Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

Her hair loss could also be caused by too much Thallium in her diet.

I'm guessing that was humour as I can't see how she would have it in any part of a diet unless she's been eating contaminated soils that I'm unaware of.

Well, yes, given that the commonest cause of Thallium in someone's diet is deliberate poisoning.

Another cause of hair loss would be radiation sickness...

I take it that she's never upset Vladimir Putin?

[SXGuy]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

Her hair loss could also be caused by too much Thallium in her diet.

I'm guessing that was humour as I can't see how she would have it in any part of a diet unless she's been eating contaminated soils that I'm unaware of.

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

You don't know what you have got until it's gone!

So you'll be asking for a prescription for sildenafil citrate BPC at the same time?

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

The NHS saved my life, saved my husbands life too

And - literally - saved my right hand when, as a child of six years, I partially amputated it as the result of an altercation with a glass door.

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

MrD throws dilute hydrogen peroxide in his stoppered ears, works a treat, you need to do one at a time, and keep your head bent over until you feel it filtering down,

don't tell the chemist why you want it, he'll have a fit

but it works..............

And, if that fails, there's nitrogen trichloride to shift ANY blockage?

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

Could it be a deficiency in something else? Folic Acid perhaps?

Her hair loss could also be caused by too much Thallium in her diet.

[SXGuy]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

On the subject of my ear. It's starting to get better. Hearing more each day and the static is gradually going. But when I've ran or generally raised my blood pressure it gets louder. Definitely seems to be a perforation.

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

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Aaah,thats where my lot fall down,,,,they insist on self treatment for blocked ears lol

By flossing, as I told my late father to do?

[CleverClogs (RIP)]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

I've tried the ear candle, it's meant to suck the wax out, but it didn't do anything for me if I'm honest!.

That's because the "Hopi ear candle" - which, incidentally, has bugger all to do with that tribe - is simple quackery.

One might as well eat ground up chair legs.

[SXGuy]

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Made a mistake quoting her iron dosage. It's actually 14mg
Way to low if she is iron anaemic. Should be 65mg twice a day. Ferrous sulphate is what they prescribe for it. The thing is her GP is useless, they know she's anaemic and her haemoglobin is low but are doing nothing about it other than an endoscopy. Yes that may find the cause by its not going to help her in the mean time. 65mg is a safe dosage yo avoid toxification so I'm going to the pharmacy tomorrow to see if it can be bought over the counter.

[MrsD]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

sometimes just the upset and shock of what's happened to her, once she's stabilised and back to normal, it might well improve again, my health always shows in my hair

[SXGuy]

Re: Mother been diagnosed with Heart Failure

Hey guys, bit of advice from anyone who knows a bit about this.

My mother has noticed in the last 4 weeks, a lot of her hair is coming out. She isn't bald, its just starting to thin quite badly.

Cardiologist and GP, are saying its none of her medication causing it.

From what we know, shes still a bit anaemic and her haemoglobin is still low.

Baring that in mind, im starting to wonder whether shes Iron Deficient? Because from what I understand, hair loss and anaemia can both be caused by a lack of iron?

She has been taking iron supplements for the last 4 weeks, however I think the dosage is to low, 60mg a day. I think it may well need to be raised.

Could it be a deficiency in something else? Folic Acid perhaps?

[Sapphire]

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Hey no worries, just wanted to put my side that's all, cards on table here, yes I am partially deaf in both ears, but wearing the aids actually makes it worse for me, so they are safetly tucked up in their boxes lol.

Deafness runs in my family though, on my mothers side, it used to make for some amusing conversations when I was small, and when my cousin got married (she's profound deaf) my husband couldn't understand how she and all her profoundly deaf friends were all up dancing lol.

[nightwatch]

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My Mum is now deaf even with a hearing aid, it makes for very strange conversations, and frightening situations (for me) she had some antibiotics from the Dr couple of weeks ago, when I went on the sat morning she said she had never had to take 20 tablets all in one day before, I thought this strange and asked her if she was sure about that, yes I was told to take "for a day" so she dutifully took them an hour apart with a glass of water or some food, the label actually said "take four a day" but as she is also almost blind she couldn't read the label and had misheard the pharmacist.

[SXGuy]

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I hear (mind the pun) what your saying Saphhire. I guess im just feeling really down, what with my mothers heart condition I really need to be in tip top shape, for her. Could do without having problems of my own to deal with as well.

I cant imagine what its like to be perminantely deaf. But its been 5 days and its just really uncomfortable. You don't know what you have got until its gone!