Heart Attack Slide Show

[13177]

2 hours ago, Ender said:

Last year I was thinking of doing some thorough heart check via polyclinic route, and was thinking what symptoms should I tell the doctor for a referral.. Didn't go thru with it, couldn't describe a fake symptom with a straight face..🤣

Now my thinking has changed, in that not test for it  so as not to over treat it.

 

Simple, just tell the doctor you feel chest pain. Surely doctor will refer you to specialist.

[Babyckh]

3 hours ago, RadX said:

What’s ur EF now? Or since the stenting?

It's about 40% now eversince the stents were inserted about 3 years ago. My doctor tried some new "heart mending" medicine on me but it doesn't improve.  

So yeah, I felt a little breathless at times.  

[RadX]

59 minutes ago, Babyckh said:

It's about 40% now eversince the stents were inserted about 3 years ago. My doctor tried some new "heart mending" medicine on me but it doesn't improve.  

So yeah, I felt a little breathless at times.  

Go slow but 40% is abt there for ischemic damage.  Takes a while for it to regain with possible angiogenesis as well in the myocardium 

[Lotr]

2 hours ago, 13177 said:

Simple, just tell the doctor you feel chest pain. Surely doctor will refer you to specialist.

If you say chest pain, the doc may tell u to go A&E immediately

[13177]

5 hours ago, Lala81 said:

Actually no need for most people.

As long as your risk factors like blood sugar/cholesterol/BP levels are controlled, if you are asymptomatic, whether you are diagnosed with heart disease or not doesn't really matter for your long term survival. Just controlling those 3 things, is more than sufficient for most pple.

If it's your time, it's your time.

 

 

Some people even those 3 things are controlled, the person might still have heart blockage, maybe mild? 

[13177]

1 hour ago, Lotr said:

If you say chest pain, the doc may tell u to go A&E immediately

Forgot to add, sometimes feel chest pain, sometimes no feel. Lol.

[13177]

2 hours ago, Babyckh said:

It's about 40% now eversince the stents were inserted about 3 years ago. My doctor tried some new "heart mending" medicine on me but it doesn't improve.  

So yeah, I felt a little breathless at times.  

After stents still have 40% blockage? Have to control the 3 highs very carefully. Hopefully it would not worsen and just maintain the current status.

[Babyckh]

12 hours ago, 13177 said:

After stents still have 40% blockage? Have to control the 3 highs very carefully. Hopefully it would not worsen and just maintain the current status.

No. EF(Ejection Fraction) refer to the % of the blood pumping to the heart. 

My doctor said that a normal person's EF is around >60%. Mine is only around 40% because of the damage tissue caused by the heart attack. 

[Pocy]

Is it safe enough for heart patients to do brisk walking / jogging? Any precautions to take?

Heart disease and its related issues formed the number 1 killer now.🙏😢

[Karoon]

21 hours ago, Ender said:

Last year I was thinking of doing some thorough heart check via polyclinic route, and was thinking what symptoms should I tell the doctor for a referral.. Didn't go thru with it, couldn't describe a fake symptom with a straight face..🤣

Now my thinking has changed, in that not test for it  so as not to over treat it.

 

Is there a standard detailed heart check pathway through poly?

I went for company medical checkup and review at raffles hospital few years back. Told the doc I sometimes got chest pains, breathless,and felt heart skipped a beat.  He took chest x-ray and hooked up wires to my chest. Then checked my BP,  HDL/LDL, sugar, other parameters and said all ok, no further action. Still alive now, probably stress back then.

On the other hand, my friend felt a slight chest pain and straightaway called an ambulance. Brought to hospital for tests, all ok, but got CT done and all. 

 

 

 

[Fcw75]

Got any senior consultant to recommend at National Heart Centre? Thanks.

[badlammy]

After being discharged from gov hospital, is it recommended to get referred to a private cardiologist for longer term follow up?

[inlinesix]

On 10/29/2023 at 1:34 PM, badlammy said:

After being discharged from gov hospital, is it recommended to get referred to a private cardiologist for longer term follow up?

Gov hospital does not have follow-up?

[t0y0ta]

On 10/29/2023 at 1:34 PM, badlammy said:

After being discharged from gov hospital, is it recommended to get referred to a private cardiologist for longer term follow up?

You wanna pay (a lot) more?

[Datsun366]

On 10/29/2023 at 1:34 PM, badlammy said:

After being discharged from gov hospital, is it recommended to get referred to a private cardiologist for longer term follow up?

1. How often do you bring a car in for service? You want Ad or whoever, your choice. The correct answer is not to need the help of any lokun other than deliver your baby.

2. what do you think if a vital component is known faulty, how often do you think you should bring in for service?

3. Are you thinking? Soldier.

In my case, it’s an overlay, 3 months gap between lokuns, for me, it’s polyclinic or gp. Myself change engine oil no count. If you know what I mean.

then if you goodyear bigini, lassiez les bon temps rouler. 😉

cest la vie.

 

 

Edited October 29, 2023 by Datsun366

[badlammy]

On 10/29/2023 at 4:32 PM, inlinesix said:

Gov hospital does not have follow-up?

Have, but appts will likely not be on time and requires long waiting even with appt scheduled.

So just wanted an opinion if it's common to refer to private for more prompt reviews, since will be covered my company insurance.

[inlinesix]

On 10/29/2023 at 11:17 PM, badlammy said:

Have, but appts will likely not be on time and requires long waiting even with appt scheduled.

So just wanted an opinion if it's common to refer to private for more prompt reviews, since will be covered my company insurance.

You can also go to Gov Hospital as a Private Patient.

I have my regular check as a Private Patient.

My regular check is preventive maintenance 

[Adrianli]

On 10/29/2023 at 1:34 PM, badlammy said:

After being discharged from gov hospital, is it recommended to get referred to a private cardiologist for longer term follow up?

Cardiac health is a long term illness. Unless you do not mind the cost, go ahead with private. Otherwise the gov heart centres like, National Heart Centre, NUH Heart clinic and Noninvasive Cardiac Laboratory (TTSH) are pretty much most ppl visit. In terms of expertise, the gov centres are top in asean or even Asia.

Long term cost includes consultation, medication, lab test and CT scans.

Do consider it carefully.