Heart Diseases

I'm taking Pravachol. I took it a long time ago and had a lot of muscle pains. I couldn't get my cholesterol down low enough with only niacin & diet so my Drs but me back on it. They also gave me CoQ10 to take to keep the muscle pain down. I was OK for a while, but now the pain is back even with a higher dose of CoQ10. I'm also having trouble walking. I used to be able to walk over 3 miles per day without much trouble, but now I hit the wall before I finish a mile. My legs feel like lead and I'm in a lot of pain. So I'm not exercising like I used to. Is this muscle weakness serious? Is there anything else I can do? (Lipitor is worse for me!)

2007-06-03 14:16:04 · 2 answers · asked by PaxMaker 3

2007-06-03 12:33:56 · 3 answers · asked by The Most Beautiful Men 1

I am worried something is wrong with my heart. I am always thinking my heart is just going to stop. I have severe panic attacks that strike me for no reason at all. My heart starts pounding really hard and I can feel in flutter in my chest. I had a EKG in 2003 and one this past February. The doctor did not tell me if anything was wrong with my heart. What should I do? I am so scared my heart is going to just stop on me. Serious answers please, thanks in advance

2007-06-01 22:52:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

im 26, had this 1 for 7 yrs but had one since i was 4. i think im fine to skydive!!!

2007-06-01 22:21:31 · 3 answers · asked by hanif k 1

no family history, been told its critical level, heard medications cause dizzyness,impotence and worse..depression. has anyone experienced similar & have any natural remedies/advice? how do u drop it when you are doing all the rght things already?

2007-06-01 20:35:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-01 14:48:01 · 6 answers · asked by Luckystar25 3

If someone was having a heart attack, and their pulse sky rocketted up real high, would they be able to bring down their heart rate on their own without medical attention, if this was infact a heart attack?

No, this is NOT happening to me.

Thank you to anyone who answers!

2007-06-01 12:32:30 · 14 answers · asked by Tammy 4

2007-06-01 04:26:13 · 1 answers · asked by vicky 1

I am taking 5mg of Amlodipine the doctor stopped my estrogen a few years ago but have so many sleepless nights I started on .03mg (very low dose) of estrogen about 2 months ago sweats have stopped but my BP is up quite high 161----172---could anyone tell me if they have had this happen

2007-06-01 03:58:37 · 1 answers · asked by Pat B 1

2007-06-01 03:44:20 · 5 answers · asked by curious 1

2007-06-01 03:27:23 · 6 answers · asked by moghain 1

how come no one mentions christiaan barnard when they talk about accomplishment of blacks? he was african and did the first heart transplant. how come you wont acknowlege that?

2007-06-01 03:27:12 · 4 answers · asked by J.J. Hodapp 1

My blood pressure is aprox 92/62 with pulse 77 when sitting and after standing for ten mins in can fall to 77/55, pulse 99.
I am trying to work out if my blood pressure is contributing to the feeling fatigue all the time and me hating standing up. I sit whenever possible and always lean against something.
After going to the shops I am slightly breathless and my blood pressure is 86/63, pulse 130.

2007-06-01 02:06:42 · 4 answers · asked by kttiptop 2

My name id Dr.Jothi. I'm a consultant cardiac surgeon from coimbatore south india. I work in a private hospital at coimbatore. I have plenty of small children with heart diseases who are very poor and unable to afford the cost of surgery. I therefore request any body to help these kids by donating any money or lead me to organisations who might be willing to help these poor children.

2007-05-31 23:06:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

He has the weirdest heart beat I ever heard, it beats about 3 times and then sounds like woosh instead of beat or like it skips. It can beat really really slowly 3 times then woosh and it then speeds up and is random not rythmic. He hits himself in the chest all the time hard, I'm thinking he could bruise his heart or lungs. He refuses to stop, says it's the only thing that makes it feel better.
Several doctors told him he was too young to have a heart problem. He finally found one that tested him says he has atopic beat I think it is called I know it's not spelled right. He has gotten anxiety from it and panic attacks. Now we are hearing ritilin could have damaged his heart. He has no medical insurance right now so no way to see a doctor. He wants to know if there is any medicine to stop it from doing that, he hates it. I hate seeing him hit himself.

2007-05-31 18:57:59 · 7 answers · asked by Sweet Suzy 777! 7

He took ritilin and dexidrene when he was in school. Could that have effected his heart?

2007-05-31 15:53:49 · 2 answers · asked by Sweet Suzy 777! 7

Ok so for about a day and a half my heart would give a horrible pain about every 5 minutes that would last for only a few seconds. Im only 25 and I somewhat thought this might be heart problems but every one kept telling me that it was just heartburn. So I ignored it but the pain was still ongoing. I went out to eat with my mother and decided to have a glass of wine. The pain went away! Does anyone know what it could have been.

2007-05-31 10:17:03 · 6 answers · asked by gabs 1

2007-05-31 10:10:15 · 3 answers · asked by jay p 1

I am reading that anything about 75% is considered high...do you know if your blood pressure is high and your pulse is high will that make a higher ejection fraction....I was really stressed when the echo was done....and now I am scared that my heart is having problems...my echo show everything else as normal and it even shows that my ejection fraction they consider normal...what scares me as I been have some dizziness vertigo type symptoms the past couple of weeks...my echo was done in February

2007-05-31 09:30:36 · 6 answers · asked by chickenorfish 1

I heard a rumor that they cause brain damage?

Give me some feedback on that

thank you!

2007-05-31 06:21:27 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

How i stop this *episode* is i sit very still, and put my fingers down my throat until i gag, then i hold my breath. this manages to slow my heart down back to its normal pace. I know this sounds bizarre and when i told my doctor about it, he give me an ekg. Since i wasnt having the episode at the time of the ekg, nothing showed up and i felt stupid because the doctor said he couldnt find anything. I am 46 now, and although the episodes have diminished, i still get them. I have never gotten one at work, but if i did, i would have to stop what im doing, before i fainted. What is wrong with me?

2007-05-31 03:49:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 20:27:17 · 3 answers · asked by J.ferdous_nsu 1

2007-05-30 20:16:52 · 2 answers · asked by donna j 1

surgery before or after cardiac symtoms occur?

2007-05-30 18:13:37 · 2 answers · asked by Neale L 1

My husband is 43 yr old , perfectly healthy , exercise regularly but they found a scar at the Thallium / Stress test for the heart and they sent him to do a heart ultrasound . What means a scar on the heart ? He never had a heart condition or heart attack and his blood pressure/cholesterol is normal,as well as the weight .

2007-05-30 07:38:06 · 4 answers · asked by sobusy 2

My son was born with bicuspid aortic valve which has developed a leak. He is now on enalipril 2x per day to decrease the afterflow and buy some time before he has to have surgery, but the doctor has discussed our options and we basically have to choose when it comes down to it, whether we go with a valve repair, or valve replacement and if we do replacement we can do mechanical or donated valve or The Ross procedure. And he will probably be under 5 yrs old when this needs done, (he's 2 now) so I would like to keep him off of coumadin (blood thinner) so he can play sports in school if he would like. But I also want to do what is the best for him long term. Any advice would be helpful. thanks

2007-05-30 06:35:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 04:22:08 · 7 answers · asked by getlisa 1

2007-05-30 02:39:42 · 15 answers · asked by getlisa 1

I have been experiencing chest pain/tightness, i had an anxiety attack that made me feel like i was having a heart attack, i attended casualty had an ECG and the DR said that everything was fine. The symptoms continued and i attended my GP who told me this was down to stress. The thing is that i dont consciously feel stressed out, there is no particular event that stresses me out so i dont understand how the DR can say this. But when it happens i show the classic signs, distrubed breathing/fear/anxiety i become withdrawn etc. It just seems to come from nowhere, i get it at work sometimes however i also get it at night sometimes, totally random. Does anyone else experience this? is it stress? what is it????

2007-05-29 23:58:50 · 3 answers · asked by Mark E 1

2007-05-29 21:52:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous