wtf heart attack?

[Euler]

My wife came home from yoga about 4 hours ago. She practices like 6 times a week. She eats all organic and shit. She was all pale and cold sweaty and couldn't breath, tight chest, and tingly fingers. I figured I could get her to the doctor faster than the ambulance could get here. Hooked her up to an ekg and nothing. Her heart slowed down while we were filling out forms.

The docs told us that it was probably a tech-something. They claim your heart can go into overdrive sometimes and whatever. They told her to cough or pretend to take a shit next time it happens. Srsly? Pretend like you are taking a dump?

Anyway, crazy scary. I am the fat lazy unhealthy one, she is the one who is supposed to live forever. I told her that if she starts this kind of crazy health scare, i will sue her ass for breach of contract.

[diethx]

The docs told us that it was probably a tech-something.

Tachycardia?

[BigWorm]

My wife came home from yoga about 4 hours ago. She practices like 6 times a week. She eats all organic and shit. She was all pale and cold sweaty and couldn't breath, tight chest, and tingly fingers. I figured I could get her to the doctor faster than the ambulance could get here. Hooked her up to an ekg and nothing. Her heart slowed down while we were filling out forms.

The docs told us that it was probably a tech-something. They claim your heart can go into overdrive sometimes and whatever. They told her to cough or pretend to take a shit next time it happens. Srsly? Pretend like you are taking a dump?

Anyway, crazy scary. I am the fat lazy unhealthy one, she is the one who is supposed to live forever. I told her that if she starts this kind of crazy health scare, i will sue her ass for breach of contract.

The tech-something was probably tachycardia, which is when you heart is beating extremely fast. Don't really know much about it but I know it can lead to a heart attack (myocardial infraction).

[BigWorm]

Dammit myocardial infarction, not infraction. That must be the hardest word ever for me to type correctly.

[Euler]

yeah, that one.

[diethx]

I think it's only pathological if it's persistent (you get it often). It can happen from stress or an elevated temperature. Or certain medications, but i'm assuming if that was the cause you would've mentioned it.

[Euler]

not medications probably. Maybe heat becuase of the yoga. Possibly stress due to tenure shit.

[Stanley Burrell]

Yeah dude, tachycardia can be a straight up heart, nothing else, arrhythmia: In which case you'd see it on an EKG, but there are a trillion non-cardiac (and generally less severe) triggers for tachycardia.

Just backtrack and scrutinize every single possible thing she did that day. Caffeine, anxiety, more/less physical activity than her usual norm.

It's good when you don't have hyperdrive appearing on the EKG itself.

<<I think it's only pathological if it's persistent>>

Booyah.

[Asha]

Beta-blockers. I think they're supposed to help alot, especially against anxiety and palpitations. Or other heart related shit.
Dr's are the way to go.

[Euler]

beta blockers? I told her boob massages and video games. Damn.

[diethx]

Will she be massaging your boobs, or you hers?

[Euler]

whatever she wants. I am just glad she is ok. My boobs are hairier though.

[thefarmer]

Random comment: As much as people try to have healthy lifestyles and actively do their best to be good, life's a crap shoot. Perfectly healthy people get sick, and people you thought would be dead years ago (smokers/drunks/obese overweight/etc) are still chugging along.


more on topic: Glad your wife is ok.

[GS4Ranger]

As the great (and all-time role-model for all) Al Bundy taught me...

Good health kills people. If you treat your body to the fat and grease and unhealthy stuff that we Americans call food, your body can take it and function properly, if conditioned to do so.

If you live a healthy life and then eat something unhealthy your body doesn't know how to handle it and you will drop dead with a bacon cheeseburger in your hand.

Course I don't sell womens shoes... but he did inspire me to great heights.

[Gan]

The docs told us that it was probably a tech-something. They claim your heart can go into overdrive sometimes and whatever. They told her to cough or pretend to take a shit next time it happens. Srsly? Pretend like you are taking a dump?

Yes, coughing and taking a shit causes a vagal (vasovagal) response, which does really cool things to the heart.

You could use that as an excuse for anal sex if you were creative...

[Euler]

Yes, coughing and taking a shit causes a vagal (vasovagal) response, which does really cool things to the heart.

You could use that as an excuse for anal sex if you were creative...

d00d, I am going to soooooo goatse my wife.

[Numbers]

Next time call an ambulance.

[Euler]

911's a joke


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[Skeeter]

guess it depends on where you live. Faster to drive here in Dayton. But if I lived in a suburb I would call.

[Tisket]

911's a joke


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Maybe it would take longer to get to you but it can provide care and communicate vital information while whisking her to the ER via lights and sirens. Don't be stupid. Use the fucking service unless you happen to be standing in front of the hospital next time.

And here's hoping there never is a next time.

[Euler]

guess I should mention urgent care is two blocks away.

[Gan]

I agree. I use the 4 minute rule. If I cant make it to the drop off bay of the ER within 4 minutes - call for a bus.

That goes without saying that you cant drive and compress a major bleeder or perform CPR at the same time.

Common sense is a great asset during times of crisis.

I would still recommend getting a full cardiac workup (stress test, etc.) just to make sure there's nothing wrong that can be overlooked or missed from reviewing a 12 lead strip.

[Gan]

guess I should mention urgent care is two blocks away.

Throw her over your shoulder in a fireman's carry and run. The bouncing could count as a form of CPR...

[diethx]

Throw her over your shoulder in a fireman's carry and run. The bouncing could count as a form of CPR...

He's always talking about how fat he is, remember? Chances are if he did that he'd die of a heart attack himself before he got there.

[thefarmer]

I agree. I use the 4 minute rule. If I cant make it to the drop off bay of the ER within 4 minutes - call for a bus.

That goes without saying that you cant drive and compress a major bleeder or perform CPR at the same time.

Common sense is a great asset during times of crisis.

Sometimes that doesn't work though.

My parents live in a rural area. They're about an hour away from the closest hospital (5 minutes backroads/rest all highway). Twice I've had to call 911 and call for a cab because of my mother. Both times it's taken over 2 hours for them to get here. Both times I had to do CPR to restart her breathing after the first hour of waiting.

In these two cases I could have had her into the ER and being looked at before the cab even got down the driveway.

[Euler]

He's always talking about how fat he is, remember? Chances are if he did that he'd die of a heart attack himself before he got there.

not only that, everyone watching would die in horror at the hideous sweat-beast lumbering down the street.

"My god, my eyes! That sweat-beast must have eaten that poor woman's husband and is plannin on eating her for desert."

[diethx]

not only that, everyone watching would die in horror at the hideous sweat-beast lumbering down the street.

"My god, my eyes! That sweat-beast must have eaten that poor woman's husband and is plannin on eating her for desert."

I know I would!!!!1

[Skeeter]

http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/Your_Fat.jpg

[Allereli]

what kind of yoga is she doing? I've heard of a lot of people having trouble with regular Bikram (hot) yoga classes

[Euler]

power yoga, not bikram.

[Ker_Thwap]

I have supraventricular tachycardia. Basically there are little electrical switches/nodes in the heart and the electricity follows a certain route repeatedly. I have an extra switch, and when the electricity pops over to it, it just creates the wrong electrical pattern, resulting in about 200 beats per minute for one of the ventricles.

It's a seriously random thing that might happen twice a year, or twice a week. For me it's not life threatening, I just get a little light headed. My scumbag heart doctor told me I could have surgery to go in and zap the extra node with a mere 5% chance of death or life long pacemaker. The other alternative was lifelong medication. On my way out the door the nurse mentioned the vagal maneuver. In short it's the body's reflex that makes you faint if you're choking so the throat relaxes and the food can clear. You can induce part of this reflex by clenching your chest muscles and your heart pattern resets to normal. Thank you very much Doctor for not mentioning the simplest option.

Her doctor will probably want to give her a Holzer monitor which is just a portable little device that measures your heart pattern, and you can wear it around for a week or two until an event happens, then you can find out what specifically what type of tachycardia and make decisions on how best to treat it.

I know I was seriously stressed out until I got the accurate answer. Now, it's not much worse than a case of the hiccups for me. Hope it turns out as well for you.

[Euler]

thanks for the post. Nice of you. I try to keep my humor about it, but I am scared as shit.

[Methais]

Someone show this thread to Necromancer.

[Some Rogue]

Someone show this thread to Necromancer.
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[Methais]

But I wanna hear his reasoning why Euler's wife, the yoga organic health nut, has the heart problem and not Euler, the fat chocolate cake grease drinking never exercising needs a tapeworm for weight management fat guy with hairy boobs.

[Euler]

don't forget about my microwave experiments with faraday cages.

[LMingrone]

This happened to me one time. Too bad I got a shit-brain doctor at the ER. And it was training day for the little wanna be Yale student doctors.

I finally regained a normal heart rate, what's this moron do? "Hey students, gather around and lets run some tests." I was there damn guinea pig. First thing he does it hook me up to all the testing machines, and no lie....pumps me up with adrenaline. Heart rate jumps to somewhere around 200 bpm. I thought my chest was going to explode. Once I came down I almost choked the guy.

Then get a bill for all this testing. Needless to say I got it all for free when I explained what happened.

Happy your wife is safe.