Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Questions

On giving physical stress to heart, your heart handles it well, that's it. So nothing looks like cardiac pain.

Hi lybrate-user, if there is diagnostic dilemma. We can always go for re histopathology and ihc evaluation on first biopsy block and compare those with relapsed biopsy block, I hope might be this may help you. If the disease has relapsed in one month of treatment, this it must be some high grade lymphoma. Cytogenetics and protein electrophoresis can also help you diagnosis.

The aorta is the main artery that carries blood out of the heart to the rest of the body. Blood flows out of the heart and into the aorta through the aortic valve. In aortic stenosis, the aortic valve does not open fully. This decreases blood flow from the heart.
Aortic stenosis is a heart valve disorder that narrows or obstructs the aortic valve opening. Narrowing of the aortic valve prevents the valve from opening properly and obstructs the flow of blood from the left ventricle to the aort...more

It depends on what your complaints are. The basic investigation for the peripheral arterial disease is "Arterial Duplex scan of the affected lower limb" Depending on the doppler scan report, the vascular surgeon will assess and advise regarding the further management.

Hello, Your BP is abnormal, tryglisride is within normal range, hdl is almost normal, ldl is at higher range.
Cholesterol is at boarder line. Diostolic dysfunction affects mitiral inflow needs to follow the under lined natural norms:
Go for meditation to reduce stress and to nourish your body to check diostolic dysfunction.
Tk, plenty of water to hydrate your body. Your intake should be easily digestible low in fats & oil to minimise cholesterol. Go for a walk in the morning to reduc...more

Dear Lybrate User,
Cholesterol is naturally produced inside the body of every living animal. Human beings are no exception to that. But when we take mutton, chicken, yellow part of a boiled egg, ghee, butter etc we intake cholesterol from external source. This extra cholesterol from external sources increase the total cholesterol content of human body.

You should always keep your cholesterol level within normal limits as high cholesterol serves as a precursor to various cardiac dise...more

Mr. lybrate-user, Thanks for the query.
To treat hypothyroidism only available drug is Levothyroxine tablets. Hence, if you have that condition, then it may be necessary to take Thyroxine tablets. But I can only give a proper yes or know based on actual TSH value, BP reading plus some details on the heart condition. Since nothing is mentioned, it is difficult to give any opinion. Thanks.

It could be may Thurner syndrome and this can be confirmed by ct venogram and there are various treatment option for these like common iliac vein stenting.

Appetite stimulants, although efficacious in treating malnutrition in CF, should only be prescribed if decreased food intake secondary to inadequate appetite is the principal cause of the malnutrition and all other contributing factors have been assessed, ruled-out or treated. the use of several appetite stimulants used in CF and other diseases to improve appetite and maximize caloric intake

Please get him thoroughly examined by a MD physician or any good doctor - to rule out cardiac causes. Difficulty in breathing at night can happen due to lung/respiratory problems, heart problems, and referred pain from gastric problems. In this age, cardiac causes may be possible. The peculiarity in this case is the way patient reacts in the situation. Not everybody runs out of anxiety when unable to breathe. This is the difference in patient to patient, which is. Given utmost importance in Home...more