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Re: Almost Blacked Out
From: Patti Tessler, FNP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:11:46 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 6 Oct 1999, LSH wrote: >
>I don't know if this is the proper place to ask - but I didn't know of
>anywhere else.
>
>I am a 29 year old female and a smoker. Always been very healthy and
>athletic.
>
>Tonight as I was cooking supper; everything started to get black, I had
>severe shortness of breath and my heart seemed to be pound very hard and
>quick. Is this a freak thing or the start of something serious? Please
>help.

I wish I could give you an answer over the 'net, but you need to see your primary health care provider in the next week or two. If the symptoms recur before your appointment, try eating something sweet, and note if that action makes the symptoms go away. Also, note if you had a cigarette in the 15-20 minutes prior to having symptoms.
By the way, smokers are not particularly healthy. Even those who smoke only one or two cigarettes per day have a significantly increased risk of heart attack. Please stop smoking!

-- Patti Tessler, BSN, MSN, RN, CS Family Nurse Practitioner

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