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Thank you! I appreciate all this information greatly, and I will definitely take the advice. Im sorry things are bad with COVID right now, honestly I couldnt imagine what its like to be a doctor during this pandemic. Ive already had it myself, and my mother almost died from it. Its nasty stuff. Im praying for all of you.I went to the doctor today (my primary), and Ive been given a referral to hematology and cardiology, as most of my previous heart echo was suboptimally imaged and apparently the cardiologist remarked several times that he couldnt see hardly anything. Were making 100% sure its not my heart first, and then were going to hematology because Im having extreme bleeding issues again. I had blood drawn today for a new PT and PTT also and the tubes were filled up within seconds. The phlebotomist even remarked on the situation, and my blood appears to be almost the consistency of water. I was born at the hospital Im going to for hematology, so maybe there can be some connection if possible. Also, apparently on my last echo, it was remarked as me having trivial to mild mitral valve regurgitation but Im not quite positive what that is anyways, or if it is even something to question.Ill definitely be hitting up rheumatology next, especially if these dont pan out.
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Mitral valve is valve on the left side of your heart. The regurgitation means it leaks a little allowing some blood to flow backwards. I wouldnt think much about trivial to mild mitral regurgitation especially if it was a bad echo. I hope you find your answer. Please feel free to DM me at anytime if you have questions or concerns. Always happy to help
'm not a doctor. Along with a suggestion, I just want to say how sorry I am to hear about your family going through this. I know how terrible I feel when our daughter just has a cold.Because I'm not a doctor, I don't have a diagnosis to suggest, but instead I want to suggest that you start collecting data, lots of data, then find your most analytical friend(s) and get them looking at it. They don't have to be a doctor; they're more likely to work in science, technology, engineering, business or law.What I'm suggesting you collect is literally everything your daughter eats, drinks, does and where she goes, including basic nutritional information what she's eating and drinking - carbohydrates, fats, etc. The same stuff that they put in big letters on most food packages.Along with that, put in what symptoms she had and how bad they were; devise a rating for her day if nothing else, where "5" is "it was a terrible day" to "1" is "she barely had any symptoms at all."This is going to be a complete pain in the ass.If it's a metabolic problem, there's a chance you'll see something like "when she has a high-carb, low-fat diet, she has a bad day" or "when she has a lot of fat, she does great" or some other permutation.If it's somehow an environmental problem, then maybe you'll see that "when she stays at grandma's house she's better than when she sleeps at home" or "if she doesn't go to school, she's better" or "she played in the basement today and she's a wreck."The doctors are clearly missing something, and maybe with some analysis you can find some clues to point them in the right direction. You may have the problem that they've already made up their mind about her and there's no changing it; in that case, you also need new doctors.Best wishes.
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