Healthytalk8 In today’s time, heart disease is a very common problem, which you should know about it and its early signs that indicate a heart attack.
Our heart pumps blood non-stop 24/7 throughout our lives, every organ depends on the heart to deliver fresh oxygenated blood to them.
NOTE: WHO estimated that around 18 million die from heart diseases every year. And in India, this estimate is more than 17 lakhs.
According to the MED life report, 40% of Indians who are below 55 years of age start having a heart attack.
NOTE: Another report published by DNA says that by 2030, deaths due to heart disease are likely to increase by 2.3CR.
What causes heart attack?
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A heart attack happens when the heart doesn’t get enough oxygenated blood, which is necessary for the heart to work properly.
But why the heart can’t get enough oxygen? because when the blood vessels are blocked due to plague, and fatty deposits.
This plague leads to narrow vessels, as we old, and enough blood can’t flow to the heart, causing a heart attack.
However, there are other secondary reasons for deposit plague and fat in blood vessels including:
- Triglyceride, it found in all types of oil
- Cholesterol, this only found in animal related food, and plant based doesn’t contain cholesterol
- Stress, can make the situation worse
- High blood pressure
- Sugar, because sugar creates spikes on blood vessels wall, because of which plague starts accumulating there
- Tobacco realted products
Early Signs of Heart Attack
According to the CDC, 50% of people people who diet from coronary heart disease are even don’t know they had it because of a lack of pre signs.
So it is important to know the early signs of heart disease as well as the risk factors so it can be treated by early diagnosis.
Chest Pain or Discomfort
It is the most common sign of heart attack and chest discomfort which also include tight squeezing, intense pressure on the chest.
These chest pain may or may not be associated with normal chest pain. And these pain may also radiate to your:
- Arms
- Neck
- Left shoulder or arm
- Abdomen
- Jaw
- Throat
- Teeth
It lasts for a few minutes, or suddenly happens, then that is not associated with normal gas or acidity chest pain.
So make sure to immediately consult the doctor, which will early diagnoses like scanning, and recording electrical signals of your heart.
Irregular heartbeat
It is very vital for our heart to beat with a rhythm, due to which the blood can reach the whole body properly.
If the beats get out of rhythm include the heart is skipping, irregular, very fast, and slow can be a sign of a heart attack.
Talk to the doctor immediately, if you notice a change in your heartbeat, because it may some other condition, that may trigger your heart.
Although, a healthy heart lifestyle can help prevent heart damage that can trigger certain heart arrhythmias.
Unspecific Sweating
According to the University of Illinois at Chicago, when a person begins sweating while experiencing discomfort in their chest, arm, or neck, with little or no exertion, could be a sign of a heart attack (1)
One study showed that for many heart attack sufferers, profuse sweating was a symptom and they should be taken to the doctor more quickly
Based upon these premises different studies reported that hyperhidrosis is a common symptom of heart failure in pediatric and adult patients (2).
In addition, there are other reasons for no sweating for no reason are include:
- Certain medicines intake
- Diabetic person
- Obesity
- Anxiety and depression
- Spicy foods
- Hormonal changes, especailly occur in women
- Overactive thyroid
Shortness of breathing
When the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood properly, then blood often backs up, and fluid starts accumulating in the lungs such that there is difficulty in breathing.
Shortness of breathing is a frequent symptom of heart failure and angina (3).
Research shows that patients with CVD experience chest pain and Shortness of breathing separately, while many others experienced both together (4).
However, SOB has been shown to be associated with other patient characteristics such as age, gender, and depression (5).
According to the aha journals, this symptom is often accompanied by chest discomfort, although chest pain can precede it.
However, shortness of breathing can also be seen in some other illnesses such as:
Women are more likely than men to experience some of the other common signs, particularly shortness of breath, nausea, and back pain (6).
Light headedness
When the blood supply throughout the body is reduced or blood circulation is reduced, which the blood does not reach the brain properly.
Then usually person experiences vertigo and dizziness.
The studies estimated that 10% of patients with primary cardiovascular disease experienced dizziness as a dominant or presenting symptom (7).
However, there are some other reasons for lightheadedness such as:
- Sudden drop in blood pressure, are most common reason for it.
- Dehydration
- Medicine side effects
- Lower blood sugar
- Stroke (8)
Nausea
People have these early signs of a heart attack, and they even vomit, Chambers says. Women are more likely to develop the sign than men.
A heart attack usually more occur in old-aged person, and people who have more indigestion issues.
In addition, there are many other reasons for nausea including:
- Motion sickness
- Early sign of pregnancy
- Medicines
- Liver swelling
- Food poisoning
- Certain infection
Back pain
A number of health-related studies have been found to be associated with Lower back pain, including cardiovascular disease (9)
NOTE: When is asked by heart patients what they felt, while heart attack, then they said back pain, fatigue, chest discomfort, etc.
Therefore, there are many causes of back pain including:
- Heavy lifting or pulling
- Poor sleep position, sitting
- Slipped disc issue
- Any injury on back
- Health condition or situation like pregnancy, or liver issue
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Who Are More At Risk of Developing Heart Attack?
Age: Old age increases the risk of damaged and narrowed arteries and weakness of your heart muscles.
Gender: Men are generally at a higher risk of developing heart disease, but in women, this risk increases after menopause.
A family history of heart disease: like stroke, attack, can also increase coronary artery disease, especially if your parent develops it at an early stage.
Smoker: It is one of the main causes that not only affect the heart but trigger your overall health, which contains thousands + of chemicals.
One of the chemicals is nicotine and carbon monoxide which both damage the inner lining of arteries, causing more risk of a heart attack.
Poor diet: Poor diet means (high sugar, cholesterol, oil, iron, fat, salt) which can make huge contributions to the development of heart attacks.
Lack of exercise person: Physical activity, whether it is yoga, running, swimming, plays a vital role in living a healthy lifestyle.
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What Should We Do At Heart Attack Situation?
If you see someone falling due to a heart attack, then in this situation you have to act as soon as possible because every single moment is very vital at this time.
First of all, call an ambulance as soon as possible.
Then give them an instant aspirin dose, which acts as a blood-thinning.
You can also give Nitroglycerin (available in the form of spray or tablet) which will help to widen the blood vessels.
With these medicines, you can avoid heart attack for a short time and during this time take the person to the hospital as soon as possible.
How Can You Prevent Heart Attack From Furture?
Adopt a healthy lifestyle
It is one of the best ways to prevent many diseases, a healthy include:
- Don’t skip meal
- Avoid processed food, which is a major reason for heart attacks in today’s youngsters.
- No smoking and excessive alcohol
- Do daily exercises, at least 1 hour, which decrease the chance of heart attack to a great extent, but avoid over exercise, like over lifting weight, etc
If a person is already suffering from a heart attack then they should adopt a healthy lifestyle (avoid non-veg and eat low oil food) with proper prescribed medicines.
Tips to reduce the chance of falling on heart attack category are:
- Avoid non-veg, or reduce exccesive because it contain cholesterol
- Manage your stress, because it can pump up the situation to get worse.
- If you are already a patient of heart attack, then you should reduce the amount of oil on food or if possible try avoiding oil on food.
BOTTOM LINE
Heart attack and stroke are leading causes of death globally.
Even the World Health Organisation estimates by 2030, almost 23.6 million people will die from cardiovascular disease every year (10)
So it became important to adopt a healthy lifestyle, with exercise.
