Coughing may stop heart attack

Coughing hard at the first signs of a heart attack could save a patient's life, researchers claim. Polish doctors said the pumping action caused by a deep cough would cause blood to be pushed through the body and to the brain.
They said regular coughing could help patients survive until the ambulance arrived.

Tadeusz Petelenz of the Cardiological Foundation in Katowice, Poland, led a study in which 115 patients who had a high risk of having a cardiac arrest were trained to cough when they experienced sudden severe chest pains - the classic symptoms of an attack.

In all, the patients did so on 365 occasions. In 292 cases the symptoms disappeared and only 73 required medical attention.

Reports - Dr Petelenz told the European Society of Cardiology conference in Vienna that properly timed and performed coughs could allow the patient to maintain consciousness and even regain an effective heart beat. He recommended high-risk patients should be taught how to cough effectively, starting with a single cough every one to two seconds in bouts of five coughs. Some doctors already encourage patients to cough when they are receiving intensive heart treatment in hospital.

And Belinda Linden, head of medical information at the British Heart Foundation, said 'There have been reports circulated suggesting that vigorous coughing during sudden severe chest pain - the classic symptoms of a heart attack - may help to restore or improve the circulation of blood, by maintaining the heart's normal electrical activity. 'This may be loosely based on reports of people who have used coughing to maintain some sort of cardiac output during cardiac arrest.

Just got this information from my grandpa...

So what your saying is that coughing is good!?!?!

*cough*
yay i'm one cough safer from heart attack
*cough*
make that 2

lol..
Thats a load of crap if you ask me..
doctors these days...
makes up anything to get some publicity
HARHAR

No heart attacks . .

Say hello to Lung problems?

harhar!

Yes.. coughing is good.. espescially when you have an heart attack..

Great... first smiling is bad for you
And now coughing is good for you

Cruel to be kind?
Kind to be cruel?

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well thats one way to put it

Man, . .

Living a life is getting more complicated it seems . .

everything is upside down . . .

argh! . .

cigarette smoking is good for your health too?

harhar!

Next, a gunshot a day is good for health, it helps pump the adrenaline and cleanse the system of blood when you bleed out xD

LOL . . .

me might need cocaine just for headaches . .

harhar. .

No Bish, i believe it will be a sledgehammer to the head or a concussion for headaches...



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Good thing i have broncitis.

The thing is, coughing is clearing things from your lungs so it is GOOD!

LOL . .

you cough because there IS something in your lungs and, or throat and your body wants it out . .

that's bad! . .

harhar!

Nope.. smiling is good for me.. sometimes.. xD

LOL . .

emo much Saiyuki? ehehe

The jokes in here make me laugh.. lol..

LOL...

i don't believe it anyways . .

HARHAR!

Yes really.. ^_^v thx for the advice.. i don't really know how to approach a girl..

Hahah. .

LOL . .

confidence is key man! . .

CONFINDENCE!

Thx.. hahaha...