Help Me In Medical Question Please (heart, Immune System)?
Friday
Nov 13, 2009
Hello everyone, I have some problem with many medical question, Could someone please help me. Thank you so much
Question 1: A 48 years old mother of 7 children is complaining of aching pains in her legs, which she reports is getting progressively worse since the birth of her last child and gaining 15 kg in weight. During her physical examination, numerous large varicose veins are observed on her legs. What is the cause of these varicose vein and are they associated with the pain she is experiencing ?
Question 2: IF a blood clot formed and blocked the coronary artery of a person what would be the first sign and symtoms that something was wrong? And would they feel any pain and if so what would be the cause of this pain. ( FOR MY OPINION, I think the first sign of this is a heart attack but Im not sure about it 
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Question 3: Early in the history of medicine, surgeon know the immune function of the thymus was and the gland was sometimes removed !. what complication would u predict a child might display after the removal of this structure ? Would the child be more prone to viral or bacteria infection ?
Thank you for any of your comment or reply.
Comments
lp
November 13th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Question 2 – this is describing a heart attack, but that is a diagnosis, not a sign.
Pain may well occur, but the patient may also describe it as “discomfort”. The classical description is feeling as though an elephant is sitting on their chest. The pain may radiate to the arm or jaw.
They will also likely be short of breath, sweating, and looking pale.
Other signs may include tachycardia or ST elevation on the ECG
Shane-o
November 13th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Question 1: Varicose veins is usually from heredity. Or, from pregnancy, obesity, aging, or menopause, mostly from women.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicose_ve…
Question 2: Your guess was as good as mine; a heart attack or stroke.
Or something as serious.
Question 3: Yes. Read up.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gland
Hey, it that guy
November 13th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
1 and 2 are iffy questions but i will trust the 2 that have already answered them. As to the third question: look up the symptoms to DiGeorge Syndrome, a disease most commonly characterized by the lack of the thymus in humans. This disease is also known as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, in which the q11.2 section of chromosome 22 is deleted. I know they have a variety of defects and that it varies greatly between them, but they do have a characteristic facial figure.
tigerjon
November 13th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
1) has to deal with all the pressure placed on her legs from being pregnant. the pain could be associated with varicose veins.