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Jonathan Reed in the Afternoons on 104.7 WNOK in Columbia, SC

 

"Broken Heart Syndrome" Is A Real Thing

We all know the term 'broken heart' but there's the term we use and there's something real called a 'broken heart.'

A woman in Israel made the mistake of thinking wasabi was avocado. Five minutes later, she began feeling chest pains that went down her arm and the pain continued for hours. The next day she felt 'uncomfortable and weak.' She then went to the doctors, who ran tests on her and diagnosed her with 'broken heart syndrome.'

Broken heart syndrome symptoms are similar to a heart attack and changes the hearts ability to pump blood. It is often caused by emotional, stressful and traumatic situations like death of a loved one.

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