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Greetings.
My character has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, thickening of the septum. She's okay at rest but if she does heavy exercise she gets light headed, short of breath and gets chest pains.
Eventually after running from something she passes out.
Thank you for your help. x
My character has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, thickening of the septum. She's okay at rest but if she does heavy exercise she gets light headed, short of breath and gets chest pains.
Eventually after running from something she passes out.
- Would this be cause by the heart not being able to pump enough blood around and therefore not enough oxygen getting to her brain?
- Also (okay, so maybe there's more than one question here), how would she be after she'd passed out? Would her heart rate be slower or faster than normal?
- What would doctors do to help her to recover from this?
- If she'd been treated with beta blockers before this, how would they make her better? How do they work?
Thank you for your help. x