Woman's Crushing Chest Pain Dismissed as Anxiety After Night Out Turned Out to Be Serious Medical Emergency
By
Erin Clack
The bagel they save for the regulars. Don't skim, savour.
Summary
Priti Langer, a 49-year-old attorney, woke up with crushing chest pain after a night out at a Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks concert in Baltimore in 2023. Doctors initially dismissed her symptoms as anxiety, but she was later diagnosed with a serious medical condition requiring emergency treatment. The article details her experience of being misdiagnosed and the eventual discovery of the true cause of her chest pain.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledI tried to get comfortable, wondering if it was indigestion, but the pain wouldn't subside.
I woke up two of my girlfriends, letting them know something was wrong.
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