What seems obvious may not always be so. That is indeed the proverbial voice of a mirage.
50-year-old Girish, a mechanical engineer felt severe congestion in his chest at work one day. Being an asthma patient, he immediately inhaled his medications which provided temporary relief. A second attack took place on another occasion to which his pills were able to subdue the pain again. But during the third attack, he realized the unusual nature of this breathing difficulty, to which he consulted his doctor and got an ECG done at a nearby hospital.
50-year-old Girish, a mechanical engineer felt severe congestion in his chest at work one day. Being an asthma patient, he immediately inhaled his medications which provided temporary relief. A second attack took place on another occasion to which his pills were able to subdue the pain again. But during the third attack, he realized the unusual nature of this breathing difficulty, to which he consulted his doctor and got an ECG done at a nearby hospital.
Upon the doctor’s concern on the irregularities in the report, Mr. Girish was consulted to seek further medical attention. Being considered by many as one of the best hospital for international patients and domestic patients alike, Mr. Girish was referred to Dr. Keshava R, Sr. Consultant Cardiologist at Fortis hospital for international patient care.
The preliminary test angiogram revealed Girish had a mild Heart attack and his coronary arteries were blocked, and so he was treated with CABG (Coronary artery bypass surgery), where the healthy arteries from the body were grafted to the blocked coronary artery, resulting in the creation of a new path for oxygen-rich blood to flow to the heart muscle. The surgery was a success owing to both the expertise at the hospital and the high level of cautiousness of the patient.Girish eventually recovered and resumed his work.
DEMYSTIFYING
DEMYSTIFYING
Cardiac Asthma or LVF is when the heart does not contract properly resulting in fluid accumulation in lungs where as Asthma is when a person has breathing difficulty due to spasm of airways or bronchi. Both the conditions have similar symptoms and induce breathlessness and mild pain in the chest. This similarity in the symptoms can prove lethal if misinterpreted.
“Sometimes these medicines will provide initial relief, but it will mislead the accurate diagnose. The symptoms should not be avoided and if this persists for too long one should immediately consult the doctor to avoid delay in diagnosis & treatment,” added Dr. Keshava R.
What patients, or as a matter of fact any person, needs to be cautious of is that the obvious sometimes may not be so. It’s always a good and safe practice to consult a professional in such circumstances, because life is frail indeed, and its responsibility lays both in the hands of the patient and doctor.
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