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ok my boyfriend has high blood pressure and is at a high risk for heart attacks and strokes. Twice this week he has like held his heart and started breathing slow and stuff and he was in pain during those, and everytime i ask him whats wrong he says nothing and for me not to worry about it. Does anyone know what this could be. im just really worried.
thanks.
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Thre ist really an answer for this. I am sorry but he could be very sick you just dont know that yet. Take him to a doctor. He might need a pace maker or something like that.
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You really need to persuade him to see a doctor, this is a potentially harmful condition. If it is also hereditary, the chances are one of his parents or another close relative has it, so if he is being stubborn about it, you could approach one of them to help.
If not, it may still be worth trying to casually mention it to his parents, he may be angry with you initially, but if it saves his life, he'll have to get over it.
Even if he is not in any immediate danger, it would help you to know more about his condition, as it seems that you are under a lot of stress about it. If you know what to expect and the background to his problem, you will know what signs to look out for, that suggest an impending problem and then you could relax a bit more.
It can't be much fun for you, living with all this worry.
Try to explain all this to him, if he understands how concerned you are and that you need to know more about this, he may stop brushing your worries off.
Hope that helps and the best of luck to you both.
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I must say that I am a little upset that another advice giver has already diagnosed your bf with a heart murmur & the only thing to do is take antibiotics with dental care! In his case the wrong advice can be dangerous and even deadly. We don't know if he is under physician's care or not!!! He needs to see a Dr right away, even if he is already under care..the Dr can't know about the pain if he is not told! The pain could clearly be a warning signal of a bigger problem, which I am sure you are aware of or you wouldn't be asking. Sometimes we only get one or two warnings when it comes to cardiac disease.
One of the first symptoms in many cases of a heart attack is denial. Don't listen when he says not to worry--call the ambulance anyway!
But, even if the pain doesn't come back, he still needs to be seen ASAP. If the Dr says it's nothing to worry about, fine, but in my opinion right now there is every reason to be worried.
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JUST SO YOU KNOW, I AM NOT MAKING A DIAGNOSIS. I AM SIMPLY EXPLAINING THE SYMPTOMS AS I HAVE EXPERIENCED THEM. I'M NOT SAYING HE HAS, I'M SAYING IT SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS...I ALSO HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. I ASSUMED THAT HE IS ALREADY UNDER A DOCTORS CARE SINCE HE HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AT RISK OF A HEART ATTACH, AND HE IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT THESE PAINFUL SYMPTOMS. I FIGURED HE MUST ALREADY KNOW WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS BUT DOESN'T WANT TO ALERT YOU. THIS IS WHY HE SAYS FOR YOU NOT TO WORRY. MY FOLLOWING EXPLANATION IS HELPING YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOUR BOYFRIEND. ALSO, I'VE GOTTEN RID OF MY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THROUGH DIET. SOMETHING MOST TRADITIONAL DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ARE AMAZED ABOUT AND YET DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. IT WOULD MEAN THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ON LESS MEDICATION, MAKE LESS VISITS TO THE DOCTORS OFFICE AND THAT IS LESS MONEY FOR THEM. WHILE I WOULD NEVER ADVOCATE SOMEONE TAKING THEMSELVES OFF OF THEIR MEDICATION W/O A DOCTOR'S GUIDANCE, I CAN SUGGEST SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT HELP YOUR BOYFRIEND BECOME HEALTHY ENOUGH FOR HIS DOCTOR TO WANT TO TAKE HIM OFF MEDICATION. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE MY INFORMATION W/YOU.
Yes, it sounds like he has a heart murmur. That's when one of his heart valves is not working right. Your valves are suppose to let the blood flow in only one direction, but his is letting a little come back in the opposite direction. I have one too. When I was in high school it would do the same exact thing. What it feels like is that his heart is twisting around and it does really hurt. The good news is that he will grow out of it, at least, most people do. It quit doing that to me when I was around 25 years old. I was never under doctors care while this was going on for me. I never told anyone about it. I didn't find out until I was in my 30s and a doctor asked me if this had accrued when I was younger. I said yes and he explained what had happened. Why my doctors at the time didn't know, I can't tell you, but they didn't. So, what I'm telling you is, as long as he's under doctors care he should be just fine. The only thing he should really worry about is when he goes to the dentist he needs to take antibiotics beforehand. Good luck to you both.
Namaste!
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