December 21, 2021
You polished off three helpings of turkey and stuffing, drank entirely too much eggnog, yelled at your kids and squabbled with your in-laws. And now there’s a painful feeling in your chest: a feeling like you can’t take a deep breath. And really, come to think of it, you’re not feeling well at all.
Maybe it’s stress. Maybe it’s heartburn. But is it possible it could be a heart attack?
No one likes to think they could be having a major medical emergency in the middle of Christmas. But several studies have shown heart attack death rates actually spike during the holidays, with the biggest blip occurring on Christmas Day. They also spike on Boxing Day — perhaps in part because many who ignored their symptoms on Christmas finally head to the hospital.
With something as serious as a heart attack, why do we wait to get help? The answer seems to be denial.
Susan Fox-Wasylyshyn, a researchers and associate professor of nursing at the University of Windsor, has spoken to lots of people who’ve survived heart attacks. She’s found that many heart attack patients waste time trying to convince themselves they’re fine.
“When you’ve gathered together for a festive occasion, if someone is having symptoms of a heart attack, they often try to tell themselves it’s something else, or ignore it or try to minimize the symptoms. They don’t want to disrupt everyone else’s good time by saying, ‘I think I’m having a heart attack,’ and then heading off to the hospital,” she told CTVNews.ca.
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Hmmm…
Don’t recall any heart attack warnings for previous Christmas times.
Wonder what’s different this year?
It’s a cover story for the mainstream media to hide the facts that the vaccinated are having heart attacks.