Re: I Just Had A Heart Attack And I Don\'t Have Health Insurance (Long)
II’ve been an EMT for a few years so I can ask some questions and give you some answers.
1) Where you just sitting and smoking when this pain happened (no physical activity)?
2) Did doing anything (i.e. deeply inhaling or moving your body) change the pain or feeling?
3) What did the pain feel like exactly (pressure, stabbing, crushing) and exactly where did you feel it
4) On a scale form 1-10 how severe was the pain (1-nothing 10-worst pain in my life)
5) Time- how long did the pain last--was it on and off or constant?
6) Where exactly did the pain radiate to
Some real quick Possibilities:
Heart attack: no you’re too young/not dead
Silent MI: (minor heart attack where a small piece of the heart muscle dies) very low
Heredity undetected heart problem: not that likely but needs to be checked out
Panic attack: possible
Drug induced panic attack: very possible
Angina: Definitely possible, ignoring angina will lead to long term heart damage,
Regardless YOU NEED TO BE CHECKED, these are just a few possibilities in my limited medical experience. Your health is always more important then your bankroll. It’s hard to win when you’re dead. Based on your answers to the above questions we can further narrow it down, but if it’s bad enough for you to seriously consider calling 911, you need to be checked.
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