is there anything else I can do to get rid of it fast? It happens to me every winter and every spring I get rid of it but I’m looking for the BEST way this spring. Also, I have a heart murmur and running is not an option for me lol.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:35:49 GMT

Open Question: Dry cough 15 Year old Mixed breed dog?
My 15 year old, mixed breed dog, has a dry, hacking cough that we can not get rid of. The spells last for a few minutes at a time and after the coughing is over she appears to be trying to clear her throat of some sort of foreign matter. After the coughing is over her diaphragm appears to spasm for a few minutes. I took her to the vet 4 days ago and she is heart worm free, does not have a heart murmur, bronchitis, or pneumonia. He said she was having an allergic reaction to something and put her on a mixture of prednisone and an antihistamine. I feel like the prednisone should be working quicker than it seems to be. She has about 5 more days of the medicine left. Should I go ahead and take her back, or give it a few more days. Other than the cough she seems perfectly healthy, just miserable when the coughing starts.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:36:39 GMT
Open Question: Have you ever cured yourself of heart disease?
If so, give me the details please!

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:50:24 GMT

Open Question: Is Dragon Challenge and The Hulk scary ..?
I’m going on a field trip sometime next month and my friends are begging me to ride The Hulk and Dragons Challenge … I’ve been on Rip Ride Rocket before but I just don’t think you could really compare them ( in size ) and I’m having thoughts about it because I was told I had a innocent heart murmur when I was five …

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:56:01 GMT

Open Question: Is this pain caused by my heart murmur?
I had a heart murmur when I was a baby and I know I got it treated. But im 16 now and for a bout a year or so now when im laying down at night my heart area will sometimes have a sharp pain and it will last anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. it doesnt happen every night… But once or twice a weak, but I am a little worried! So if you know whats happening with my heart can you please tell me? Lol. Thanks!
I love you.

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:30:03 GMT