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heart attack or stroke worried wife
| Wed, 02-25-2004 - 10:36am |
You all have been wonderful in answering any question that I have about my husband. He found out about 6 months ago that he has diabetic, I know with diabetic you have more chance of diabetic and heart attack correct? Well he told me last night that when he coughs or sneezes that his chest hurts right in the heart area and he gets pain down both his arms. He said the pain in his chest is like a burning pain, our kids are sick at the moment with cold and I was wondering if it had something to do with that. I told him last night he has to go to the emergency ASAP but he refuses his a hard head.At the moment as we don’t have insurance yet, it will kick in in a month, i even tried what about the kids if something happens to you but that did not work! .I say to heck with it and go to the emergency.Im waiting for his doctor to call me back and im going to have him call my husband, i know he will listen to his Doctor. Does this sound like the signs of heart attack or stroke?

Edited 2/25/2004 3:28:54 PM ET by julieh2003
Get him to the ER. Don't fool around with this. Oftentimes "heartburn" is mistaken when it could be a cardiac emergency.
My 32yr old brother thought his was heartburn, and he crashed into the Greyhound fence on the way back from the airport (he was the driver and there was no one else in the bus). They massaged his heart for a very long time, and then pronounced him.
Guess you can see I'm concerned. Please let me know what happens, ok?
(((hug)))
Julie,
The unusual symptom is the pain in both arms. In a heart attach it usually the left arm only. But he absolutely needs to have it checked out. Insurance or no he needs to have it checked. So i hope you prevailed in getting him into the ER. Please let us know what you found out.
A gentle hug,
Mary Frances
cl-maryfrances40
Hi Kathi,
I am so sorry to read about your brother. Men, for whatever reason, just think these pains will go away and that there is nothing wrong. As you testified to, it is often too late and there is nothing you can doing about it.
32 is much too young to leave this world for the next. I hope your story will help prevent this in the next person.
Mary Frances
cl-maryfrances40
So, you can see why I'm concerned about a heart condition for myself now that I have yet another marker...diabetes. I feel like I'm a walking wreck! High cholesterol, overweight, family history of heart problems...forgot what others I have as markers.
Don't know if sleep apnea is a marker, but this is the 2nd day this week I haven't slept during the night. This sucks!
Tried to use my "Smiley Central"; can't get it to work. Must be just too tired. It won't let me add anything.
:-(