heart attack This morning I arrived in the Citadel, I parked, I got off and headed in the dog days of July to the Faculty.
Shortly after I felt a strong tingling in the arm. Which arm, I thought? The left, dammit. The tingling became louder and louder, until even I felt dizzy and I almost fall.
I stopped a moment, I breathed deeply and tried to walk again, but another strong dizziness almost knocked me and forced me to sit on the floor, under the watchful eyes in disbelief at the entrance.
"Here we go" I thought. "Ever notice and now, tac! a bell'infarto to 39 years ...".
Thankfully after being seated on the ground a minute I tried to convince myself that maybe I was just impressed, maybe the left arm tingled me for some other reason, and between the suggestion and the thermal (in the car I used - of course - the air conditioning) I was self-caused a small collapse.
I managed to reach the coffee maker for the Department of Mathematics, where my share of Caffeine has convinced me that the tingling in the arm despite my hour had not yet come.
reached my room then the dizziness continued, so at the suggestion of my roommates tried to understand what the hell could happen.
so I remembered that a couple of days of the Headache Center doctor had prescribed me a drug against headache, the Topamax, and that perhaps he could have some side effects.
So not having the box with me I've got the leaflet online here, and in fact that medication has "some" side effect:
- infections and infestations. Very common: nasopharyngitis.
- linfopoietico emo-system disorders. Common: anemia; Uncommon: eosinophilia, leukopenia, lymphadenopathy, thrombocytopenia; Rare: neutropenia.
- Metabolism and nutrition. Common: anorexia, decreased appetite, Uncommon: hypokalaemia, increased appetite, metabolic acidosis, polydipsia; Rare: hyperchloremic acidosis, hyperammonemia.
- psychiatric disorders. Very common: depression; Common: abnormal behavior, aggression, agitation, anger, anxiety, bradyphrenia, confusion, mood at de, disorientation, expressive language disorders, insomnia, mood changes, mood swings; Uncommon: affective instability, apathy, crying, distractibility, disfemia, early morning awakening, elevated mood, euphoric mood, blunted affect, hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, initial insomnia, lack of spontaneous conversation, decreased libido, indifference, loss of libido, insomnia media, panic attacks , reaction of panic, paranoia, perseverance, psychotic disorders, reading disorders, inability to sit still, sleep disorder, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, lacrimevolezza, abnormal thinking; Rare: anorgasmia, sexual disorder in the excitement, feelings of hopelessness , hypomania, mania, abnormal orgasm, decreased orgasm, panic disorder.
- nervous system disorders. Very common: dizziness, paresthesia, somnolence; Common: amnesia, balance disorder, cognitive disorder, convulsion, coordination abnormal, disturbance in attention, dysarthria, dysgeusia, hypoesthesia, intention tremor, lethargy, memory impairment, mental impairment, nystagmus, impaired psychomotor performance, sedation, tremor, Uncommon: ageusia, aphasia, aura, burning sensation, cerebellar syndrome, clumsiness, complex partial seizures, decreased mental status, postural instability, hypersalivation, dysesthesia, dysgraphia, dyskinesia, dysphasia , dystonia, numbness, seizure of large male, ipersonnia, ipogeusia, ipocinesia, neuropatia periferica, parosmia, scarsa qualità del sonno, presincope, iperattività psicomotoria, eloquio ripetitivo, disturbi sensoriali, perdita delle sensazioni, disturbi della parola, stupore, sincope, difetti del campo visivo; Rara: acinesia, anosmia, aprassia, disordini del ritmo circadiano del sonno, tremore essenziale, iperestesia, iposmia, mancata risposta agli stimoli.
- Patologie dell'occhio. Comune: diplopia, offuscamento della vista, disturbi visivi; Non comune: blefarospasmo, secchezza oculare, aumento della lacrimazione, midriasi, miopia, fotofobia, fotopsia, scotoma, riduzione dell'acuità visiva; Rare disorder, impairment of visual depth perception, amblyopia, temp oranea blindness, blindness unilateral, swelling of the eyelid, glaucoma, night blindness, presbyopia, scintillating scotoma; Not known: abnormal sensation in the eyes, narrow-angle glaucoma, eye movement disorders.
- Ear and labyrinth. City: ear pain, tinnitus, dizziness, Uncommon: deafness, sensorineural hearing loss, deafness unilateral, ear discomfort, hearing impairment.
- heart disease. Uncommon: bradycardia, palpitations, bradycardia sinus.
- vascular disorders. Uncommon: flushing, flushing, hypotension, orthostatic hypotension, rare: Raynaud's phenomenon, not known: thromboembolic events.
- Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders. Common: dyspnea, epistaxis, nasal congestion, runny nose; Uncommon: dysphonia, dyspnea, sinus hypersecretion.
- gastrointestinal disorders. Very common: diarrhea, nausea, Common: abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, upper abdominal pain, constipation, dry mouth, dyspepsia, gastritis, oral paresthesia, discomfort to stomach, vomiting, Uncommon: abdominal distension, abdominal pain lower abdominal pain on palpation, bad breath, epigastric discomfort, flatulence, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bleeding gums, glossodynia, oral numbness, mouth sores, pancreatitis, salivary hypersecretion.
- Renal and urinary disorders. City: dysuria, kidney stones, urinary frequency; Uncommon: urinary calculi, hematuria, incontinence, urgency of urination, renal colic, renal pain, urinary incontinence; Rare: calculations ureter, renal tubular acidosis.
- Reproductive system and breast cancer. Uncommon dysfunction dysfunction, sexual dysfunction.
- Skin and subcutaneous tissue. Common: alopecia, pruritus, rash; Uncommon: anhidrosis, allergic dermatitis, erythema, facial numbness, generalized itching, rash macular, skin discoloration, facial swelling, hives, Rare: skin odor, urticaria, localized, not known : erythema multiforme, periorbital edema, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, pemphigus.
- Musculoskeletal and connective tissue. City: arthralgia, muscle spasms, Uncommon: pain in the hips, muscles, myoclonus, muscle weakness, pain Musculoskeletal chest, myalgia; Rare: disturbances in the limbs, swollen joints, muscle fatigue, stiffness.
- immune system disorders. Common: hypersensitivity; Not known: allergic edema, conjunctival edema.
- Hepatobiliary disorders. Not known: hepatitis, liver failure.
- disorders and administration site conditions. Very common: fatigue; Common: asthenia, feeling abnormal, gait disturbance, irritability, malaise, pyrexia, no common feeling of drunkenness, feeling of extreme nervousness, hypothermia, flu-like malaise, feeling of coldness, laziness, thirst Rare: calcinosis, facial edema, oligoidrosi.
- Investigations. Very common: weight loss; Common: weight gain, not common: the presence of crystals in urine, abnormalities in tests of gait, decreased white blood cell count; Rare: decreased serum bicarbonate.
- Social Circumstances. not common learning disabilities.
Other than tingling in the arm: the heart attack came I read the leaflet!
