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Heart in clutches

     'Doctor, I feel as if somebody was clenching my heart with pliers, especially when I go up the stairs.' When a doctor hears such a sentence from a patient, he or she becomes alerted as such a piece of information may suggest coronary disease. If somebody has ever experienced such a sensation and has not consulted a doctor, he or she is sitting on a ticking bomb.
     Each chest pain needs diagnosing as to what its cause might be. It might be a disease of the thoracic spine, neurosis or acute coronary circulation failure also called stenocardia, or coronary heart disease.
     Therefore, patients who have chest pains are advised to consult a doctor as soon as possible. Consulting a doctor may save a patient's life. A doctor will do EKG, possibly an exercise test, he or she will check the level of cholesterol and/or prescribe medicines. If he or she does so, a patient should take them and not withdraw them on his or her own as the consequences may be very unpleasant.
     Patients suffering from myocardial ischaemia may count on medical attention which gradually improves. At present each major town has an invasive cardiology ward where patency in a patient's coronary vessels may be restored. There is only one condition: a patient must consult a doctor as soon as possible.
     As far as herbs are concerned they are used in treating coronary heart disease but they cannot replace traditional drugs completely. The Phytotherapy Center recommends a herbal blend Cardiobonisan and/or Cardiobon capsules, depending on patient's concomitant diseases and his or her preference for the form of preparations. It is also recommended to use preparations which reduce the level of cholesterol. Chitobon reduces the absorption of cholesterol with food and Lipobon eliminates cholesterol already present in the body. Bonimel with haw and lemon balm is sometimes advisable, especially when a patient suffers from arterial hypertension. Additionally, a low-fat diet is recommended i.e. a lot of fruit and sea fish, olive oil and one glass of wine a day. Aggravation of the disease may be caused by emotional reasons that is why Nerwobon is sometimes supplement in the treatment. Obviously, a patient must irrevocably give up smoking.