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Originally Posted by dtw
Took a cardiologist and I a couple years, ultimately ending with me wearing a monitor for 4-weeks round the clock (my episodes never occur during office hours, natch), to diagnose atrial fibrillation. There are several other diagnoses on the table, some of them a lot worse - and immediately life threatening - than afib. He needs to get his arse to an ER.
First time it happened to me, it was sort of a surreal experience. I walked up to the ER triage desk in a nice blue suit in the middle of the afternoon and gave the lady a big smile. "How can I help you sir?" "Yes, I'm experiencing mild chest pain, dizziness, heart palpitations, and shortness of breath...my GP told me to get over here immediately."
I blinked and I was in a wheelchair. Blinked again and I was shirtless and had a bunch of electrodes on me.
Best of luck to your colleague. Let us know how it turns out.
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Yea, I have done the monitors too, as like taking a car a shop, the problem wouldn't show at the docs, but I suffer from it was well
To make matters worse, my 76 year old Mother ended up in the hospital with it last week, they are trying meds on her 1st.:
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chest hurts, starts sweating, can't catch his breath, gets a little dizzy. Some minor shaking goes along with it.
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That happened to me when I had the tilt test, really sucked & I sweated so much, that the electrodes started falling off & the nurse called the doctor since I pretty much just started the test.