Question:
In this newsgroup there are at least three cases of people who have got heart problems. These people are Doc, George and myself – are there any more? I wonder if there is a relation between PTSD and heart problems. It would make sense, wouldn’t it? I know Doc does think that his PTSD may have contributed to his heart problems. Maybe it is sort of a symbolic desease in our case.
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>In this newsgroup there are at least three cases of people who have got >heart problems.
I don’t have heart problems, but I have chest pains from time to time. That, I attribute to anxiety attacks, although I had one so bad once I THOUGHT I was having a heart attack!! Weird how the mind affects the way we feel physically at times. Sincerely, Luanne
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Chest pains that are not heart problems could be an affliction called costochondritis. It is not that serious, but can give you unwieldy sharp pains – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -LuanneP wrote in message <19990107002159.00857.00008…@ng-fi1.aol.com>… >>In this newsgroup there are at least three cases of people who have got >>heart problems. >I don’t have heart problems, but I have chest pains from time to time. That, I >attribute to anxiety attacks, although I had one so bad once I THOUGHT I was >having a heart attack!! >Weird how the mind affects the way we feel physically at times. >Sincerely, >Luanne
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In my years in EMS, I got into the practice of telling patients who were experiencing chest pain that I once saw a 3 inch thick book on a doctor’s desk titled "Chest Pain". There’s all sorts of inflammations and unrelated afflictions that can cause chest pain. None should be ignored or belittled, but jumping to conclusions without tests and a doctor’s evaluation isn’t so great either. I would explain that standard protocol means we treat it like a cardiac in the field until a doctor rules it out. Some EMS personnel are not so sympathetic and quick to brand a patient a "fake" if cardiac signs are absent. I wonder how many patients are abandoned in the midst of a full blown panic attack just because some burnt out EMT didn’t feel like filling out the paperwork generated by taking that patient to the hospital. I had to find out the hard way. E. Brent Price Laura Taylor wrote in message >Chest pains that are not heart problems could be an affliction called >costochondritis. It is not that serious, but can give you unwieldy sharp >pains >LuanneP wrote in message >>>In this newsgroup there are at least three
cases of people who have got – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>>heart problems. >>I don’t have heart problems, but I have chest pains from time to time. >That, I >>attribute to anxiety attacks, although I had one so bad once I THOUGHT I >was >>having a heart attack!! >>Weird how the mind affects the way we feel physically at times. >>Sincerely, >>Luanne
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