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From: rcj@burl.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: About caffeine
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Date: Thu, 18-Aug-83 03:11:47 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 18 03:11:47 1983
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A Reader's Digest article of some months ago concluded from the results
of numerous studies that caffeine (in moderation, of course) was not
in the least bit harmful.

HOWEVER (although I agree with the rest of the article), caffeine can have
a SERIOUS effect on persons who are both fairly sensitive to it and who
have high blood pressure.  There is a tendency, after too much caffeine
(especially near bedtime) for these peoples' heart to STOP.  It is only
a momentary stoppage, but can last for several seconds.  I have talked to
many people (my father is one, my best friend from college is another)
who have actually woken up and realized that their heart was not beating
at the moment.  My father put a beauty of a bruise on his own chest one
night when he awoke in this state from a sound sleep and hit himself in
the chest in the moment of confusion.

Persons with high blood pressure:  If you are sensitive to caffeine, watch
this!

Along the same lines, my father was also having some chest pains, etc. and
when he went to his doctor he had a thermograph of some kind done.  Seems
that one side of his body was about 3 degrees cooler than the other side.
Anyone heard of this before or know what causes it?

(By the way, that was right/left sides, not front/back).
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