Heart Diseases

I was born with a heart murmur but recently diagnosed with CHF. I am a 42 year old wife and mother of 3 teenagers. I was a fitness professional (for the past17yrs) who taught very progressive exercise classes (65%-80% MHR) that mainly focused on improving and maintaining a healthy heart muscle. I was a vegetarian (no flesh foods) for 5yrs. During those years my body fat percentage and body weight was within normal ranges for my height/weight and age group. I have never taken any drugs (illegal or otherwise) and I have never been a heavy drinker (an occasional wine cooler during the college years). I have never taken steroids at all and I have never taken diuretics. Three years ago my mother was diagnosed with CHF and she's 64yrs old. Contrary to me, my mother and Father had been alcoholics for as long as I can remember, intravenous drug users in addition to other illegal drugs. My mom is a heavy smoker and her diet doesn't contain vegetables or fruit in any way. Dad died heart failure

2006-07-22 02:00:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-22 00:27:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother is 75, is not overweight and has had triple heart bypass surgery (years ago) but she gets very low blood pressure and can feel very unwell. She won't tell me how low and won't go to the doctor because she does not want any more invasive treatment. is there anything she can do herself?

2006-07-21 23:57:19 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Suppose to be used in cardiac patients to correct bradycardia

2006-07-21 14:35:16 · 5 answers · asked by vkait 1

2006-07-21 12:45:48 · 2 answers · asked by aguces4 1

Is it only one in the main artery

2006-07-21 12:07:41 · 4 answers · asked by Maryann C 1

I went to the Dr. this morning for my weekly reading (i've been doing this for about 2 weeks) and it was 180/116. My previous reading were 130/100 and 115/98.
for the past 3 weeks I've been eating fruits, salads (little or no dressing) and oatmeal and drinking about a gallon of water a day. I've been walking about 2 miles every other day.
He has put me on medicine to help keep my bp down while he gets my tests results back.
Are there any other steps I can take to help keep my bp down?

2006-07-21 10:18:51 · 9 answers · asked by nick j 2

Is there a heart bypass group that tells their stories of success?

2006-07-21 09:38:58 · 4 answers · asked by lionel G 1

2006-07-21 08:00:16 · 8 answers · asked by rowbeanie 2

2006-07-21 07:31:39 · 17 answers · asked by rowbeanie 2

2006-07-21 07:26:46 · 12 answers · asked by rowbeanie 2

2006-07-21 05:50:43 · 2 answers · asked by nannie_1953 1

I have had a mitral valve replaced by a mechanical one and would love to see the procedure on video. I have had the surgery through Da Vinci Robotic at Epworth Hospital in Victoria Australia.

2006-07-20 19:18:00 · 3 answers · asked by Oldies from Country Victoria 2

my dad is overweight by probably 50+ lbs his doctor told him that losing weight won't help lower his blood pressure ,
now I'm no doctor but isn't there a clear connection between the two and dropping some pounds should lower his bp?
he's on two meds should he change dr.s?

2006-07-20 19:10:35 · 12 answers · asked by shaney 3

2006-07-20 14:32:05 · 15 answers · asked by BShakey 4

I get sharp pains on my left side of the chest area near my heart. I have been having the pain for about 2 years now. I’m 27 and in fairly good health. I don’t take any mediations and I walk a lot during the day. I had x-rays done and my doctor said everything looked fine, but the pain is still there. I had my cholesterol checked this last February and it showed my HDL was 70 HDL and my LDL was 204LDL. I was told that my cholesterol was not high enough to worry about but I wonder if I’m on the fast track for a stroke or heart attack or heat disease and that’s why I have these chest pains. Can anyone give me some ideas what might be causing this? Could it be asthma? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2006-07-20 13:45:58 · 19 answers · asked by denver_cutie 1

2006-07-20 10:35:52 · 27 answers · asked by jules h 1

I mean of course not when you are very old either, like maybe around 35-50, and you haven't taken good care of your body -little or no exercise, unhealthy food but still not overweight. Is it possible to get a heart attack this way?

2006-07-20 08:45:11 · 24 answers · asked by starlicious 3

there is a hughes syndrome no?

2006-07-20 01:12:41 · 3 answers · asked by aguces4 1

2006-07-20 01:09:58 · 6 answers · asked by alexyssm 1

2006-07-19 22:58:49 · 13 answers · asked by fossil 3

2006-07-19 22:41:43 · 7 answers · asked by biju m 1

what are the dangers if any from taking metroprolol for high blood pressure and what side effects if any

2006-07-19 14:30:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a 29-year-old female. I have a history of panic and anxiety disorders. I have had a couple of episodes of SVT which sent me to the hospital in the past 3 years. I have had what I suppose are PACs or PVCs since the anxiety disorders started and have been taking atenolol for the past year for them and the rapid heart rate. It's worked well, but in the past couple of weeks I have been under a lot of stress and the palpiations have come back. I went to the doctor today and had an EKG done. The doctor came in and said that my EKG wasn't completely normal because there were some inverted t-waves along with the normal rhythm. What can this mean?

2006-07-19 13:01:51 · 5 answers · asked by Ribbons 3

2006-07-19 10:25:27 · 3 answers · asked by james m 1

IS there a way to get it free through medicare, etc. if the doctor said he wanted that person to read it every day to keep monitoring it at home?

2006-07-19 07:38:02 · 6 answers · asked by Legandivori 7

2006-07-19 07:26:48 · 7 answers · asked by jjbb72 2

My grandpa,few months ago had slight loss of control over his toe of left leg only(no pain,no numbness just loss of control i.e movements are dead but he can feel touch,heat or anythind else).It started slowly upwards to the ankle and now he has lost control over his left leg but has feel.Recently he had some heart trouble like a mild attack without much of his knowledge.recently he also trembled dw times and had tough time when sleeping and also had trouble to breathe at times.His calf of the left leg is loose and cannot tighten or loosen his muscle.Note that his is not a diabetic patient nor with BP etc.,Doctors sugested that he has neuropathy(vasculite,don't if that is the exact term but sure about doctor saying it as neuropathy).He had never had pain of any sort and only left leg is affected.

2006-07-19 05:56:09 · 1 answers · asked by madhu v.g 3

I am 27 years old and have been a competitive runner since my childhood. I recently have been diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW) I want to know how this will affect the rest of my life.

2006-07-19 04:51:34 · 11 answers · asked by james m 1

I am 24 years old and my doctor did simple blood work on me. I received my results to find out that my triglycerides are 463 (so high they couldn't determine my bad cholesterol) and my good cholesterol is 30. My physician told me that I need to have my cholesterol lowered to at least 200 by six weeks, but I am clueless as where to start. Does anyone have any suggestions?

2006-07-19 04:22:48 · 8 answers · asked by Cricket 1