Monthly Archives: May 2020

CORONA VIRUS AND HEART DISEASE

Corona virus and Heart Disease, Heart Health,
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What are the dangers for heart patients in relation to COVID-19?

Everyone with a heart condition or who previously had a heart condition may just be a little bit rattled when they hear, Corona!. Every time I hear that “people with a heart condition are at risk” I have many questions. I’m not afraid but I am cautious to find out what that means for me as a “heart patient”.

I know I have to be wise and sanitize, but is there more that I have to know?

So this is what I found.

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Coronavirus, AFIB, and Cardio-version…What I learned!

AFIB treatment options, Arrhythmia, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

This should have been a “routine” ER visit!

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This was not the first time I went to the ER for my AFIB. I expected it to go as smooth as……., yes my ER visits usually go smooth. Doesn’t yours?

Ok let’s say my previous 2 ER visits went so smooth it almost felt like a drive-thru take away. You drive-in, you order and you drive off satisfied.

But…. Here in South Africa our drive-thru takeaways have been closed for the past 7 weeks. That should have given me a clue. I ignored the clue. I went for the drive-thru option at the ER. That was what I was hoping for!

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