That's not really Martin Gibson--of course, Martin Gibson wasn't really Martin Gibson, so I suppose it doesn't really matter. For the record, I re-read my post, and, not withstanding PaulineL or the fake Martin Gibson, I suggested, not once, but twice, that our friend see a doctor--actually, two doctors, one who specializes in dealing with Anaphylactic shock, and someone who specializes in dealing with panic attacks.

I also re-read other comments, and found that they tended to be either advice similar to mine, or personal accounts of similar experiences--neither is considered practicing medicine without a lisense-