A lot of people ask me whether stress can cause heart disease or whether anger can cause a heart attack. People who are under stress cannot sleep well and cannot exercise because the body is tired. some people resort to smoking to relieve stress, others eat a lot of food to overcome bad moods.

People who are stressed become weaker due to the lack of exercise and too much food, which can cause high blood pressure, as well as high blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Smoking makes it even more likely for the person to have narrowed arteries.

However, if a stressed person deals with stress by exercising rather than smoking and/or bingeing, the chances of developing heart disease isn’t much higher than a non-stressed person. It only matters that you know when you are stressed.

As for anger, it can cause a heart attack because anger raises you blood pressure instantly, especially in emotionally unstable people. the heart will beat faster and blood pressure will go through the roof when you are really angry. You can see that angry people are red-faced. have someone take a photo of you when you are angry and you will see that you look like you are about to eat someone alive. Older people with heart problems should avoid getting angry. Buddhist meditation is a really good practice to control your anger.

When anger rises, adrenaline is released, making the heart beat faster, the blood pressure rise and the coronary arteries contract.

A study was done in fully fed cats who were later angered. It was found that food lingered in their stomachs for three to six hours longer. This means anger can cause indigestion.

Anger makes the heart unclear. It happens when the person encounters something unpleasant. if the emotion cannot be controlled, anger rises. It can eventually lead to a heart attack. Once anger visits and the person holds on to it (without knowing), it eats the heart up with negative thoughts and bad wishes for the other person, such as hoping for failure and illness to befall the person. Vengeance can also cause stress, which in turn causes narrowing of the arteries _ and you are another step closer to death.

There are many ways to get over anger, but we neglect to consider them because most of the times we don’t even know we are angry. To name a few ways, you can realise the negative effects of anger, have mercy on the person you are angry with, and think that it was a result of something you’ve done to the person in the past. do not respond to anger with anger because it will be your loss.

A patient of mine in his early 50s had chronic high blood pressure. He was rather plump as he didn’t like to exercise. His blood sugar level had also been high for years, but he never had any treatment before he came to see me about a stabbing pain in the right side of his chest, which he often felt after he fought with his wife, and the pain would last five to 10 minutes.

Later, he found out it was because of his anger, because whenever he felt angry, he would feel pain in his chest. He solved the problem by walking away from his wife as soon as it started.

I recommended a contrast agent injection to ascertain if his coronary artery could be treated with balloon angioplasty, but he did not want this, so I gave him some medication to help with the problem. His symptoms persisted (did his wife follow him when he walked away?), so he had be admitted to hospital. He still refused a contrast agent injection. He told me that he had hearing problems. if he walked away far enough, he wouldn’t hear his wife, and his anger would fade away! Good to know he realised his own anger.

One day, he was taken to hospital in the middle of the night due to acute myocardial infarction, a heart attack and protracted chest pain. He said it happened after a fight with his wife _ yet again! _ but when he tried to walk away, she followed him. He got so angry that he was shaking, his face turned red (according to his children) and suddenly he was caught by a pain in his chest, and his pills couldn’t help.

That time, he spent more days in the hospital because of acute myocardial infarction and he also had heart failure. His heart was working at only 30% and he needed to depend on urine medication and blood pressure medication for days.

A Doppler colour test did not found any clogging in the heart muscles’ arteries. I assumed that when he got angry, the blood vessels contracted so much that blood did not reach his heart muscles, causing myocardial infarction.

His hearing problem also worsened before he returned home. It could have been a side effect of the treatment. I asked him to see an ear specialist, but he refused.

After that, he did not have any chest pain, but his hearing problem grew worse. I had to yell into his ear to make him understand what I said. Every time he came to see me, I ended up with a sore throat! however, I noticed that he was much calmer. His children also said that he no longer fought with his wife. When I asked (at the top of my voice) what his secret was, he shouted back, “It’s easy! My hearing is so bad I can’t hear my wife nag anymore!”

Dr Nithi Mahanonda is a consultant cardiologist and interventionist at Perfect Heart Institute, Piyavate Hospital.

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Ok, for the month of November, I am taking requests for people to access my TMJUniversity.com website for FREE. the regular membership FEE to this site is $67.00 for Lifetime access.

This is the only time I anticipate to EVER do this for FREE! I need testimonials for a product Launch and I need TMJ sufferers to give me feedback.

So, Leave your name and email address in the box below, OR just send me an email to with the following statement…

“I give Dr. Spainhower permission to use my photo and testimonial for any advertising or promotional efforts regarding his TMJUniversity website TMJ information.”

Great, see you inside of TMJUniversity!

I just discovered a new tool to eliminate the main source of muscle pain in the jaw muscles which are Trigger Points. Wow, the trigger points have been a hidden cause of TMJ pain for so long. Massage therapists and Chiropractors have known about this for while, but it really hasn’t caught on in the Dental or Medical field.

Go to this link to purchase this tool. It’s a great “Do it yourself” way to relieve your pain without going to the massage therapist or Chiropractor. I highly recommend this. Here’s the link… Click here for the MyoTool at TMJPainSolutions.

To view the Only Night Guard Review on the internet, click here

TMJ treatment options can be directed several different ways, depending on what your (or loved one’s) situation is.

Update: I have found two good sources for TMJ Exercises. I purchased them myself and reviewed them and wrote up some reviews on them. You can click on the link below to read my reviews on them.

Click here for the link to TMJReview.com to read more. the exercises in the two programs that I reviewed are similar to the Exercises that my TMJ Physical Therapist uses to treat my TMJ patients when I refer to him.

The links to the above TMJ Exercise programs are a bit salesy, but the exercises are good. they are the only place that I have found TMJ exercises put into one/two locations on the internet.

The 7 Treatments listed below, in my opinion, are the best treatments available. Now, these are treatments that ELIMINATE Pain, they are not necessarily treatments that CURE your pain. the number of cures, is as many as the causes.

To Read an Absolutely Free Review on popular Night guards, click on this link

Proper Treatment for a TMJ Cure requires a thorough examination which includes a clinical exam of the head, neck, and jaw muscles, watching the patient as she responds to my questions, to diagnose possibly less tangible problems causing the symptoms.

The exercises on these two websites are similar to the Exercises that my TMJ Physical Therapist uses to treat my TMJ patients when I refer to him. the link webpage is a bit salesy, but the exercises are good. It’s the only place that I have found TMJ exercises put into one/two locations on the internet.

Now, we TMJ Dentists can fix bites and get you out of pain with typical Splint therapy and other recommended therapies, but…

beyond the Physical information from the clinical exam, it is my obligation and focus to read the patient beyond the physical Chief Complaints of symptoms, to identify primary factors causing the problems.

Since the most common cause (over 50%) of TMJ disorders including a TMJ Headache is…Stress, it’s difficult at times to diagnose the true cause (what’s the cause of Stress).

If you believe that a form of Stress might be a factor, here are two excellent links for self-improvement… Authentic self and Parenting Advice if you have Children.

Some patients may not answer the REAL stress issue in my Dental office (such as Marital problems), because the real answer may be too personal for her to reveal. so, I take this very seriously, and recommend what I truly see, believe and diagnose.

If you’ve read the pages on “causes of TMJ”, then you’ll better understand and how to choose the following links to treat TMJ symptoms.

BTW, the NEW SmartGuard night guard Night Guard was tested this week and it passed with flying colors-…It will stop or reduce…

-Ear pain associated with TMD

-Ringing in the ears associated with TMD

-Tooth sensitivities associated with TMD

-Sinus pain associated with TMD

-You’ll sleep comfortably

-You’ll wake up having deeper sleep

-It will actually STAY in your mouth while you sleep.

-You’ll probably want to wear it during the day

-Reduce popping and clicking in the TMJs

-You’ll feel normal again

#1 go to TMJ Splint page.

#2 go to TMJ Home Remedy page

#3 go to TMJ Exercises Click here for my review of TMJ Exercise programs on the internet.

#4 go to Chiropractor TMJ

#5 go to Nutrition page

#6 go to Anxiety Treatment

#7 go to Exercise page

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A mosquito rests against a window. Malaria has claimed the lives of two siblings in Limpopo. Photo: Karen Sandison

Johannesburg – two siblings died from malaria in Mopane at the weekend, the Limpopo Health Department said on Monday.

The pair were believed to be between nine and 13 years old, said spokesperson Cecil Motsepe.

“they were admitted into Malamulele hospital over the weekend, diagnosed with malaria and treated… but they sadly died.”

The entire family was tested and found to be negative.

“we will be thoroughly investigating how they contracted the virus,” said Motsepe.

The department said it had seen a slight increase in malaria cases in the province over the past week but could not release any figures.

It had been carrying out a provincial programme to help prevent such diseases.

“we are carrying out a spray programme and have targeted 960 000 households to be sprayed,” Motsepe said.

So far, 40 000 homes had been sprayed.

“we are dispatching a team immediately to the area where the siblings came from so that all the homes there can be sprayed,” said Motsepe.

“Malaria is treatable but 90 percent of the time people treat it too late. So people must check for symptoms.”

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease which is transmitted through the bites of certain types of mosquitoes.

Flu-like symptoms, body aches and pains, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea are all symptoms of the disease.

In 2010, nine people died of malaria out of 450 cases reported in Gauteng. – Sapa