To sing. “You don’t joke with a heartache,” says Dr. Marc Kollum, chief physician of cardiology in Singen in light of current and worrying trends. He is currently experiencing daily in the clinic that people are late for a heart attack. There have never been so many postponed heart attacks in the clinic as currently. Kollum warns: “In the case of a heart attack, every minute counts” and makes it clear “Those who hesitate to call the emergency doctor for fear of a corona infection risk their lives.”
Because of the fear of Corona, many are currently sitting out of their symptoms and shy away from going to the doctor or to the emergency room. It can be fatal. But nobody in the clinic has to be afraid of catching the virus. Because strict safety precautions and hygiene measures apply in the clinic, patients with suspected Covid19 are strictly separated from non-infected patients.
Everyone should take the following symptoms seriously: pressure or pain on the left side that can radiate into the left arm, sometimes also into the right arm, back or lower jaw. If the pain persists for more than several minutes, it could be a heart attack. Then there is no time to waste and immediately call the emergency doctor.
Kollum makes it very clear: “It is deadly carelessness if those affected wait and see if the symptoms go away.” The symptoms actually subside after six to twelve hours. Then the heart muscle tissue will have died, “he makes clear. He currently sees so many delayed illnesses as rarely before. These include complications such as arrhythmias or healing problems from the heart, which could have been prevented if the vessels were reopened early. Whoever had a heart attack delayed, risking heart failure or death, warns D. Kollum.
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