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To: StilettoRaksha

Achy Breaky Heart

Broken-heart syndrome mimics a heart attack and is brought on by acute emotion or physical trauma. Here are some triggers that doctors say prompted patients to suffer the malady.

Emotional stressors:

* Death of a spouse
* Patient’s dog caught in a raccoon trap
* Losing large amount of money in a casino
* Getting lost while driving in an unsafe neighborhood at night
* Feeling overwhelmed by new computer software

Physical stressors:

* Migraine headache
* Knee surgery
* Low blood sugar
* Adverse drug reaction
* Respiratory distress


5 posted on 02/19/2010 1:50:04 AM PST by StilettoRaksha
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To: StilettoRaksha
"* Patient’s dog caught in a raccoon trap"

LMAO this has me giggling. Unless it was a lethal trap, I cannot image the weakling this would cause such stress to. Would love to know the whole story.

7 posted on 02/19/2010 3:11:47 AM PST by buschbaby (Children are running the country. They need a mommy to whip their butts.)
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