tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498859550840403329.post-69821019653650403162008-01-25T06:52:00.000-08:002008-01-25T06:54:42.603-08:00According to the last post, which I told you that, the watermelon stomach is still my mom’s problem. In addition, because of the symptoms those involve internal organs are her serious problem. Therefore, this should be good to revise her symptom and her development.<br /><br />About two years ago, my mom was sent to the hospital with the serious cases of heart attack. The doctor diagnoses her disease as scleroderma because she got dysphagia (condition in which swallowing is difficult or painful), acid reflux, peristaltic abnormalities of gastrointestinal tract, lung fibrosis with resultant low blood dissolved oxygen and weakness of muscles. The diagnosis was confirmed by skin biopsy.<br /><br />For one month at the hospital, she cannot eat and move. Therefore, the doctor feed her with liquid nutrition. Moreover, she needs to feed with oxygen tube all time. Fortunately, she dose not get renal crisis.<br /><br />When she leave the hospital and stay at home, her symptoms are better but still need to use oxygen. She still cannot move and eat well.<br /><br />The first year of stay at home, she needs to beware the serious cases of heart attack. The second year of antioxidants treatment, she start to move and eat well without acid reflux anymore.<br /> <br />Now, she can move (also walk slowly with walker), eat the normal foods well, and leave oxygen tube about six hours. These indicate that all the serious symptoms are developed. Moreover, heart attack never occur again (she ever got heart attack two times within one month) <br /><br />The only one remained problem is watermelon stomach. I worry about this symptom because although it dose not cause a painful but it may cause a serious problem in a future.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13587622742998345737noreply@blogger.com