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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Heart attack? No.. Heartburn!
Yesterday before dawn, I was woken by a seizure in my chest area.. Never before had I encounter such a sensation.. It is like your internal organs contorting and contracting inside u.. extremely uncomfortable!! Made my heart beat damn fast and cause breathlessness and nauseous too!
I thought I had a heart attack.. seizure around the chest area...
After a few minutes, it subsided and I went back to sleep.. and when morning came, I experienced the same attack again!
Then I recalled last night I had late dinner but my stomach feel extremely empty just before I sleep.. and right now I am feeling the same feeling too! (downing a cup of chocolate nestle to curb my hunger pangs now..) Both my mum and doctor didnt think it was heart attack, cos my blood pressure and pulse rate are normal and one doesn't usually get a heart attack while sleeping!
It was the first time I heard the term heartburn and fyi, it is caused by regurgitation of gastric juices aka hydrochloric acid up the oesophagus and the reverse direction up the oesophagus caused the peristaltic movements in the muscles, thus explaining why I experienced the seizure in my chest area.
Although that was real relief for me (that it was not heart attack).. I was advised to cut one of my loves in love: FOOD!
No more coffee, alcohol, chocolates, spicy food, tomatoes (!!!), citrus fruits for me at least the next half year... Guess I'll be a good gal starting after tmr! In fact today I sneaked out to have a hawker feast with Why-so-ex group..
Guess it's hard to exercise self-control.. but I shall TRY!
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