Re: To My Overweight Brethren On ASC

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:49:07 GMT, Miss Elaine Eos
<Misc@*your-shoes*PlayNaked.com> wrote:

In article <e993321o83r5locvbpqjhvrhihpbtaofds@xxxxxxx>,
Pegleg <brian-s-jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 23:12:41 +0100, "Alex W." <ingilt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am not a doctor, but I gather that smaller events do
indeed occur but frequently go unrecognised or even
unnoticed. A bout of gastric 'flu, indigestion, a pulled
muscle ...

A lot to that...had a shipmate that was retiring and during his
retirement physical they asked him how long it had been since his heart
attack! Talk about blind-siding someone...scared the unholy crap out of
him.

How do they tell if you've had a "minor" [/unnoticed] heart attack? If
one suspects one has had one (or a "small" stroke), what would one ask
their MD, and what tests would he perform?

Dunno about the stroke, but in the case of a "minor" (actually no such
thing, unless survival is the criteria) heart attack.....immediately
after (for a day or two maybe?) a blood test determines the presence
of a couple amino acids that are only present in specific high
concentration when there has been a "cardiac event". Beyond the short
term, a good cardiologist can read an EKG and determine damage
levels....generally a stress (treadmill) EKG is necessary IIANM. Yeah,
I only know this having had two MI's.

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