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Kawasaki - Recovery
Asked by J.L. from New York
on March 2, 2009
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hi moms-
I know this disease is rare but I'm hoping someone out there can shed some light / hope! My son (13 months old) recently had kawasaki disease. Before his IVI...
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_disease Dear J. -- my prayers are with you and your son. I didn't know what that disease was, so I looked it up on Wikipedia. ...
- I don't know this disorder but I know how stressful it is when you child has potentially serious medical problem. Both my children were were full term but in the NICU...
- Hi J., I have never heard of Kawasaki. It sounds like he's gone through alot his first year! My heart and prayers go out to you and your son. R.
Kawasaki Disease
Asked by D.C. from Phoenix
on November 6, 2007
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Hello,
My niece, almost 6 years old, was just diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease. It is pretty rare in the USA but very serious. Does anyone know anything about it?
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- I see you already have lots of good medical responses so I'll skip that part. I had Kawasaki disease as a young child. It is serious and the possible damage to the hea...
- Hi D., Our prayers are with your little niece...There is a website that I found that will help answer your questions... www.kdfoundation.org Have faith in God o...
- http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4634 http://www.aafp.org/afp/990600ap/3093.html
Pregnant with Triplets, Enlarged Heart, Needs Dye/catheter Help
Asked by D.L. from Boston
on October 30, 2008
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My close friend has been diagnosed with an enlarged heart. She is 6 months pregnant with triplets. They want to inject dye to her heart via a catheter through her le...
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- Have her talk about the risks and the options for them. My mom's best friend has heart issues and had a reaction to the dye that is used for the procedure. She had no ...
- My logical brain tells me that increased blood flow in the body from the triplets is causing the enlarged heart. I'm sure the drs. are thinking that too but want to ru...
- I have 5 yr old triplets but no advice on the enlarge heart. But I'm part of a great a support group called Keeping Pace with Multiple Mircales and I'm sure someone th...
18-Month Old Toddler with Fatigue and Abnormal Bloodwork
Asked by M.E. from Los Angeles
on May 3, 2012
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Hi, I am very worried about my daughter, and it is consuming my life. For the past 5/6 weeks she has seemed very tired. She has had 3 CBCs done since then and her lymp...
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- Is there a 'teaching' University hospital near enough to you to take her to? If there is, get your records together, call them, get to the peds clinic there ASAP. This...
- Have you had her tested for allergies? She could have a food allergy that is causing the fatigue and elevated levels.
- So sorry... I know that must be scary! My niece had similar symptoms when she was 18 months. She ended up having a bone marrow biopsy and they discovered it was "T.E.C...
How Much Drinking Is Too Much?
Asked by W.A. from Tampa
on November 12, 2010
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I love my husband very much but his drinking habits seem to upset me. As long as I've know him he has been drinking a six pack of beer or more every night, I guess thi...
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- you are not over reacting. more than 2 in my opinion is too many.
- As someone who knows, it is really hard to convince a drinker that they have a problem until they hit rock bottom. Every person has a different rock bottom and he is ...
- Long term drinking effects people differently. When I was growing up, there was this older couple that lived down the street. My parents would go over for cocktails on...
