Heart muscles symptoms and conditions

Flowerbabies-

Posted to the site you created as well to see if others would like to weigh in on this:

lowerbabies-

so heres is what I wonder. If the chest pain we are both experiencing is in fact due to the loss of magnesium as part of taking this pill, than how many other women that are experiencing that are having direct heart damage and being told that instead, to cover it up, that it is anxiety and stress? I mean seriously? Afterall, if magnesium prevents the heart muscles from spasming-and Yasmin causes a deficiency in magnesium ......then what, I am wondering is the link to the week before our menstrual cycles that this chest pain shows up?

There is an article in Health magazine I read called A Woman's Heart. Basically cites/talks about the fact that the public nor most doctors are taking the time to understand the single largest killer of women in America-Betsy Berne was the example they provided and that often women do not take themselves and doctors do not take women seriously enough. She ignores her chest pain for a week. Then is encouraged to see an internist who detects a murmur. This is true in my case as well...., then they did an electrocardiogram, and a chest Xray to discover that her heart was enlarged. An transeophageal echocardiogram (a more invasive test) that required she undergo open heart immediately.

This article goes on to state how many women are often not taken seriously who complain of chest pain and are often misdiagnosed with panic attacks while what's actually occuring is a misfunctioning valve between the left ventricle and atrium-with severe leakage and improper blood flow. Ordinary MVP is nothing to worrry about . They say it effects between 5 and 20 percent of population-mostly women.

In this article she also mentions that classic symptoms for women are: chronic fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea, abdominal pain, dizziness, and swollen feet. Also advises that for women, who have smaller arteries than men, when they have a heart attack there is usually no plaque in their arteries-a heart attack is when one of the vessels occludes-and they're more prone to artery spasms.

Other symptoms/warning signs: uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, or pain in the chest that last more than a few minutes, or pain that spreads to the shoulders, neck and arms. Chest discomfort with lightheadedness, fainting, sweating or nausea. Unexplained anxiety or weakness, palpitations, cold sweat, paleness. Shortness of breath, chronic fatigue, jaw pain. Isn't this alot of what many women are describing experiencing?

I had one shot(long period styrength) of lupron a year ago.It brought my PSA down from 12.5 to 1.5 but as a very active 79 year old the side effects,particularly loss of muscle size and strength has really been disturbing. Even going up slight slopes is felt on my muscles and there is an accompanying loss of stamina. I wonder if there is an effect on heart muscles because my stamina has been so much reduced. Genitals shrank significantly (now regained after not taking the hormone a second time). There was also a minor reaction, complete loss of hair on my legs.As a formerly very active person I am really hesitant in having another shot.

I was put on 20 mgs of Lipitor. In no time, I found that my knees hurt me all the time. It got bad enough that it was painful for me to try to get up stairs. My MD cut my dosage in half and my knees quit hurting. I have heard so many horror stories about Lipitor...even death because it affected the heart muscles. I'm considering using Vitamin C therapy in replacement of Lipitor. I'm amazed that the drug company hasn't been required to list some of the side effects that I've heard.