I recently received an email about what to do if you think you are having a heart attack. According to this email, if someone is alone and starts feeling a tightness in the chest area, a sharp pain in the left arm that radiates into the jaw, and a general numbness of the whole left body, one should immediately start coughing vigorously, taking deep breaths amidst the long, deep coughs. This, supposedly, allows the blood vessels and the arteries in the heart to swell up while coughing and decreases the chances of an actual heart attack from taking place. The email advises that the patient keep coughing patiently until an ambulance arrives or he/she is taken to a hospital.
A quick search on Google quickly confirmed that this was nothing but a hoax. However, this did not stop my friend* from making a perfect fool out of himself yet again. He was on his way home after a hectic day at work and he suddenly started feeling a sharp pain in his chest that traveled up his left arm into his left jaw. He panicked, thought he was having a heart attack and started coughing like a madman. Surprisingly enough, his heart did get better, but, unfortunately, he coughed himself to death. It turned out that the pain was not even heart related and that his 'banyan**' was just too damned tight.
*When I say friend I actually mean a random fictional character that I have just created on the spur of this moment.
**And when I say 'banyan' I can also mean a T-shirt.
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