09-20-2003, 08:52 PM
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Just me.
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: West central Illinois
Posts: 590,002
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Originally posted by Wicked Wanda
Wanda Kitty the nurse steps in.
I learned when I took my ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) course that one reason so many people with heart problems die on the toilet is because when you strain during a BM it slows your heart, sometimes too much.
Another is because people often retreat to the toilet when they feel bad, but not sure why. Sometimes a heart attack doesn't involve chest pain, but a feeling of being "unwell" and nausea.
Wanda Kitty goes back to her nap, curled up in the sun.
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Are you safer to stay constipated or carry a bowl around? 
(Just teasing.) |