Atrial Fibrillation

I’ve been obsessing over my health for a good year now. I’m an 18 year old male 6 foot 155 pounds leads an active lifestyle, I don’t smoke drink or really have any risk factors at all (except for poor eating habits). I seem to take mild symptoms and blow them utterly out of proportion. Whenever i have a palpitation I worry. Whenever I feel chest discomfort or any kind of pain i worry. I just went and ran a mile (7 minutes, max heart rate 167), felt no discomfort except for slight pain in my collarbone while running. Afterwords i had slight chest discomfort on the sides, it wasn’t in the middle and it didn’t radiate but I’m convinced I have coronary artery disease (yes at 18, I’m being ridiculous I know). I have a very high stress life. In the past year I’ve convinced myself I have cancer, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, hypoglycemia, atrial fibrillation, Parkinson’s and all variations of heart disease. I went to the doctor and had an EKG and blood test, both came back normal (resting heart rate 70 BP 124/76) but I just can’t stop worrying. Whenever I feel any pain or discomfort or notice something abnormal I’m convinced I’ve got something serious. I believe the medical term is hypochondria. I just want to quit worrying… I want to quit thinking there’s something wrong with my heart. But i get on the internet and look up chest discomfort and it screams heart disease at me. I guess I just want some tips to stop worrying

You may want to have a Mental Health evaluation done. The doctor may prescribe medication to help with your anxiety and worrying. Try not to look up health problems on the Internet. I hope you will be doing better. Good Luck.

Okay, i’ve been having my period since I was 8 but ii just recently (probably around the aqe of 14) started havinq blood clots show up in my period. Does this necessarily mean somethinq?

I have clots every period. Don’t worry, they aren’t bad, just normal.

I know it’s normal to see blood clots when you use a pad during your period. What happens to the clots when you use a tampon? Does the tampon absorb it?

Yeah it sticks to the tampon and comes out when you take the tampon out. It’s partially absorbed.

yes it is a thrombosis of vessels supplyin d cerebra ..n thrombosis is a type of stroke/cva
wel der u go…

in a sitting position (on the floor), with his head slumped down on his chest, his feet on the floor and knees bent….they believe he had a heart attack, but we are awaiting autopsy results…has anyone ever heard of anything like this, or what he could have died from? I am in such grief I don’t know what to do…..for the record, he had a lot of health problems, as follows…..diabetes (controlled), coronary artery disease, hypertension (controlled), stage 4 kidney failure (not enough to require dialysis yet), and he also had atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat. He had one mild heart attack 15 years ago, which was treated with balloon angioplasty. He also had an umbrella put in his groin to prevent blood clots from traveling to the heart or brain. He also had 2 strokes, which left his left side partially paralyzed, but he was still able to walk with a cane. The last stroke was about 12 years ago. I am so sad, I can’t even believe I am typing this….he was 76 years old. Thank you.
Thank you for your condolences…..

Losing a loved one is undoubtedly one of the most difficult experienced people go through.I pray that you will be able to live again. No one can ever feel what you feel or experience the depths of your pain and anger that overwhelms you. You have a right to be sad,angry and to hurt because your father meant so much to you.
I pray that you will be able to have joy and that you will bear no more sadness and pain. I pray that you will carry no more burdens and that you will be able to help the next person who crosses your path. I pray that you will forgive yourself and that you won’t sentence yourself to eternal prison. I pray for your freedom right now. I pray that your father did not die in vain, but that you can let others know that they can make it through whatever they experience in life. If you need counselling, please find a counsellor because it can help.
Take care as always.

What is the difference in a thrombus and an embolus? They both have one thing in common, they are both usually blood clots; but, the thrombus is stationary such as a deep vein thrombus in the thigh or a popliteal thrombus behind the knee.

An embolus is a thrombus that has moved from one place to another. You might hear such medical slang as, "he’s thrown a PE". This translates into a thrombus moving from one location to a lung; thus, the "PE" or pulmonary
embolism.

A clot can also form in the heart itself with mitral valve regurgitation, or atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is where the top part of the heart; the smaller chambers called the atrium begin to quiver rather than pump effectively. Blood that isn’t moving tends to congeal, forming clots. These atrial clots can migrate to the ventricles where they can be "thrown" to another part of the body, such as the brain, causing a stroke. Mitral valve regurgitation occurs when the atrium finishes pumping blood to the ventricle. The mitral valve is supposed to close tightly in order to prevent contraction of the ventricle from pushing blood back into the filling atrium. If the mitral valve has a slight leak, blood can be forced back into the atrium. This problem can be repaired with surgery.

A similar situation can result with congestive heart failure in an advanced condition. This situation causes the ventricles to empty ineffectively; leaving some residual blood that can clot and go to another part of the body; or, the heart itself. The heart is fed by vessels that come off the aorta. As the heart pumps, some of the blood goes to vessels such as the anterior descending coronary artery. If a clot winds up in one of these arteries that feed the heart, a "heart attack" can occur, depriving certain portions of the heart of oxygen and nutrients. You may hear this referred to as a myocardial infarction or coronary occlusion. These situations are very dangerous, but not necessarily deadly. There are many variables involved; primarily, if the clot can be broken up or the amount of muscle damage that occurs. The first two weeks of a myocardial infarction are critical times.

If you have, I would appreciate hearing about your experience, symptoms, medication, how you solved the problem??? What kind of success you had?
Thanks

if you are having trouble with stress or anxiety ….check thsi out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPcb3eMS6s lil Dr Jack can helps

I had all 4 wisdom teeth extracted 5 days ago and tonight I noticed that the little white blood clots that had formed on the extraction sites began falling out. I wasn’t eating anything when they began to fall out - is this normal? Between what range of time do they typically start to dislodge?
I am experiencing no pain and no bleeding.
I can’t tell if the sockets themselves are completely bare because my cheeks are a little swollen so I can’t see inside.

That’s just fine. Mine did between 1 - 2 weeks. Don’t pick at it though! Let it fall out on it’s own. When you go back for you check up check with him but it should be just fine, but dont mess with it.