Re: Did I just have a stroke?

jason@xxxxxxxxxx (Jason) wrote:

>Are you a doctor?

No. Spending 30 seconds in google would have told you that.

>Without any tests, how would you know whether or not
>this person did or did not have a heart attack.

Without any tests how do I know you haven't suffered a stroke that impaired
your reasoning abilities? Well, obviously I don't know and can't know, but
I'm beginning to wonder.

Now, please note that I never said I did know. Read for comprehension,
Jason.

>We recently had a patient
>that had a series of tests to determine why the patient could barely walk
>due to poor circulation problems in his legs. The test results showed that
>the patient had had a heart attack. I later talked to the patient and he
>said that he did not even know that he had had a heart attack. I don't
>think that you should ever tell someone that it was a muscle spasm instead
>of a possible heart attack. Such a person should have medical tests to
>determine whether or not it was a heart attack.

Thank you for introducing us to the previously unknown concept of silent MI.

Now, good luck convincing his doctor to work him up for MI based on a
single, brief occurrence of a shooting pain in the neck with no other s/s.
Can you even name the s/s of MI? Ever seen one? Can you name the s/s of
stroke? Do you know what s/s and MI mean?

If you're going to offer medical advice on the internet, please learn a
little about the things you discuss, common medical terminology, and a
little basic logic. Oh, and *please* read posts far more carefully before
replying. It is not helpful to go around suggesting alarming possibilities
to people who give no reason to suggest those possibilities could exist.

.

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