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How Blood Clots Form – new

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:55:04 +0000

This short video describes how blood clots form in the body. Deep vein thrombosis or DVT occurs when a blood clots forms in the deep veins of the legs or pelvis. Learn how these clots form, about risk factors, warning signs and symptoms along with treatment and prevention. For more information about DVT visit www.vdf.org/diseaseinfo/dvt/

Duration : 0:3:56

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New research suggests how a blood clotting agent contributes to Alzheimer’s disease

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:32:15 +0000

Alzheimer’s disease isn’t just about twisted brain cells. It’s also about the blood vessels that feed those neurons. New research at Rockefeller University has shown how the most common element of the plaque deposits found outside the brain cells of Alzheimer’s patients interacts with a blood clotting agent and causes clots to form faster and become harder to break down. Backed by both test tube experiments and research in mice genetically engineered with Alzheimer’s disease, the scientists suggest new drugs that would target this association could potentially treat what is increasingly recognized as a crucial element of the disease, the vascular component.

Duration : 0:4:51

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Deep Vein Thrombosis-Mayo Clinic

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 07:47:44 +0000

John Heit, M.D., a cardiovascular physician at Mayo Clinic, received today a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for its Genes, Environment and Health Initiative. Dr. Heit’s grant will be used to study the genome-wide association of venous thrombosis (blood clots in the veins).

Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot in a vein — a blood vessel that returns oxygen-depleted blood to your heart. These clots are different from those that form in an artery — a blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood from your heart to the rest of your body. Risk factors for developing DVT include surgery, hospitalization for medical illness, major trauma (especially a long bone fracture of the leg), cancer and neurological disorders that cause leg weakness.

When a blood clot (thrombus) develops in a vein, the danger is that it will break loose and travel to your lungs, where it can become stuck. This serious condition is known as a pulmonary embolism and, in some cases, the result is sudden death. It’s estimated that each year about 1 million Americans have a DVT or pulmonary embolism episode; about one-third are fatal.

Dr. Heit discusses the need to examine the role of genetics in DVT and the need for increased awareness of DVT:

For more information from Mayo Clinic on DVT, click here: http://mayoclinic.com/health/deep-vein-thrombosis/DS01005

Duration : 0:4:7

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Dialysis Part I

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:33:21 +0000

I have a kidney disease and was on dialysis for 15 months until Sara, a kind stranger, offered to donate a kidney to me. Look for my future video “Kidney Transplant”.

This was my last dialysis session. I recorded it for future patients who have to go on dialysis. Hopefully this will help you understand what you will be going through.

Q: Does it hurt?
A: Not after you develop a button hole (where you use the same hole every time) kind of like the air hole in a basketball.

Q: Are you afraid of needles?
A: Yes, and I look away when drawing blood. Oddly enough, I usually put in my own needles but had to hold the camera this time (that’s why she was asking me about the angle).

Q: What is that knot on your forearm?
A: It is an “AV Fistula” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteriovenous_fistula). It is an operation which attaches an artery to a vein to get the arterial pressure needed for dialysis in an accessible location.

Q: What is she doing with the syringes?
A: She has to “flush the line” to make sure there isn’t a clot or blockage and to make sure that the needle is actually in my vein. If it isn’t, I’d feel a lot of pain from what I understand.

Q: What are all those beeping sounds?
A: Funny, but I completely tuned those out when making this video because I’m so used to them. The machines are continuously monitoring patients and if anything is out of tolerance (blood pressure too high or too low), or you move your arm too much and the arterial/venous pressure is too much for the machine, it will beep. Usually, it is a matter of pressing a button on the screen or checking on the patient — I’ve never seen anything “serious”.

Q: Why are there different colored needles?
A: Although they are both the same type (blunt), I think it helps the technician know which one goes to the arterial line and which goes to the venous line of the machine.

See Dialysis Part II for how one gets taken off dialysis.

UPDATE:

I’ve posted another video of my recovery from transplant one year later. Please check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKVqV398xh8

Damon Danieli

Duration : 0:6:46

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UCVlog: Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America Charity Walk for a Cure Green Bay, Wisconsin

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:29:09 +0000

Taking Steps for a Cure–this year we raised over $45,000 to find a cure!! Let’s Keep It Up!! I used Have You Ever Seen the Rain by CCR because it reminds me of happy times with Mom

Duration : 0:2:38

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Insomnia cure sleepless night. High blood pressure disease hypertension sleep problem

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:41:02 +0000

Insomnia cure can be permanent. Insomnia is caused by imbalance of the 5 organs system. Insomnia is a sleep disorder that is characterized difficulty in falling and/or staying asleep. Insomnia is connected with the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs and spleen disharmony particularly with the heart, which houses the shen, or spirit. The TCM view is that the spirit cannot rest (over active), because there is heat in the heart, just like a car when the engine vibrates too much the mechanic has to tune it. The key is to use herbs to bring the organs into working harmony or in simple term to tune the engine

High blood pressure or hypertension means high pressure (tension) in the arteries. The arteries carry blood from the heart to all of the tissues and organs of the body. Normal blood pressure is 120/80 and a blood pressure of 140/90 or above is considered high blood pressure. The systolic blood pressure, the former number, represents the pressure in the arteries as the heart contracts and pumps blood into the arteries. The diastolic pressure, the latter number, represents the pressure in the arteries as the heart relaxes after the contraction.

An elevation of the systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure increases the risk of developing heart or kidney disease, hardening of the arteries, eye damage and stroke. Therefore it is important that hypertension be treated as soon as possible because it is a silent killer..

In TCM it is caused by weakness in the liver, irregularity in the blood and blockage in the blood arteries. Hypertension can be effectively control or treated. It has to be treated holistically. Do not just take drug to dilate your arteries and temporarily bring down the pressure. This is call masking or bluffing your body.

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Duration : 0:1:55

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Bonded By Blood Another Disease

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:40:51 +0000

Bonded By Blood Another Disease (2008 Feed the Beast)

Jose “Aladdin” Barrales – Vocal
Alex Lee – Guitarra/Vocal
Juan Juarez – Guitarra/Vocal
Jerry Garcia – Baixo/Vocal
Carlos Regalado – Bateria

letra da musica

A deadly disease taking over the land
Survival, well, it isn’t part of its plan
To rid all the world of all human kind
Opening eyes that were blind

Victims

A bloody disease
This isn’t a tease
A shot won’t prevent all its wrath
It feels like a trap
When all your bones snap
A symptom of its deadly attack
Stricken by another disease
This time you will cease to exist

Your brain starts to freeze
And your veins will all clot
Watching your tendons rot
Outlasting the rest with
A will to pull through
No choice but to drink
The blood you once drew
Seeking a cure but
There’s none to be found
Your voice is now fully drowned
Gasping for air as your bones start to crack
Scabs start to form a cross on your back

Stricken by another disease
This time you will cease to exist
Stricken by another disease
This time…This time…This time.

Abnormal condition impairs your routine
Leeches discharge from your spleen
Your case becomes lethal
They’re pulling the plug
Decay in the palms like a slug

Victims

Stricken by another disease
This time you will cease to exist
Stricken by another disease
This time…This time…This time.

Well I think it’s too late

Duration : 0:3:24

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“How Long Will I Be in the Hospital?” featuring Dr. Sculco (ArthritisMD)

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:05:13 +0000

“We will get the patients out of bed sometimes the same day of the operation.” Doctor Thomas P. Sculco, Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, reports on the usual duration of a hospital stay for a patient who has just undergone hip replacement. Doctor Sculco says he believes patients should be up and moving as soon as possible.

Duration : 0:1:30

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“What are the Risks of Hip Replacement: Risk and Anesthesia” featuring Dr. Sculco (ArthritisMD)

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:09:07 +0000

“The possibility of medical problems tends to be very low.” Doctor Thomas P. Sculco, Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, notes how uncommon general medical problems are for patients of hip replacement surgery.

Duration : 0:1:18

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UCVlog: Nadia’s Journey Through Crohn’s Colitis–Bump in The Road #2 Picc Line Wound Care

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:10:30 +0000

I have a blood clot from my cephalic vein to my subclavian vein, so my picc line has to stay in for several more months until the blood clot dissolves. I also have an infection near the picc line site. This video walks you through the process of changing the dressing. I go twice daily to have the dressing changed (for a month)…This is all part of the Crohn’s but hopefully things will start to change for the better….Enjoy my video and Comment Rate and Subscribe…

Duration : 0:7:31