Berlin. Jenny sought help for eight years. He was thrown out again and again. A doctor is finally taking it seriously – and solving problems with his profession.
- Jenny was desperate: she could barely breathe, but the doctors didn't take it seriously
- This is not an isolated case, said cardiologist Michael Becker of Germany's first women's heart center
- Thousands of women are affected and can easily be helped
Jenny is 37 years old. An age where most people don't have it yet sick heart have to count. That's another reason, he says, that he wasn't taken seriously for a long time. That something with his Herz He initially realized that wasn't true as he “stumbled” more and more often. There were also “heart palpitations, dizziness, and chest tightness.”
Until he gets help, he has help true adventure she says as one of many people affected in the book “Matters of the heart – why women's hearts beat differently” (Hoffmann and Kampe, 271 pages, 18 euros). The author is Prof Michael Becker who opened the first women's heart center at the Rhein-Maas Clinic in Würselen (NRW) in 2018 all of Germany established. Jenny is one of his patients. He seemed utterly distraught: “Eight years passed before a diagnosis was made.”
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