The coronavirus has so diminished trust in the U.S. medical system that even people with obstructed bowels, chest pain, and stroke symptoms are ignoring danger signs and staying out of the emergency room, with potentially mortal consequences. healthcare
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Dimitri Timm, a 43-year-old loan officer from Watsonville, California, began feeling stomach pain in mid-June. He called his doctor, who suspected the coronavirus and directed Timm to an urgent care facility that handled suspected COVID patients. The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have launched campaigns to get patients to seek urgent care and continue routine appointments.
But some patients who stay at home may actually be avoiding doctors because they don't need care. Yale University cardiologist and researcher Dr. Harlan Krumholz believes the pandemic could be reducing stress for some heart patients, thus reducing heart attacks and strokes. While some patients may be benefiting from a COVID-19 change of regimen, many people have urgent and undeniable medical needs. And some are pressing through their fear of the virus to seek care, after balancing the risks and benefits.
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