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TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK

 

If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you

can bet that we'll save at least one life.

 

Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home

(alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the

job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated.

Suddenly, you start experiencing severe pain in your

chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up

into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the

hospital nearest your home; unfortunately you don't

know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can

you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught

the course neglected to tell you how to perform it on yourself.

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this

article seemed to be in order.

 

Without help, the person whose heart stops beating

properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about

10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these

victims can help themselves by coughing

repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should

be taken before each cough. The cough must be deep and prolonged,

as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. And a cough

must be repeated about every 2 seconds without let up until help

arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing

movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood

circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also

helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart

attack victims can get to a hospital.

Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save

their lives! From Health Cares, Rochester General

Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON ...

(reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc.

publication, Heart Response)

 

 

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, " Margaret "

<me.chalkley@b...> wrote:

>

> TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK

>

> If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you

> can bet that we'll save at least one life.

>

> Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home

> (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the

> job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated.

 

 

Hi Everyone!

 

Somehow I feel compelled to respond to this, for I have had an

experience like this myself in the past. In fact I have had several

experiences too numerous to mention. At the risk of bringing back

some really horrific memories, I am writing this in the hopes of

saving some of you some of the grief that I experienced.

 

If you have ever endured a car accident, you may be able to

recollect that at the time you were barely aware of what was

happening because it occurred so very quickly. A heart attack is

very similar. It occurs so suddenly that you are caught completely

unawares.

 

The whole scenario recited in the preceding article is So ludicrous

when you realize this more clearly. Although its not possible to put

into words exactly what you feel at that moment (there are no words

in the dictionary that would sufficiently describe it) it is enough

to say that anyone with a heart attack is barely able to even catch

their breath, let alone cough at that precise moment in time. I

would seriously question the value of any of the preceding " advice "

in the light of what I know and have experienced.

 

Everyone's experience may vary somewhat although With an initial

heart attack,I can vividly recall the heart pounding so hard that it

literally enveloped my whole body, making it literally impossible to

concentrate or even think.

All your efforts are focused on trying to stay alive in order to

take the next breath. If you open a window and start breathing as

deeply as you can it may help, (unless of course you live in New

York or some other busy metropolis, then I would keep them all

tightly closed!).

 

Although I've read portions of this specific article on several

earlier occasions. I really question the wisdom of passing this type

of info around. I must say, I don't agree with the

allopathic " response " thats been given either! In my opinion, taking

an aspirin isn't going to help anyone who's already in the 'throes'

of a heart attack. All aspirindoes is it interferes with the blood

clotting before it begins. In addition it also interferes with the

prostaglandins which cause pain The already formed blood clots

certainly aren't going to be affected by the aspirin you're taking

at that moment and they're certainly not going to bring you out of

this unscathed.

 

There are other more natural remedies, which effectively work in

short order, and without any of the accompanying adverse reactions

that aspirin/NSAIDS has on the rest of your body.

 

I would just like to remind everyone about the benefits of vitamin E

and magnesium, for they are by far the MOST effective for the heart.

If you happen to have some supplemental COq10 on hand at the time

you feel something like this coming on, it will help you as well.

Countless times I've managed with magnesium and E to strengthen and

help my injured heart recover. Initially I also used coq10 for this.

I believe coq10 and magnesium are the most essential short term.

Vitamin E helps more over the long term, but if there is a problem,

don't hesitate to take maximum doses of all of them, immediately at

the time you're experiencing problems. For they all DO work

synergistically to bring the heart function back. The magnesium

corrects the lack of oxygen supply to the heart and brain and the

vitamin E helps to correct it also to a certain extent.

 

Hawthorne Berry strengthens the heart and artery muscles, even the

heart valves as well. This works over the long term although you

will see results within a week or two if taken really religiously!

 

On another note, I have noticed that during these periods that I'm

experiencing problems, it is important to keep hydrated! Blood serum

thickens when you are dehydrated. For better blood flow to the heart

and brain,ensure that you drink plenty of pure water.

 

If you have some on hand, it may be beneficial to drink a little red

wine each day as well.

I frequently advise keeping the vitamin E, magnesium and coq10 by

your nightstand where its more accessible. Let the aspirin stay in

the medicine cabinet or on the store shelf where it belongs.

Aspirin is a drug! All Drugs are chemically based and adversely

affect the kidneys and liver, introducing more 'free radicals'

into your body over time. Drugs just impose more stress on our

hearts in the form of these unnatural chemicals. Any drug intrduces

more free radicals into your blood stream. Free radicals just create

more problems. They don't solve anything. Do not be deceived. Drugs

are PART of the problem, not the solution! Blood clots are

frequently caused by free radicals which are taken up

by macrophages (WBCs) creating microclots!

 

Allopathic medicine does not have the answers. I am sure of this one

thing! All my answers were found in natural remedies. The sooner you

discover this the better off you'll be.

 

God Bless!

JoAnn

 

 

Both NSAID's and Aspirin interfere with the body's biosynthesis of

*prostaglandins*, suppressing inflammation and awareness of pain.

The resulting suppression fails to effectively address the *cause*

of

the pain, fluid retention and build up of nitrogenous wastes in the

blood.

 

The function of the prostaglandins are disrupted throughout this

entire process. They become suppressed, leading to an acidic " build

up "

that leaves holes/cavities in the stomach and intestines.

 

• Prostaglandin E1 prevents blood platelets from sticking together,

thereby helping to prevent heart attacks and strokes caused by blood

clots. It relaxes blood vessels, improving circulation and lowering

blood pressure.

It reduces inflammation, makes insulin work more

effectively and enhances the T-cell function of the immune system.

 

*GLA* found in evening primrose, borage, and black currant

oil, increases this *beneficial* prostaglandin.

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