A 30-year-old member asked:
why would someone take minipress (prazosin) other than for high blood pressure problems?
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Dr. Martin Bressanswered
Internal Medicine 50 years experience
See below: In the past it was sometimes used for treatment of benign prostate enlargement. In a patient with normal blood pressure it could result in low blood pressure. There are better medicine for this purpose now.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Could back surgery cause blood pressure changes in pregnancy?
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Dr. Deya Dafashyanswered
Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology
No: Back sugery shouldn't elevate your blood pressure.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Will the baby have higher than normal blood pressure from my high salt diet?
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No: Try to avoid a high salt diet though.
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Will my blood clot put me at risk for a heart attack or a stroke?
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Dr. Timothy Ashleyanswered
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics 15 years experience
Probably Not: The major risk of venous blood clots is that they can travel to the lungs as a pulmonary embolus, which can be deadly. This is the main reason clots need to be treated. Rarely, if a person has a common heart defect or a rare artery clot, clots can lead to stroke. Heart attacks with blood clots would almost always be related to pulmonary emboli, rather than the clot itself.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What changes in normal activities will be necessary after a blood and bone marrow transplant?
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Dr. Ahmad M Hadiedanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 49 years experience
See below: After being discharged from the hospital, a patient continues recovery at home (or at lodging near the transplant center if the patient is from out of town) for two to four months. Patients usually cannot return to full-time work for up to six months after the transplant.
Other minor duty could done if the patient condition permit?
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South Amboy, NJ
A 37-year-old male asked:
Whats it mean when a woman urinates blood and has sharp pains on the side above hips?
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Dr. Vance Harrisanswered
Family Medicine 37 years experience
Many causes: The most common thing is a bladder infection but there are other causes like a kidney stone (should hurt) or something in the bladder like polyps or other growths. Some bladder conditions like interstitial cystitis can bleed. See a doctor for the right diagnosis as this could be something important. Always get sharp pain checked out as well. Thats our body telling us something is not right.
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