barlow syndrome is named after a south african sportsman and apparently particular to the region. Does one have to take medicine to regulate it or is there an alternative regime one could adopt?
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Barlow syndrome is mitral valve prolapse (aka) click murmur syndrome, the most common heart valve abnormality.\n\nMitral valve prolapse can be treated with surgical replacement of the mitral valve depending upon the coidition. \n\nI never heard of any alternative treatment for MVP.
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There is a medicine in Australia that helps a lot with limphedema. I don't remember its name, but will try to find it somewhere.
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The doctor that I work for specializes in RSD.  We have patients from all over the United States and some from around the world.  You can get a lot of information from our office website and even e-mail the doctor himself by registering with safe e-mail. There is a link on our homepage.  Our website is  piedmontpmr.com. Hope this helps.  Feel free to e-mail me directly and I will help in anyway I can.  momma2more@yahoo.com
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http://www.mcsurvivors.com My mother has the condition. She is very into all that eastern and alternative medicene, so, she's slowly getting out of it, but it's very much real, despite what is said. There are certain other diseases I don't believe in, but MCS is very real, and can be devastating (and deadly).
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Yes I have...It is a something that runs in my family...I believe it is called Menier's (not sure of the spelling)Disease...It is caused when the water level in the middle ear is disrupted...My father takes anti-vert, although from what he has told me a person can build up immunity to its effects...He does get it very bad at times and he is aware of its onset, so he takes 1/2 of a Valium which reduces the anxiety of knowing that he may be laid up in bed for a week, but it does seem to help him with the symptoms...or...get this...he puts the hair drier to his ear...the gentle air flow seems to help level out the water imbalance...he is 76 years old so he has become quite proficient in his own health care...He was also told about a surgical procedure...but that could possibly leave you deaf...I like the hair drier idea myself...contact your doctor and ask your family members if they have had it...I know my paternal grandmother had it, my father has it, and I get it too...My best preventive is just move more slowly, avoid wild amusement park rides, and when I'm on a boat or a passenger in a  fast moving car, I NEVER look down...only forward...I hope this has helped...
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Your theory sounds perfectly reasonable. It's the sensible thing to do. But it's so much more difficult to pass judgement, once you have met a family in this situation. Nothing is ever black & white. I DO believe however, that the parents should have a huge say in how the doctors deal with resasitation, etc., especially if they want it all to stop.\n\nI also think, that the aid in Africa should be controlled, because an increase in population completely destroys the nature there and the consequence is that the Africans speed up the growth of the deserts and eliminate their food supplies for the future. So it's the logical thing to do, but hey, letting thousands of cute African babies die...? Catch 22 again.
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I have had it since I was a little kid. No cure but there are drugs that can help. The side affects stopped me from using them.
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i dont know if asthama is preventable. i'm sure genetics has something to do w/ it . most of my immediate family has it even though we live apart. its an inflamation of the lung tissue and can be caused by many things. alergies, acid reflux [ thats my biggest problem .. control the acid reflux and i control my astham] i work construction and the guys i work with take my asthama in stride even when i'm having a real bad time of it[ although sometimes they think they're going to have to take me to the hospital]  i dont seem to think society thinks anything about asthmatics .. its just so previlent . just about everybody i know either has asthama or knows somebody in their family that has asthama... anyway i dont think much about what other people think about me .. i stopped doing that a long time ago.. i takes too much energy and life .. especially for an asthmatic is too short.   oh, advaid and antacid[persciption stuff] for acid reflux work the best for me.. on the occation when i have to use emergency abuterol, i know the end is near and it wont be long before i'm on prednezone... i think abuterol persipitates itself , the more you take the more you need .. i hate it.. i think it may be the reason i have asthama today.  i never had it untill one day i stupidly tried my nefews abuterol just to see if it made me breath better..you dont have to believe it but ever since then ive had full blown asthma.
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Return to your specialist. If he/she cannot help you, seek a different specialist. My son was born with birth defects 26 years ago, and I discovered that there are degrees of specialists, i.e., just because someone is a specialist, it doesn't make him or her an absolute authority. When a specialist would "give up" on my son, and basically say he was going to die and there was nothing more to be done,I would simply find a different specialist who could help him.  He is now 26 and getting married this summer. Had I accepted one specialist's answer, he would not be alive today. Something is obviously wrong with you and you need to find a physician who can help you. I have gone to 4 specialists for help recently, including the U of Mich. who could not help me with a major medical problem I was having. I went on the net, found yet another specialist who solved my problem in one office visit!!!!
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I wear a therapeutic magnetic necklace and take a couple of natural supplements. I am currently pregnant and can not take any other products, but will not go back to anti-histamines, because I have not had one problem. My uncle who has sever allergies and hay fever is now on the same products and wearing a necklace, and for the first time in years is not bed ridden sick.
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Yes - there are a couple different ideas I've seen for it.  One is giving a testosterone-like drug - this wouldn't reduce performance but once you come off it it can take a while for your body to start making its own testosterone again, especially if you've been on it for a long time.  I've also heard of a androgen(testosterone-like)/progestin(female hormone) combination - that I could see causing some performance issues.  And yes, I doubt you could get men to remember to take it.
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I've taken Seldane a couple of times and it was possibly the most potent antihistamine I've ever had.  My methods for allergy relief now are quite different.  I work as a doctor of chiropractic/clinical kinesiologist in a sports chiropractic clinic.  I use a very specific allergy elimination technique that works great as well as get rid of any inflammation in the nervous system and bugs in your gut to assist with allergies of all types.  If I knew what area you lived in I could possibly advise you on where to go/who to see.  In any case, I can't vouch for other doctors' results but two websites may be of interest/help:  see below.  Allergies are nothing more than your brain's inability to recognize certain substances properly and respond properly.  Acupuncture, kinesiology, nutrition, etc...are all good for relieving allergy symptoms and get to the root of the problem.
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If the doctors dont know, then there is a problem!\ntry do a reseaech on it on google!\n\nGood luck
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I am on a Chemical DNC for the same problem you have and its going great for me I have no side effects from the meds its helping me get back to normal again as well. I take Medroxyprogesterone its a drug that is the same as Provera you can get pregnant on this stuff adn it helps you regulate as well. I went to planned Parenthood for my problem so I would think where you are you can get the same thing. You may be proscibed a different solution then mine.
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well.. i had that problem afew yrs ago.. then i started bodybuilding.. and the problem was solved.. completely really.. now i feel i can control it... but bodybuilding is not an easy solution so u can try alil leg exercise of some sort.. anyways dont use any medicine or drug.. i wont recommend that as i've seen many bad cases of these things...
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The answer is probably not. They primarily use them for muscle bulk, but they have the added side effect of promoting other types of growth.\n The main issue now with steroids is the issue of pharmocogenetic medicines, which are particularly adapted to certain genetic types, promoting certain positive functions within the body. This has led to the issue of gene doping where a foreign DNA strand  could be introduced through a specially designed drug. For example, a drug could be developed to promote oxygen saturation in the blood, which at present many athletes use Ethryopoetin, a kidney drug, to do. \n It is unlikely that steroid and general drug use will ever be stopped in sport. The development of synthetic hormones and better masking agents will make detection even more difficult. Also, at present testing for some drugs such as ethryopoetin (EPO) is incredibly difficult, with a EPO test requiring 180 seperate tests and needing highly speciallised equipment and testing. \n This situation may be explained by the particualar focus that the media have on some sports, such as cycling. With more minority sports, with less athletes competing in worldwide competition, it may appear that the problem is more serious than actually is the truth.\n If you can read French then Massacre a la Chaine is worth a read. It focuses primarilly on the Festina affair, where a staff member of a cycling team was discovered with doping products in the car he was using in the Tour De France. It details not only the actual events in the 1998 scandal, for which his team, Festina, were disqualified, but also his own cycling career and drug use then. But I beg you, please don't think all cyclists are like that- most cyclists and tifosi (cycling fans) are ashamed.
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i think all GPs shud prescribe it...if not den ask them to refer you 2 a specialist!