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Artane, from its description, would appear to be of great benefit to those PWPs who are developing poor muscle control, like me, in just trying to walk. Legs are getting weaker and weaker even though I do exercise on an elliptical, rowing machine and recumbent bike. Is this drug available in the UK

I had severe chest pain since Sunday night, now Thursday evening, and it came on suddenly. On Wednesday I went to the hospital to get it checked because it last 3 days and was recommended by my doctor to go down to my history with blood clots. They did blood tests, xray and ct scan to see if it was a

This is mostly a venting so I apologize, I just need to get some things out of my head. I have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. I've definitively and repeatedly connected it to my digestive system. In my most recent encounter with a doctor directly after I had been taken via ambulance to

Had rapid atrial quivering/fibrillation develop in Feb '21 while I was focused on avoiding a second heart attack after having had a major one 9½ years earlier. Got put on meds to see if AFib could be managed that way but worsened to the point that by Aug, my heart was tracked at 244 BPM and I'd collapsed

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A thorax CT in September identified coronary artery disease. An angiogram in November verified extent of above as moderate to severe calcification in the LAD vessel. You would have thought drug therapy would have commenced immediately to prevent either a stroke or heart attack but NO, it wasn’t until

Three weeks after major heart attack and three stents fitted, I’m still getting the odd pain in my heart region. Sometimes I get a little pain in my heart while taking a deep breath. Sometimes it’s just a single pain and it goes and sometimes four or five pains each time I breathe. It was more so in

Hi all, I was diagnosed with afib 3 years ago and have mentioned to several medics (cardiologists, arrhythmia nurses) that I occasionally had slight heart aches when exercising or stressed, but none of them seem concerned. Afib does not seem to be related to heart pain - so I'm not sure whether the

What a week?! I had an RF ablation at the start of last week but felt, what I thought, was excessive pain in my chest (particularly when lying on my back) 2/3 days after but just stuck with it thinking it was a standard recovery symptom for RF as I’d only had cryo done before. However on Thursday night

Is anyone else’s health anxiety getting worse after these NHS heart attack early warning adverts? I feel like how they describe all the time! And lately I’ve been getting all those symptoms every few hours, every day - hard beats, chest pain/tightness, left sided jaw, shoulder, neck, arm ache. The works

Hi, I’m 20 year old man. I’ve suffered with anxiety a while but like don’t want to blow this off to it but it could be. So I had this sudden crushing chest pain 2 days ago, went into instant panic attack. Sat down with my mum and could talk and walk around but was fearing I was having a heart attack.

Hi there, I'm new to the group and stumbled upon it by of course using Dr. Google. I'm grateful I found this forum as it has put my mind at ease. I have suffered from health related anxiety and ocd but went off of meds about a yr ago as things seemed to be doing OK. About 10 days ago I wound up in the

I had the worst anxiety attack today. Out of nowhere I started to feel dizzy nauseas I couldn't speak my legs were weak and arms rushed myself to the er ekg was fine. But I don't know what to think my ears and head felt heavy my blood pressure was elevated . How do I know if it's a blood pressure issue

Does anyone experience this? Every so often (maybe once every three weeks) I’m settling down to sleep when I get a strange vibrating sort of feeling in my eyes, head and body. It’s a bit scary. It only lasts about 5-10 seconds but I lay there thinking, am I having a stroke? Heart attack? ... It’s not

The treatment will be rolled out to those who have already suffered a heart attack or stroke. A cholesterol-lowering drug that could save tens of thousands of lives over the next decade will be offered to people on the NHS. Inclisiran, described as a “game-changer”, is hoped to prevent thousands of

Replacing table salt with a reduced-sodium, added-potassium ‘salt substitute’ significantly reduces rates of stroke, heart attack and death, according to the results of one of the largest dietary intervention studies ever conducted. Presented at a ‘hotline session’ at the European Society of Cardiology

Hi, I’m in AFIB attack , have been for 10 hours now, HR is between 98/137 , I usually go hospital but should I if HR is low.I’m confused as I worry about stroke , I was told to take extra beta blocker but it did nothing. Can anyone advise please.

There's a new anticoagulant that's in trials on people with AF. It appears to cause minimal bleeding. This is an extract from a Times article: Blood clot treatment may help reduce hospital deaths Tom Whipple, Science Editor Tuesday July 20 2021, 12.01am, The Times Blood clots are responsible for one

My husband is 8 weeks post NSTEMI heart attack which brought on AFib, he has had 3 episodes of AF since two of which happened as he was sleeping and woke him. He never had AF before the heart attack. He now twitches and jerks in his sleep several times a week, he never used to before the heart attack

Hi all It all started 7 years ago, I didn't do anything to cause it, atleast not from what I remember. I just had this chest at the centre of my chest going through to the tip of my left shoulder, like a spear going through my body. At 14 years of age I assumed the worse of course, but i went to the