Word: nausea
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...chest pains of angina. Fully one-third of all heart-attack victims feel no muscle pain at all, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association last summer. Their most common symptom is extreme shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing. Other signs include nausea, profuse sweating, lightheadedness, fainting, palpitations or unexplained anxiety...
PREGNANT PAUSE Doctors in Puerto Rico report that severe morning sickness may be linked to a bacterium known as H. pylori, the same stomach bug that causes ulcers. They found that 89% of pregnant women with intense nausea tested positive for the bacterium, whereas less than 10% of those who never felt sick came up positive. Taking antibiotics during pregnancy is generally a no-no, but women might consider getting screened for H. pylori before trying to conceive...
...used safely, which will automatically exclude many women who don't realize they are pregnant until more than 49 days after their last period. Two sets of pills are required--first mifepristone, then, two days later, misoprostol, to trigger contractions and expel the fetal tissue--and that can cause nausea, heavy bleeding and painful cramping. After about 12 days, a woman must return to the doctor to confirm that the abortion was successful...
...advantage of the two-drug combo is that it can terminate an unwanted pregnancy earlier than most surgical procedures. And because surgery is not required, the risk of infection is lower. Yet there are drawbacks. Some women suffer excessive bleeding, nausea or diarrhea. Nor is it recommended for women with bleeding disorders or who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day. Indeed, for many, surgery is less complicated--and quicker than the three-office-visit protocol required for the new pills...
...they miss their period to suspect they are pregnant, decide to abort and set up the appointments. (Home-pregnancy tests will help.) But once they do, many women find the process oddly comforting. Although they expel the fetus, all they see is a bloody mass that's unrecognizable. The nausea passes soon after the expulsion is over, and they can go on with their lives...