So many in my family tree died of “acute Indigestion”.
When it hit me, it was found to be a plugged artery in the heart. Stent time!
Maybe that is why heart attacks were considered rare back in the 1800s, it masqueraded as indigestion.
Today, doctors automatically go with heart attack when it could be something else. It wasn’t until long after my grandmother died that I suspected she was suffering from her gall bladder. Thankfully, I did realize it with my mother. Had to holler at the doctor to check her gall bladder and quit giving her heart meds that were causing seizures. Sure enough, I was right.
We’re coming full circle with antibiotics and super bugs.
On the plus side, no one back then died of AIDs or passed it along to the next 14 people.