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Healthy Toddler with Cccasional Blue Lips
... any coliform bacteria can cause Methenoglobiemiadecreased oxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin. Have your doctor test her blood for methoglobin levels ...
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- When this happens, what is the the temp around her? Does she have goosebumps? Under what conditions do they turn blue? Feel her feet and hands, are they cold? Are THEY...
- Does she frequently squat down? if she does notify MD of this symptom along with blue lips.
- My daughter would get very blue lips when she got cold as a baby. After a battery of tests, she was diagnosed with primary Raynaud's syndrom where cold temperatures a...
PICA Syndrome
Sep 21, 2009 ... Hemoglobin can also be checked to test for anemia. ... So I would definately recommend going to the dr. and having blood work done. ...
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- There can be various reasons for a lack of availability of nutrition in the body. Sometimes, due to hazerdous exposure to lead, mercury, cadmium, alluminum, some vacc...
- I'am glad to read that you have already made an appt for your daughter.I have a niece who eats chalk sand and other yucky things that is so gross,she has no symptoms o...
- My son is 3, and he does the same thing. He likes to eat chalk, crayons, drywall, dirt, he'll chew on the ceiling on his way downstairs, he used to eat cat food, and t...
Prenatal Glucose Testing
Aug 15, 2009 ... The best test is a test called Hemoglobin A1C which tests how much sugar your red blood cells have been exposed to. ...
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- They are no longer having you fast, just having you avoid sugary startchy foods before the test and try to eat higher proteins.
- They don't tell you to fast but mine came back high because I drank a caffine free root beer 30 minutes before I went in. And yes mine was high. I went back for the ...
- Every Dr. Does thier testing different. I work for 2 OBGYN'S and one of them has you fast the other does not. So it really is up to them how they administer the test....
Clotty Periods One Year After Giving Birth
Because of the heavy blood lose though, you should get your hemoglobin level checked to make sure you are not anemic and therefore healthy enough to go ...
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- You can help to balance out and lighten periods. I found great help by Dr. John Lee in his book 'What your Doctor May Not Have Told You About Premenopause' and gives ...
- N.- Call you doctors office and tell them. After my 4th I have clots and they found that I have fibroid tumors ( normal, non cancerous put a pain) and that is why b...
- The clotting during your periods will not affect your chances of conceiving another child. I have always had some clotting during my periods, and I have 3 wonderful, h...
Milk
My doctor at the 9 month check up gave us the OK after they ran a hemoglobin blood test. It was ok so we started then. Just make sure to slowly introduce it ...
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- My doctor at the 9 month check up gave us the OK after they ran a hemoglobin blood test. It was ok so we started then. Just make sure to slowly introduce it still mixi...
- I don't see 30 days making that big of a difference, especially if she is getting nutrients from table food. My only concern would be to make sure she eats a balanced...
- Nah! 30 days isn't going to make a difference at all. Go for it and enjoy buying gallons of milk instead of expensive cans of formula!!! It really is a reason to cele...
Blue Lips??
She became concerned and immediately checked her hemoglobin (iron level) and blood-oxygen levels. She had low iron, but not really anemic and Dr. suggested ...
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- Hi J., At this point it's senseless to tell you not to worry because I'm sure you are doing just that. But keep in mind that the doctor didn't hear anything (she p...
- I have mitral valve prolapse, which was diagnosed as a child because my lips turned blue when I slept or exerted myself. I was followed by a pediatric cardiologist al...
- Hi J., I am a mother of a "heart baby" and know how scary it can be. Even the the name "pediatric cardiologist" can make you break into cold sweats. In my experienc...
New to the Site, Question About Dizziness
Make sure you're getting enough iron, and regular hemoglobin checks. ... But I would still mention it to your OB to rule out high/low blood pressure first ...
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- I also experienced dizziness during pregnancy for a few weeks. My teaching assistant started keeping her eye on me and coming to my rescue with a chair as soon as I st...
- It is very normal! Buy the book What to Expect When you Expecting. It has tons of info & will answer all these types of questions. But I would still mention it to your...
- Hi C., I got very dizzy too in my first trimesters. It always seemed to happen while I was in the shower. I'd end up having to sit on the tub floor until it pass...
Lower Iron Count in 1 Year Old?
Hemoglobin actually isn't a direct measure of iron. ... although it may be because the blood tests for B12 are not accurate - they really need to also look ...
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- You might want to consult a nutritionist, Bonnie Minskie is on the web and very, very, good. This could be a serious matter resulting in a failure to thrive diagnosis ...
- Hi E., from the ages of 1-4 my daughter was borderline anemic. We found with her that she was getting plenty of iron, she was lacking the vitamin C that a body needs t...
- I have twin girls (now 5 years old). They were 4 weeks premature and both had low iron until they were around 2 yrs old. My doctor never suggested taking them off milk...
HCG Levels Are Still Elevated 203 After 7/12 Miscarriage
My hemoglobin was at 3 (normal is 11-13) I was turning white and blue and ... I see nothing wrong with calling the office a day or so after each blood test ...
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- I miscarried last year at about 8 wks. About 8 weeks later I had my lvls tested. They were still very high. My OB called me in, and did an ultrasound and found out tha...
- Dear S., I know exactly how you feel, I lost a lot of children to miscarriage - it is a very difficult time for us - our minds and bodies want us to have children a...
- HI Serena, Sorry to hear about your loss. I've been there. TWICE! My levels went back to normal at about 6 to 7 weeks after. It is a hard long process. Iknow. I w...
I Have Had My Period for 7 Weeks, I Am Weak and Looking for Answers
She had me do bloodwork for ovarian cancer and redo my hemoglobin to see if it is still dropping. She told me to go ahead and do the biopsy, the blood work. ...
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- K., I am not a doctor but I a laboratory technologist. If you are loosing blood continuaously and now you are too tired to move you need to go to the ER and have t...
- I have the same problem. I didn't have a period for 5 months...I was not pregnant...when it did start I bled for 6 months straight. I was tired, no energy, I kept goin...
- Hi K., My name is C., I experienced the same problem you have. My dr. kept giving me different med to shrink the cyst. Finally I was so tired of bleeding I changed ...
