Please be aware that especially at this time of year. If you have flu like symptoms ie tight chest; hot and cold sweats; cough; upset stomache; general malaise for more than two weeks then PLEASE see your doctor.
Over Christmas last year I thought I had a dreadful cold/flu that I could not shake off. I did all the right things.. stayed in the warm, drank plenty of liquids, home made soups; took night nurse and a cough mixture, avoided contact with people... all very usual and normal you would think.
On Valentines Day 14th Feburary 2009 I was fighting for my life! I had what appeared the symptoms of a heart attack and was very fortunate when the Paramedics from Northampton General Hospital saved my life. Just a few years earlier my daughters mother in law was not so fortunate and died.
I had not had a heart attack, I had a Pulmonary Embolism, blood clots in my right lung. Becuase of the blood clots I had lost 60% use of that lung.
The moral of this story is any more than 2 or 3 weeks is not a cold and must be investigated by a doctor. As therapist I work with the medical profession NOT agains it.
Please keep safe this Winter.
www.agatetherapis.co.uk tel: 01604 879246
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