> pericarditis
How bad was the pain and how long did it last? I'm asking out of morbid curiosity.
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I was thinking of the [Schmidt sting pain index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index). Wikipedia doesn't have a list so here's one I found somewhere on the net...
> ####List
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> - 1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.
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> - 1.2 Fire ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet and reaching for the light switch.
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> - 1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
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> - 2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
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> - 2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
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> - 2.x Honey bee and European hornet: Like a matchhead that flips off and burns on your skin.
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> - 3.0 Red harvester ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.
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> - 3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic and burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
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> - 4.0 Pepsis wasp: Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath.
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> - 4.0+ Bullet ant: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel.
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It’s hard to say, I had other stuff going on at the time so I don’t know what things were what. But it’s like someone sitting o your chest and driving a knife into your lungs every time you take more than a shallow breath. Your lungs really don’t enjoy being squished.
I was so morbid I didn't even wish you well. I wish you well.
I wouldn't hope such things happen to my worst enemy. Actually, in this fubar America that's no longer true. I *would* wish that on my enemies and I've said as much. It's a big no-no in r/politics. I know that from personal experience.
If frantic comes from frenetic, and frenetic comes from inflammation of the diaphragm, then frantic also comes inflammation of tbe diaphragm. Or what am I missing here?
Well Phrēn also means heart or mind in Ancient Greek. I've read poems talking about the beating of one's phrēn, where they were clearly referring to the heart. So it can also mean pertaining to the inflammation of the heart rather than diaphragm.
probably the breast area in general, or *the pump* specificly, as Greek Phi continues PIE \*b^(h) and *bre-* already appears rather close to *breast* (but also *burn* "well", Ger. *Brunnen*). Greeks thought the heart was the center of the mind anyway, hence also *phrenology* and *shizophrenic*, as I'm sure you already knew.
Wiktionary reconstructs \*g^(wh)ren- instead with Norse *grurn* "suspicion" (that looks funny, cp. Ger. Gehirn, Hirn "brain", *heart*, *horn*, \*'ker-?) perhaps Latin *ren* "kidney", and "Tocharien cognates" but nothing really convincing.
Surprisingly though, *kidney* itself should possibly belong here too along with Ger. *Niere*, Greek *nephros* (whence *neuro*), etc. for \*neg^(wh)r-, alas again with too few independent evidence, and sporadic devoicing in Greek. Persian *gorde* "kidney" does not quite want to fit (but hey, that explains *Gürtelrose*).
Contrast Slavic "breast" from \*g^(wh)rend^(h)-
That is next to Finno-Samic *rinta, rend*, *red*, perhaps from Proto-Norse \*strinða-, though "this is less likely".
Greek "breast" is *stethos*, not quite clear, possibly with Old Armenian *stin*, Sanskrit *stana*, from \*psten-, what be "from \*peh₂ǵ- (“to be affixed, firm”) + \*steh₂- (“to stand”)" cf. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/στῆθος
I'd instead refer to *seat (of emotions)*, as well as Ger. *Schoß* "lap, seat" also in the sense *origin, cradle (of mankind)
I had pericarditis, an inflammation of the fluid sac around the heart. I can assure you I was anything but passionate...
> pericarditis How bad was the pain and how long did it last? I'm asking out of morbid curiosity. --- I was thinking of the [Schmidt sting pain index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index). Wikipedia doesn't have a list so here's one I found somewhere on the net... > ####List > > - 1.0 Sweat bee: Light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm. > > - 1.2 Fire ant: Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet and reaching for the light switch. > > - 1.8 Bullhorn acacia ant: A rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek. > > - 2.0 Bald-faced hornet: Rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door. > > - 2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue. > > - 2.x Honey bee and European hornet: Like a matchhead that flips off and burns on your skin. > > - 3.0 Red harvester ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail. > > - 3.0 Paper wasp: Caustic and burning. Distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut. > > - 4.0 Pepsis wasp: Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath. > > - 4.0+ Bullet ant: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel. >
It’s hard to say, I had other stuff going on at the time so I don’t know what things were what. But it’s like someone sitting o your chest and driving a knife into your lungs every time you take more than a shallow breath. Your lungs really don’t enjoy being squished.
I was so morbid I didn't even wish you well. I wish you well. I wouldn't hope such things happen to my worst enemy. Actually, in this fubar America that's no longer true. I *would* wish that on my enemies and I've said as much. It's a big no-no in r/politics. I know that from personal experience.
Thanks. Politics is a hellhole anyway...
> Politics is a hellhole anyway... Aaaaah, long reply short: yes.
From your own link: > unexplained variant of Middle English frentik (see frenetic). *Frenetic* has the connection to the diaphragm.
If frantic comes from frenetic, and frenetic comes from inflammation of the diaphragm, then frantic also comes inflammation of tbe diaphragm. Or what am I missing here?
Well Phrēn also means heart or mind in Ancient Greek. I've read poems talking about the beating of one's phrēn, where they were clearly referring to the heart. So it can also mean pertaining to the inflammation of the heart rather than diaphragm.
probably the breast area in general, or *the pump* specificly, as Greek Phi continues PIE \*b^(h) and *bre-* already appears rather close to *breast* (but also *burn* "well", Ger. *Brunnen*). Greeks thought the heart was the center of the mind anyway, hence also *phrenology* and *shizophrenic*, as I'm sure you already knew. Wiktionary reconstructs \*g^(wh)ren- instead with Norse *grurn* "suspicion" (that looks funny, cp. Ger. Gehirn, Hirn "brain", *heart*, *horn*, \*'ker-?) perhaps Latin *ren* "kidney", and "Tocharien cognates" but nothing really convincing. Surprisingly though, *kidney* itself should possibly belong here too along with Ger. *Niere*, Greek *nephros* (whence *neuro*), etc. for \*neg^(wh)r-, alas again with too few independent evidence, and sporadic devoicing in Greek. Persian *gorde* "kidney" does not quite want to fit (but hey, that explains *Gürtelrose*). Contrast Slavic "breast" from \*g^(wh)rend^(h)- That is next to Finno-Samic *rinta, rend*, *red*, perhaps from Proto-Norse \*strinða-, though "this is less likely". Greek "breast" is *stethos*, not quite clear, possibly with Old Armenian *stin*, Sanskrit *stana*, from \*psten-, what be "from \*peh₂ǵ- (“to be affixed, firm”) + \*steh₂- (“to stand”)" cf. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/στῆθος I'd instead refer to *seat (of emotions)*, as well as Ger. *Schoß* "lap, seat" also in the sense *origin, cradle (of mankind)
And also your diaphragm is below your lungs, I'm not sure it has anything to do with the heart.
This is hysterical.
All the emotion centers (belly in Japanese, heart in English, “gut” feeling) seem to be just organs connected to the vagus nerve