https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-bernyces-story/ News Resources Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:32:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-bernyces-story/#comment-183 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:32:38 +0000 https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/?p=770#comment-183 Keloids are overgrown scars that are raised and typically reddish in color. They result from various skin injuries, which may include burns, cuts, surgical incisions, minor bumps or scrapes, or even rubbing from certain articles of clothing or jewelry.Normal scars are formed when skin cells and connective tissue cells known as fibroblasts multiply to repair an injury. The fibroblasts deposit gristle-like fibers that hold the wound closed. If the fibroblasts continue to multiply after the wound is repaired, an overabundance of scar tissue forms, resulting in a keloid.

]]> https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-bernyces-story/#comment-185 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:32:38 +0000 https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/?p=770#comment-185 Keloids are overgrown scars that are raised and typically reddish in color. They result from various skin injuries, which may include burns, cuts, surgical incisions, minor bumps or scrapes, or even rubbing from certain articles of clothing or jewelry.Normal scars are formed when skin cells and connective tissue cells known as fibroblasts multiply to repair an injury. The fibroblasts deposit gristle-like fibers that hold the wound closed. If the fibroblasts continue to multiply after the wound is repaired, an overabundance of scar tissue forms, resulting in a keloid.

]]> https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-bernyces-story/#comment-182 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:52:46 +0000 https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/?p=770#comment-182 My husband has HCM, grade 3 of 4. We are so lucky to have the Mayo Clinic and it’s expertise. Even though the diagnosis is not great, it is at least an answer. The best thing that happened to us in this journey, was not only finding the specialists, but my first contact with the Clinic. We were referred to the Mayo Clinic by our local cardiologist, they said the Mayo Clinic would call us. Yes they called. The nurse said –FIRST!! I am so sorry that your husband is not feeling well, we will take good care of him. No one had ever said that at any of the facilities we had been to, and that meant so much to us. They actually care about the patient and family, not just about the diagnosis. We love that.

]]> https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-bernyces-story/#comment-184 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:52:46 +0000 https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/?p=770#comment-184 My husband has HCM, grade 3 of 4. We are so lucky to have the Mayo Clinic and it’s expertise. Even though the diagnosis is not great, it is at least an answer. The best thing that happened to us in this journey, was not only finding the specialists, but my first contact with the Clinic. We were referred to the Mayo Clinic by our local cardiologist, they said the Mayo Clinic would call us. Yes they called. The nurse said –FIRST!! I am so sorry that your husband is not feeling well, we will take good care of him. No one had ever said that at any of the facilities we had been to, and that meant so much to us. They actually care about the patient and family, not just about the diagnosis. We love that.

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