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Death cert medical terms
« on: Tuesday 23 August 22 16:48 BST (UK) »
Help please with death cert medical terms. I can make out "Dropsey" But the other two have me and google baffled.

Nitral baluvlan disease? ;D

albuminuria?  ;D

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Re: Death cert medical terms
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 23 August 22 16:50 BST (UK) »
The first one is Mitral Valvular Disease.

The other is Albuminuria.

Google will explain both.
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Re: Death cert medical terms
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 23 August 22 16:52 BST (UK) »
Mitral valvular disease - problem with the valve between the left heart chambers
Albuminuria - too much albumin in your urine = sign of kidney disease
Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
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Re: Death cert medical terms
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 23 August 22 16:54 BST (UK) »
3 minutes thanks Jen!
I was right with one of them ;)
I've just been on google reading about Dropsey, I look forward to my medical knowledge increasing :D

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Re: Death cert medical terms
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 23 August 22 16:55 BST (UK) »
And thank-you BumbleB

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Re: Death cert medical terms
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 23 August 22 17:38 BST (UK) »
Yes, the dropsy could be from the heart not  functioning properly ,fluid  collects in the legs.
Also  abdominal cavity and lungs .
Diuretic tablets can be given but ultimately the heart fails.

As has been stated the kidneys are affected also and do not filter out all they should so simply put the body poisons itself .
Very painful and distressing .
Very fast answers from the first posters. !
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Re: Death cert medical terms
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 23 August 22 18:10 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Viktoria on Tuesday 23 August 22 17:38 BST (UK)
Yes, the dropsy could be from the heart not  functioning properly ,fluid  collects in the legs.
Also  abdominal cavity and lungs .
Diuretic tablets can be given but ultimately the heart fails.

As has been stated the kidneys are affected also and do not filter out all they should so simply put the body poisons itself .
Very painful and distressing .
Very fast answers from the first posters. !
Viktoria.

I should have said this death was a 53 year old male in 1887, would those tablets be available then?

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 23 August 22 21:08 BST (UK) »
Not at all sure , if not  poor man!
I think Digitalis from Foxgloves was used for heart conditions in days gone by,but how far back it I don’t know.
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Re: Death cert medical terms
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 23 August 22 21:42 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Viktoria on Tuesday 23 August 22 21:08 BST (UK)
Not at all sure , if not  poor man!
I think Digitalis from Foxgloves was used for heart conditions in days gone by,but how far back it I don’t know.
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