Summary-line:  3-Apr    mfoley@arisia.Xerox.COM  #Common symptoms
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 91 11:38:47 -0700
From: Mary Ellen Foley <mfoley@arisia.Xerox.COM>
To: wilcox@cis.ohio-state.edu
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In-Reply-To: Patricia P Wilcox's message of Mon, 1 Apr 91 16:57:54 -0500 <9104012157.AA00883@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Common symptoms


I have read that some people can have a dangerous, even fatal, allergic
reaction to exercise, presumably a reaction to the chemicals released in
the body by exercise.  The article I read (in the popular press, no big
medical credentials there, but still is probably correct information)
said that it can happen without warning, and a couple of people a year
die of it.

Do you have an adrenaline kit handy?  If not, can you arrange to exercise
when someone else is around to help you if you keel over?  I'm worried!
BE CAREFUL!!

Good luck,
mef

p.s.  About your question about blood pressure -- mine is always a
little high when the nurse takes it, but when the doctor takes it, it's
okay.  The doctor has mentioned that they don't know how to do it right
on a large person (I'm significantly overweight, so my arm is larger
than other people's, I guess).  Anyway, if faulty technique can change
the reading that much, I wouldn't be surprised if in the doctor's office,
where nurses are often hurried, they don't do as careful a job as you
do in your home (at least, if your doctor's office is like mine)