AboutDavid Richardson Expertise Adult heart function and disease. Not very good about children lesss than 12. Hypertension is o.k. Heart rhythm a special interest.
Experience Certified in cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Was chairman of division of cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia. Am now mostly retired.
Organizations Fellow of American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology and member of American Physiological Society..
Publications Circulation, American Heart Journal, Hypertension.
Education/Credentials M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Residency training at Yale Uhniversity School of Medicine and Medical College of Virginia.
Awards and Honors Gold Heartt Award from American Heart Association in 1995.
Question QUESTION: my mother is 83 yrs old, has hbp, cad, thyroid, pain in her groin and knee on the right side, diabetic, stint put in her back in aug 2008, just got back mammogram possible breast cancer, throwing up, nausea. had sepsis.pull fluid from her right hip from septic joint in Oct 2008. it just seems like one thing after another later. now her lower eyelids are swelling. can you shed any light on why this is happen?
ANSWER: Dear Louise,
Not really. Could be hypothyroidism. Medicines? What meds is she taking?
It's midnight here and I'm going to sleep, so won't answer further till tomorrow.
David Richardson
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QUESTION: Thank you for responding. I hope you had a good night's sleep. The med's my mother is taking are: metformin 850mg 2x a day, glizipide 10mg 1x a day,amlodipine besylate 20mg 1x a day, hydrocodone 10/325mg as needed, hyzaar 100 1x a day, hctz 12.50 mg 1x a day, metoprolol tartrate 200mg 2x a day,folic acid 1 x a day, levothyroidroxize .175mg 1 x a day, 81 mg aspirin, Generic Name Brand Name
gabapentin 300mg as needed, pantoprazole 1 x a day and lomotil 1 x a day. My mother do have hypothyroidism.
Answer Dear Louise,
Paantoprazole and amlodipine can cause swelling of lower eyelids. Try stopping the pantoprazole for 5 days. If that doesn't work, restart it and decrease the dose of amlodipine to 10 mg a day. Her hypothyroidism seems adequately treated, so that's probably not the cause. I'm very sorry she's so sick.
Please let me know if you find anything that helps.
