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Heart Attacks as Treatments
cannon_trodder writes "Just caught a story at the BBC which explains how surgeons are going to be demonstrating a surgical technique that involves deliberately inducing a heart attack in order to remove over-thickened tissue in the heart. The article also explains that the 3 procedures will be transmitted directly to a cardiology conference with the 100 delegates able to ask questions during the op. 'If it ain't fixed, break it.'"
Two psychiatrists (whose names escape me) noticed that after having seizures, patients would become more docile. They also noticed that in slaughter houses when the cattle where killed by means of a sledge hammer to the head, they appeared to have seizures.
Realizing that they couldn't strike people over the head too often before permanent damage resulted, they resorted to electrical shocks, and electro-shock therapy was born.
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Introduction
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The tornado
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A Eurasian globule
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A microscope
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when reading this article (and many like it) it would be nice if they said what type of alcohol is used ( ethanol, methanol etc). At least this old link mentions this.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_
I was also left wondering if the broadcast would be available outside the conference, it appears not.
The procedure (injecting the heart with alcohol) is interesting but also interesting is that it will be performed in front of 3000 delegates of the European Society of Cardiology conference who will "ask questions and offer advice".
If only computer trade shows were this exciting...
It was only the cows that didn't immediatly die that had the seizures, sometimes the blows wouldn't kill the animal.
Just waht is 100% proof alcohol? 100% alcohol would be 200 proof. They will inject it into the heart to cause cardiac arrest. I hope they know what it is first.
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Heart attacks can be used as a treatment to cure heart disease. If you are blown away by that, you should also know that snake oil is real, and it works!
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He gets heart attacks from the anal buttsex. Does that mean having anal is now healthy?
This is brought up in Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Of course, these treatments usually render the patient gradually less of a person anyway.
Finally! A direct alcohol application system! No more waiting for your slow digestive system. I wonder if they can set this up in an IV system...
As Barney, the perpetual drunkard of the Simpsons would say "JUST TAP IT TO MY VEINS"
With my dying breath, I curse Zoidberg!
any volunteers?
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there's a drug called Adenosine that is administered to people with certain heart rhythm disorders.
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"Adenocard (adenosine injection) exerts its effect by decreasing conduction through the A-V node and may produce a short lasting first-, second- or third-degree heart block."
Source: http://www.fujisawa.com/medinfo/pi/pi_page_ac.htm
it's not the same as injecting alcohol into someone's heart to stop it, but i wanted to point out that stopping someone's heart to "cure" a condition has already been done.
and yes, i realize that heart block and heart attack are two separate things, but they both have the same end result: no heartbeat.
..I heard stories from military people, who, back in the day, were issued very, very fine, long syringes, filled with all sorts of good stuff.
The idea? In case of biochemical weaponry (gas), unseal wrapper, stab self in heart, inject. IIRC, it was for use against a specific type of gas that would cause the heart to slow/stop. The juice injected supposedly made the heart go mad, thereby preventing it from slowing/stopping.
Now, I can't say if this is true or not, but when I've heard it, it was always spoken of in one of those, "Feh, I'd rather not." tones. I'd imagine it could be bad if you stuck it in too far/missed/whatnot. *chuckle*
Provided this wasn't just all made up, and that the people suggesting loading up the heart with good stuff nowadays aren't crackpots, I'm wondering what else we'll see in regards to pumping stuff directly into really really really vital organs? I'm talking non-surgical here, as far as I know, they already do injections of various types into bits o' vitals once someone's cut open.
The immediately dead cows never had seizures.... ;->
...and he grinned, like a fox eating shit out of a wire brush.
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