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Purple hands, fuzzy head, wobbly legs and exhaustion.

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RootinTootin
RootinTootin

Mum, who is 75 in August, gets purple hands, a fuzzy head, her legs feel like they will go from under her and feels exhausted if she just goes for a short walk; so she is effectively housebound. She also coughs quite a lot. She only has a clear head when she's lying down; the rest of the time it's fuzzy. She was exhibiting all these symptoms, except the exhaustion, up till 3 months ago, when she caught a virus from me which laid her low for a month and since then she has had all of the above symptoms, including the exhaustion. She has had an echocardiogram and a scan and they haven't revealed a heart problem, she is now awaiting the results of chest x-rays and blood tests. Many years ago, in the 80's, she had myocarditis quite badly. Any idea what is ailing her and what would cure her?

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  • james26976
    james26976 RootinTootin

    Posted

    Let me make this clear. I'm not Doctor not expert. But, I wanted to pass some information along. It sounds like your Mom maybe have had another myocarditis  flare up and if there was no damage to the heart, that is a very good thing. Depending on the type of virus she recently got, I'd wait until you hear back from the Doctor which needs to be asap and she needs to eat a very healthy diet. Check with you Dr. first but raw garlic and ginger are some foods I would incorporate in her diet and teas. 

    • RootinTootin
      RootinTootin james26976

      Posted

      Unfortunately, she is gluten intolerant, which seems to include an intolerance of garlic and onions! She can and does eat oats.
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