Wilt Chamberlain, cause of dead
E-Brake
> >Chamberlain's sister, Barbara Lewis, said her brother had undergone dental
> >surgery last week and looked worse than she had ever seen him.
>
> Someone must know the situation better than I but I know certain heart
> conditions are made worse by having dental work done. My mother has a slight
> heart condition and even when she has her teeth cleaned she has to take high
> potency antibiotics for a day to ward off any bacteria getting into her heart
> and heart valves and causing a possible fatal infection. I'm just wondering
> if his recent dental surgery added any complications to his already risky
> cardiac condition and been the push his heart needed to finally give out?
Well, sometimes the novacaine shot can cause heart arrythmia in some people
and so the dentist should use something else, without (I think) "ephedrine" or
maybe "epinephrine"(??). The anaesthetic effect doesn't last as long so they
give you another shot. One time, last year, they forgot and gave me a shot of
the regular stuff, I got very ill that night. I have to remind them everytime
I get a shot (not too often) to be safe. Wouldn't kill me, but makes my heart
go pitter-patter, like driving past a big rig only halfway and seeing the left
turn signal go on...
-E. <-- that happened to me last week, wondered if the car would fit underneath...
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Brad Ferguson
daeR xX <sab...@aol.comxXstangx> wrote:
> >From: lab...@yahoo.com (Fata >Morgana)
>
> >By KEN PETERS AP Sports Writer
> >LOS ANGELES (AP)
>
> < snip>
>
> >But for years he also endured heart >problems - and they eventually killed
> >him, Sy Goldberg, Chamberlain's agent >and longtime friend, said Wednesday.
>
> >``He had congestive heart failure,'' >Goldberg said the day after
> >Chamberlain
> >died at age 63. ``He had deteriorated >relatively quickly over the last
> >month
> or >so.''
>
> < snip>
>
> >Chamberlain's sister, Barbara Lewis, said >her brother had
> >undergone dental surgery last week and looked worse than >she had
> >ever seen him.
>
> Someone must know the situation better than I but I know certain
> heart conditions are made worse by having dental work done. My
> mother has a slight heart condition and even when she has her teeth
> cleaned she has to take high potency antibiotics for a day to ward
> off any bacteria getting into her heart and heart valves and
> causing a possible fatal infection. I'm just wondering if his
> recent dental surgery added any complications to his already risky
> cardiac condition and been the push his heart needed to finally
> give out?
First thing I thought of when I heard about the dental work. I have a
friend who has to take a large dose of antibiotics even when she has
her teeth cleaned. She has a prolapsed valve.
Fata Morgana
By KEN PETERS AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wilt Chamberlain seemed the epitome of fitness. Even after his Hall of
Fame basketball career ended, he turned to volleyball and marathons.
But for years he also endured heart problems - and they eventually killed him, Sy
Goldberg, Chamberlain's agent and longtime friend, said Wednesday.
``He had congestive heart failure,'' Goldberg said the day after Chamberlain died at age
63. ``He had deteriorated relatively quickly over the last month or so.''
Chamberlain had lost 30 or 40 pounds over the past few weeks as doctors drained his legs
of fluid that had accumulated because of his heart trouble, Goldberg said after speaking
with Chamberlain's cardiologist, Dr. Anthony Reid.
Chamberlain was hospitalized seven years ago with an irregular heartbeat and was said to
have complained of an arrhythmia since he was in his early 20s.
``Most likely, with a man of his age group dying suddenly, it would be from blockage in
the blood vessels, causing an irregular heartbeat, regardless of his past medical
history,'' said Dr. Michele Hamilton, associate clinical professor of cardiology at UCLA.
Chamberlain's sister, Barbara Lewis, said her brother had undergone dental surgery last
week and looked worse than she had ever seen him.
``The cardiac situation was the main thing,'' Goldberg said.
Reports that Chamberlain had a heart problem surfaced in the early 1960s, but he denied
them. Then he was hospitalized for three days in 1992 for the mild arrhythmia.
Even those closest to Chamberlain didn't know how bad the problem was.
``We knew it had been a little trouble for him, but we weren't aware that it could be
serious. We did hear something about it a few years back,'' Chamberlain's sister, Selina
Gross, said from her Philadelphia home.
``Maybe all the playing and activity caused some wear on his heart. But he took care of
himself and went to the doctor.''
Cheers,
Fata Morgana
Xx Sdrawkcab daeR xX
>By KEN PETERS AP Sports Writer
>LOS ANGELES (AP)
< snip>
>But for years he also endured heart >problems - and they eventually killed
>him, Sy Goldberg, Chamberlain's agent >and longtime friend, said Wednesday.
>``He had congestive heart failure,'' >Goldberg said the day after Chamberlain
>died at age 63. ``He had deteriorated >relatively quickly over the last month
or >so.''
< snip>
>Chamberlain's sister, Barbara Lewis, said >her brother had undergone dental
>surgery last week and looked worse than >she had ever seen him.
Someone must know the situation better than I but I know certain heart
conditions are made worse by having dental work done. My mother has a slight
heart condition and even when she has her teeth cleaned she has to take high
potency antibiotics for a day to ward off any bacteria getting into her heart
and heart valves and causing a possible fatal infection. I'm just wondering
if his recent dental surgery added any complications to his already risky
cardiac condition and been the push his heart needed to finally give out?
>Cheers,
>
>Fata Morgana
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Terrymelin
logical to ask ... why the hell wasn't his man in a hospital under a doctor's
care???
Terry Ellsworth
Terrymelin
undergoing major dental surgery. There seems to be something really wrong here.
Terry Ellsworth
scott...@my-deja.com
Maybe his teeth hurt.
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