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eilen jo vastaavankaltaisia oireita lievempänä

English translation: similar symptoms already yesterday, but milder

03:25 Sep 18, 2019
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Medical (general)
Finnish term or phrase: eilen jo vastaavankaltaisia oireita lievempänä
Medical notes on a cardiac patient:

"
[...]
Nyt tunti ennen sairaalan tuloa alkanut närästävä puristava rintakipu, eilen jo vastaavankaltaisia oireita lievempänä.
[...]
"

Because this is written in very clipped shorthand, I can't resolve what "eilen jo vastaavankaltaisia oireita lievempänä" means.

Does it mean

1) "Yesterday, there were similar symptoms, [but] milder."
or
2) "It [= today's chest pain] was milder than the similar symptoms experienced yesterday."

?

Thanks
G. L.
United States
Local time: 02:47
English translation:similar symptoms already yesterday, but milder
Explanation:
I would understand it according to your option 1, if you think of the presentation of a cardiac patient in its context.
Selected response from:

Tarja Karjalainen
Finland
Local time: 12:47
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2yesterday, there were similar but milder symptoms, already
Jussi Rosti
4 +1similar symptoms already yesterday, but milder
Tarja Karjalainen


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
yesterday, there were similar but milder symptoms, already


Explanation:
Your option 1 is correct.

Jussi Rosti
Finland
Local time: 12:47
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 17

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tarja Karjalainen
43 mins
  -> Kiitos, Tarja!
agree  Spencer Allman: I would translate 'jo' as ' now'
44 mins
  -> Kiitos, Spencer!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
similar symptoms already yesterday, but milder


Explanation:
I would understand it according to your option 1, if you think of the presentation of a cardiac patient in its context.

Tarja Karjalainen
Finland
Local time: 12:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 209
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks. That seemed right to me as well, but it also seemed just possible that this was a construction like "minua pidempi", where the partitive conveys the meaning "than".


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jussi Rosti
38 mins
  -> Kiitos, Jussi!
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