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Linda O'Neill's avatar

According to a JAMA study, only 5-6% of visits to ER for chest pain result in a diagnosis of heart attack. It's very important to go in with symptoms because it could be serious. But just think of the statistics that could be generated by bogus studies if the 94-95% of visits that aren't serious were counted as heart attacks! Still, a person needs to go in if they have symptoms.

Women concerned about scary symptoms after taking the medication for abortion should get that checked out, too, even tho it might end up to be no big deal.

Neither my ER visit for chest pain which turned out to be no big deal and not heart related, nor the ER visit of a woman surprised by the degree of the expected symptoms of abortion medication be labeled as 'serious adverse events'

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Talk About Choice's avatar

Women aren't sure what amount of bleeding is too much, so if they unsure, then going to the ER is smart. It isn't your normal period, so you aren't sure how much is too much. And if you don't normally have heavy periods, you are more likely to think there is a problem. I bet the same people who categorized every visit for bleeding serious didn't have a problem with women bleeding out in parking lots when they really did have a problem with their pregnancy.

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