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Posts Tagged ‘heart disease’

I have been having EXTREME shortness of breath for months now….it will start as having to try harder to breathe and/or gasping for air. This will last for a while, but eventually will go away. It happens every day periodically throughout the day.

I have a STRONG history of heart disease in my family for men….could this be it? If not so then what?
I hav’nt been to a phyician yet, but I do know that I am not allergic to anything.

Hi,

My father has had two quadruple bypasses and two heart attacks so I know a little bit about heart conditions. I am 24 right now and I want to reduce the chances of ever getting coronary heart disease. I know that low doses of aspirin around 75-81mg are prescribed to people with heart conditions to "thin" the blood and today I read an article about how not enough people take aspirin as a precaution against heart attacks. I also know that aspirin even in mild doses can cause ulcers, especially if you drink, which I do quite frequently. I wanted to know if now is a good time to start taking aspirin because even though i exercise and eat healthy and do some cardio, I also smoke, and I probably am genetically more likely to develop heart disease….Does anyone know the answer to this? Also would aspirin make me more prone to getting dizzy and unable to perform more strenuous activity because it ‘thins’ my blood? Thanks a lot for reading this.

What should you do if heart disease runs in your family?

I am currently writing a fiction and decided i need an actual medical explanation for the story. But i can’t seem to find the information with classified causes and risks. Can you help me? It will be so much helping if you can give me some links to the information sources. What kind of heart disease could possibly infected a young woman at the age of 20 with no significant health record and family with the history of heart disease or heart problem? Thank you.

Is it possible that an older male intact dog’s heart problems are caused because of high levels of testerone? Do extremely high levels of testerone tend to cause heart disease?

My brother in the philippines has a rheumatic heart disease for 2 years and the doctors just found recently that he has cholecystitis, Im just worried because the doctors doesnt want to remove the gallbladder.

I had my heart checked a month ago and it was fine but have been stressed beyond belief for three months. What are the chances I could’ve developed a heart disease in this time?

My mom and dad suffer from high blood pressure,high cholesterol. It run on both sides of the family,that along with diabetes and heart disease. My mom started taking blood pressure medication young,in her later 20′s. My dad suffered from a stroke due to high blood pressure. I am 22yrs old and do not want to suffer this especially while young. Are there any ways I can be proactive about not suffering from those conditions now and later on in life being that it is hereditary? Or do I not have a chance in preventing it?

I can find plenty of information on congenital heart disease and plenty of information on cell signaling/signal transduction but i cant find out how they are related can anyone help?

My husband is 60 years old and has end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy with several severe secondary conditions and right-heart failure, copd and asthma. He condition is poor, he has difficulties breathing and often gets fatigued by only the slightest exertion. Lately he has developed a new symptom, muschle ache in his whole body. Could that be related to his heart disease, or is it a sign of something else?