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Re: w00t!!!!!! (Re: Heart Examination)
Posted By: daniel78, on host 70.59.218.108
Date: Monday, May 22, 2006, at 11:01:48
In Reply To: w00t!!!!!! (Re: Heart Examination) posted by zK on Monday, May 22, 2006, at 06:35:48:

It sounds like you might have pseudo-angina, like me. It's very painful, but basically harmless. Here's part of an entry from the Encyclopedia Britannica:

Pseudo-angina.--In connexion with angina pectoris, a far more common condition must be mentioned that has now universally received the name of pseudo-angina. This includes the praecordial pains which very closely resemble those of true angina. The essential difference lies in the fact that pseudo-angina is independent of structural disease of the heart and coronary arteries. In true angina there is some condition within the heart which starts the stimulus sent to the nerve centres. In pseudo-angina the starting-point is not the heart but some peripheral or visceral nerve.

The impulse passes thence to the medulla, and so reaching the sensory centres starts a feeling of pain that radiates into the chest or down the arm. There are three main varieties:--(1) the reflex, (2) the vaso-motor, (3) the toxic. The reflex is by far the most common, and is generally due to irritation from one of the abdominal organs. An attack of pseudo-angina may be agonizing, the pain radiating through the chest and into the left arm, but the patient does not usually assume the motionless attitude of true angina, and the duration of the seizure is usually much longer. The treatment is that of the underlying neurosis and the prognosis is a good one, sudden death not occurring.

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