My elderly Mother has recently been admitted to hospital with suspected renal failure. She had been prescribed the following medicines by her GP,Furosemide, Digoxin, Ramipril, Rosiglitazone, Gliclazide, Atenolol, Allopurinol, Aspirin & Cyclizine. She had been admitted two weeks previously complaining of stomach and chest pains. I have written to the GP concerned who refuses to reply. I would like to know what effect the drugs listed would have as each was to be taken 4 times a day i.e. a total of 36 tablets daily. Please help.
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Medical Treatment Using A Combination Of Drugs?
February 1st, 2010Should All Chest Pain Raise A Flag For Medical Attention?
December 30th, 2009For the past 3 or 4 days or so I have been having really bad chest pains in the center of my chest and I can feel it through my back. It gets really tight at times and sometimes causes my throat to get tight to the point where im short of breath. It sounds like something that I should get seen about but I don’t want to go and it end up being nothing and my boss will look at me like im faking or something. So how do you know when its work the trip to the doctor?
An Evolution of Mitral Valve Prolapse for Heart Surgical Procedures
October 28th, 2009The heart itself is a muscle with the responsibility of pumping blood throughout the body via an arrangement of interconnecting arteries, veins and heart valves referred to as the cardiovascular system. All the same, to be able comprehend mitral valve shift, you need to know ho the heart performs. There are four chambers in the heart the right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium and left ventricle. Separating the right chambers is the tricuspid valve while the mitral valve separates the left chambers. Oxygen poor blood flows from the body into the right atrium. The tricuspid valve opens in response to the heart beating and allows the blood from the right atrium to empty into the right ventricle. Then this blood is sent to the lungs for oxygenation. The oxygenated blood flows into the left atrium and then passes through the mitral valve into the left ventricle.
The left ventricle is the strongest chamber in the heart because it is required to push the blood volume through the body. And in return, places increase pressure on the gate between the left atrium and left ventricle, the mitral valve. This valve looks somewhat similar to an open parachute when closed. Mitral valve prolapse occurs when this parachute like closing begins to bulge into the left atrium. While this in itself is not dangerous, it can and most often does lead to mitral valve regurgitation. This condition is when blood that is to be pumped from the left ventricle out into the body is forced backwards through a partially open mitral valve into the left atrium.
Related: heart valve replacement
If this condition that initially started as mitral valve prolapse and turned into mitral valve regurgitation becomes severe a multitude of problems can occur. If the regurgitation is great enough, there will be an increased amount of blood in the left atrium that can extend into the lungs. In addition, the left ventricle is forced to work harder leading to an increase in size and can eventually lead to heart failure.Like with most medical cases, avoiding this or discovering the problem in time is the solution.
The cause of this dysfunction is due to physical changes in the valve itself like thickening or a distorted shape. All the same, how this originates is not certain yet and may be it could be traced back to the family history. While diagnosis is important, the difficult part is that many people do not experience symptoms related to mitral valve prolapse. Many times, it will be found during a routine physical exam in a doctor’s office. He or she will note a ‘murmur’ when listening to your heart that may alert him or her to a problem. If this is the case, an echocardiogram will be ordered to confirm the suspicions. With the confirmation of a mitral valve prolapse, treatment may only be scheduled follow-ups to check the progress or lack of in the prolapse.
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Any Medical Professionals Out There, Quick Question About Chest Pain?
October 22nd, 2009I woke up today with a pain in my chest, on my right side just above my breast in the middle of my chest. Ok so its just a sort of sharp pain when I breath or move abit. The pain is not too bad, but it is a discomfort. I have experienced this before quite a few times but today its worse than other times. I have told my doctors about it numerous times, but each has said something different. The last one said use nerofen gel, which I am using but its not helping now. This pain comes on abruptly and randomly, every few months, I do have asthma but I have NO breathing problems, just a sharp pain above my right breast on the left side.
What is this? I looked on the internet and I think it might be Costochondritis, I am not a medical person so its just a guess, What do you think? Should I go to the doctor? Everytime I see them they just say, it will go away, dont worry about it. However I am worried
If A Man Is About To Be Put To Death Has A Medical Emergency (ie Chest Pain) Do U Call An Ambulance For Them.?
October 15th, 2009I’m a paramedic and I was just thinking of this after I heard about a man being put to death. I mean really what would you do, you got a guy who is minutes from being executed. He begins to have chest pain shortness of breath radiating down the left arm with nausea vommiting dizziness diaphoresis all classic signs/symptoms of myocardial infarction(heart attack). Do you proceed with the execution or do you allow for him to suffer and ultimately be put to death. For me the law states I have a duty to act. There is almost no chance I personally will be put in this type of situation but someone someday will be.
My Sister Has Sharp Pain In Her Chest And Stiff Fingers. Symptoms Of Any Particular Medical Condition?
September 6th, 2009pain is in lower left area of her chest
she’s 15
-any ideas?
