7 pains you shouldn't ignore


	7 pains you shouldn't ignore
hitchhiker08
4-2-2008 4:35 AM
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human body, aches, pains, american geriatrics society, cardiac pain, aetiology
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0c7ab584-44bd-42f2-9c70-63fe347c5049/B47B8BF3-0861-4EA4-AA01-E4ADE58613E6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/7-pains-shouldnt-ignore" href="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/7-pains-shouldnt-ignore" style="font-size: 11px;">www.webmd.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/7-pains-shouldnt-ignore"><H2>7 Pains You Shouldn't Ignore</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/7-pains-shouldnt-ignore"><H3>No. 1: Worst Headache of Your Life</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/7-pains-shouldnt-ignore"><P>Sharon Brangman, MD, FACP, spokeswoman for the American Geriatrics Society,
tells WebMD that when someone says they have the worst headache of their life,
"what we learned in medical training was that was a classic sign of a brain
<A path="/webmd/content/article/6/1680_53536.htm" object_type="" chronic_id="" directive="friendlyurl" href="http://www.webmd.com/content/article/6/1680_53536.htm"><SPAN class="cross_link">aneurysm</SPAN></A>. Go immediately to the ER."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/7-pains-shouldnt-ignore"><H3>No. 2: Pain or Discomfort in the Chest, Throat, Jaw, Shoulder, Arm, or Abdomen</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/features/7-pains-shouldnt-ignore">"A woman's discomfort signs can be more subtle," says Cohen, who is
director of preventive cardiology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
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