What do these medical terms mean? how do they affect you?
What do these medical terms mean? how do they affect you?
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m1spw

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5,999 posts

256 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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Can someone tell me what these terms mean, and how they affect someone suffering from them?

-Insomnia
-MVP
-"nervous/anxious energy"
-(low) serotonin levels
-heart murmurs

Thanks

staceyb

7,107 posts

255 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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Insomnia means you dont sleep or sleep very little

mxdi

13,994 posts

280 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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From what I gather- dont quote me...
I think a murmur is a whole in the heart caused by floppy or faulty valves and it affects people in differnet ways, some need to be fixed, others can be lived with all their life.
I've got one but dont actually know the technical stuff about it.

carrera2

8,352 posts

263 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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www.google.co.uk is quite good.

It's actually quicker to use than PH.

I suggest you try it for your homework in future.

BliarOut

72,863 posts

270 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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Unless he's looking for real life expereince from real life people

carrera2

8,352 posts

263 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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BliarOut said:
Unless he's looking for real life expereince from real life people

He's come to the wrong place then!

BliarOut

72,863 posts

270 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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carrera2 said:
BliarOut said:
Unless he's looking for real life expereince from real life people

He's come to the wrong place then!
Fair point, well made. Now if he had asked for alternative uses for moisturiser.....

lois

14,706 posts

283 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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mxdi said:
From what I gather- dont quote me...
I think a murmur is a whole in the heart caused by floppy or faulty valves and it affects people in differnet ways, some need to be fixed, others can be lived with all their life.
I've got one but dont actually know the technical stuff about it.


It's a valve between the two atria in the heart which acts as a link to bypass the lungs in a fetus. When you're born blood has to go to the lungs obviously so the pressure changes which occur are supposed to force this valve shut and it close over. In some people it doesn't which causes blood to whoosh between the two chambers causing a murmur. Can just cause slight breathlessness as you get a slightly lower about of oxygen in your blood as some bypasses the lungs, in other people it can have a more drastic effect and make them turn blue.

>> Edited by lois on Tuesday 31st January 20:38

carrera2

8,352 posts

263 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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BliarOut said:
carrera2 said:
BliarOut said:
Unless he's looking for real life expereince from real life people

He's come to the wrong place then!
Fair point, well made. Now if he had asked for alternative uses for moisturiser.....


m1spw

Original Poster:

5,999 posts

256 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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carrera2 said:
www.google.co.uk is quite good.

It's actually quicker to use than PH.

I suggest you try it for your homework in future.

Its not homework, I just want to know what the terms mean. Someone mentioned them to me, and I need to know what they are, but I won't get a reply from them for some time as they are American (dam time zone differences!)
ETA: And yes, I would like to get the knowledge from someone who has had experience of the conditions if possible.

Whats this about moisturiser? something about fishy door handles?

>> Edited by m1spw on Tuesday 31st January 20:43

968

12,439 posts

279 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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anonymous said:
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That's not the only reason for a murmur, if the heart valves become stenosed or stiff, that can cause a murmur, equally, if they are too floppy, it can cause a murmur. A murmur is caused by turbulent blood flow, for what ever reason, and anywhere in the body.

lois

14,706 posts

283 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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Low serotonin levels have been found in people with depression and related mental problems. However, as it is correlational they cant prove whether low serotonin causes depression or whether depresseion causes a dip in serotonin.
It's also known as the "happy hormone" and can be increased by eating chocolate (fantastic) and starchy foods.

mxdi

13,994 posts

280 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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anonymous said:
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May be an odd question, but do you mean you can have a murmur anywhere in the body? if its not in the heart how is it detected?

BliarOut

72,863 posts

270 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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anonymous said:
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968. Thought you'd jumped ship

SiH

1,858 posts

278 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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I'm guessing MVP is mitral valve prolapse

gorvid

22,371 posts

256 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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In the NBA it means Most Valuable Player................sorry

mxdi

13,994 posts

280 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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SiH said:
I'm guessing MVP is mitral valve prolapse


Anyone on here had this either? Just interested...

taccy

15 posts

255 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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5% of people have mitral valve prolapse. Can hear it with a stethoscope (ie. it causes a heart murmur). Most people wouldn't know they have MVP and it causes no long term problems. Occasionally can be problematic and requires treatment dependent on severity.

alfaman

6,416 posts

265 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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anonymous said:
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Lois - If you happen to know .....what other foods increase serotonin levels ? And does drinking alcohol affect seratonin levels ?

(apologies for thread diversion )

puggit

49,826 posts

279 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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www.wikipedia.com is your friend - this online encyclopedia is the dog's danglies...