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  • A woman with a rare heart disease ATTR-CM in a red dress with her husband in a white dress
    My Wife Has A Rare Heart Disease
    Mrs. Khairunnisha Usmanhaji Patel is a 58 year old woman with a rare heart disease ATTR-CM. Her husband Usman Patel speaks about the her early symptoms, the years it took to get a diagnosis, how her condition affects her quality of life and how she is coping. What condition does your wife have? My wife has a rare heart disease called ATTR-CM (Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy). Can you recall the first symptoms you noticed for which you connected with the doctor? How did the diagnosis come…
  • Stock pic of a woman in a white t-shirt holding a heart
    What Living With VSD-PH Means
    Maya Nair* (name changed on request), 52 year old from Kochi, with a diagnosis of VSD – Ventricular Septal Defect and PH – Pulmonary Hypertension, shares her experience of the complexities of these conditions as a young child, understanding of the diseases, seeking the right treatment at the right time and the journey in managing them. Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment I was born with Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) and still have the hole in my heart. When I was about 3-4 months old, my…
  • Vibha in a dress with a blue strip and the text Learn and Be Proactive
    Learning To Live and Love With A Chronic Illness
    Vibha Gupta, 49 originally from Delhi and now in Chicago, USA, lives with multiple chronic illnesses like Sjogren's and heart failure. She shares her journey of learning about her illness, the lifestyle changes that help her cope and why she thinks being proactive is important. Please tell us about your conditions and when you were diagnosed. I have Heart Failure, Sjogren’s, Raynaud’s and recently Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). I was diagnosed in: 2010 - Raynaud’s 2013 –…
  • A man wearing a hat ready to travel with text overlay on blue strip Heart Failure: Travel Tips
    Travel Tips For Persons With Heart Failure
    People living with Heart Failure (HF) are more likely to suffer from sudden cardiovascular events especially during travel. But with a little planning, it is possible for persons living with heart failure to travel.  Here are travel recommendations to ease the anxiety and reduce the risk of adversities for all patients with HF. Consult your Cardiologist for a health and travel assessment at least 4-6 weeks before date of travel Before selecting the travel destination, factor in the…
  • A family of parents holding a young child with overlay text on blue background that says My Child Has Alagille Syndrome and Congenital Heart Defect
    Accept The Rare Disease Diagnosis And Educate yourself
    Suchismita Haldar is a full time caregiving mom to her 3 year old son who was diagnosed with Alagille Syndrome at birth. She talks about her journey as well as the awareness campaign she conducts. At what age was your son diagnosed with Alagille Syndrome? What were the symptoms? My son was diagnosed with a critical congenital heart defect 2 days after he was born. He had pulmonary atresia with no native PA (pulmonary artery) and MAPCA (major aorto pulmonary collateral arteries) dependent…
  • Big Heart - The Heart Failure Series
    There is still a lack of awareness on Heart Failure. People often confuse it with Heart attack. We are doing a series on public and patient awareness sessions on various aspects related to Heart Failure. Leave us a comment here if you have a question Join us as Dr. Jagdish Hiremath explains Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and its linkages with advancing age. Dr. Hiremath is Cardiologist, Director Cath Lab, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune When 10th September 4:30 PM IST   On Zoom…
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    उच्च रक्तचाप के बारे में जानकारी|
    रक्तचाप के सामान्य से अधिक होने की समस्या को उच्च रक्तचाप या हाइपरटेंशन कहते हैं। रक्तचाप वह बल है जिसके साथ हृदय द्वारा पंप किया गया रक्त धमनियों की दीवारों पर दबाव डालता है। रक्तचाप दिन भर बढ़ता और गिरता रहता है। जब रक्तचाप समय के साथ ऊंचा बना रहता है, तो इसे उच्च रक्तचाप कहा जाता है।  ब्लड प्रेशर को मापने के लिए जो रीडिंग लेते हैं उस में दो नंबर होते हैं। ऊपर वाली संख्या (सिस्टोलिक) उस बल को मापती है जिस से हृदय धड़कन द्वारा रक्त को धमनियों में पंप करता है। नीचे की संख्या (डायस्टोलिक)…
  • An image with a hand crushing cigarette butts on the left and hands holding a heart to indicate how quitting tobacco saves the heart
    How Quitting Tobacco Improves Heart Health
    Tobacco increases risk of multiple heart diseases. But people who quit tobacco reduce their risk of dying from a heart disease significantly. Read more to understand the consequences of tobacco consumption and the benefits of quitting tobacco. Tobacco can affect the heart and the entire cardiovascular system including the blood vessels. According to the WHO and World Heart Federation, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-related heart diseases every year. Even occasional intake of tobacco and…
  • How Can Menopausal Women Prevent Hypertension
    Symptoms of hypertension in women are different from men and often mistaken for menopausal symptoms. Dr. Shital Patel explains the connection between menopause and high blood pressure, and how menopausal women can prevent hypertension. Women approaching their middle-age may be living with undiagnosed hypertension (high blood pressure). Doctors warn that women may miss out on correct diagnosis because their symptoms are mistaken for menopause. Women may present with symptoms such as chest pain,…
  • How I Improved My Fitness Levels After 50
    An inspiring and heart rending account of a 58-year-old man's ongoing fitness journey, despite experiencing monumental setbacks such as a near fatal accident and the loss of his teenage son in successive years. GB Dutt, former research scientist shares learnings from his journey from being a couch potato to a fitness addict. During my adolescent years and in my 20s, I never bothered about my diet as I could eat whatever I wanted in large quantities and could still be lean or even underweight. I…
Hello Doctor, I am 48 years old now. Since almost for the last 12 years i am having pain on my left arm, left shoulder, fingers on the left hand, chest. The pain is not constant at one particular place. It keeps changing ..sometimes on the shoulder…
My husband is alwz suffering from high bp..whenever he eats something fried..liver test report is also not satisfactory..moreover ecg report was also not in a proper rythem....plz help us out..he is of 35 yrs....
Abstract from a report from India where a young woman who consumed Herbalife had acute liver failure. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31024209 Herbalife® is a global nutrition and weight management company selling and marketing nutritional and…
My ma-in-law is a cardiac patient and sometimes gets atrial fibrillation which worries us. She is in her late 80s, and has had a stent put around 20 years ago. We are wondering whether there is some suitable heart health monitoing device that would…
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I am a female aged 25. Since last two years, I'm feeling pulsatile tinnitus. I can hear my heartbeat every time the heart pumps blood. I have had all tests done. There's also pain in the backside of my head spreading to the neck and shoulders and…

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