what are the symptoms of Heart Attack?What are the precautions.
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Author
November 25th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Uncomfortable pressure in the chest. Pain spreads to shoulder, neck, or arms. The pain can be mild-intense and can feel like a squeezing, burning, tightness, or heavy weight. The pain is located in either the chest, upper abdomin, neck, jaw, or arms. You may also have lightheadedness, fainting, short of breath, nausea, anxiety, nervousness, cold, pallor, sweaty skin, and increased or irregular heartrate.
You can avoid a heart attack by eating a diet low in cholesteral + saturated fat, excersising regularly, taking medicins prescribed by your cardiologist, quiting smoking, and treating any coexisting medical condition that could make you predisposed to a heart attack.
Nicole I
November 25th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Nicole L has given the best answer, so if you feel there is something wrong, do not wait looking for answers take the patient to the hospital immediately, you may be able to save the life. Better still, keep a packet of Sorbitrate nearby and adminster immediately. Then take the patient to the hospital. Even Aspirin helps.
Check this out:
Myocardial infarction (MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart is interrupted causing some heart cells to die. This is most commonly due to occlusion (blockage) of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids (like cholesterol) and white blood cells (especially macrophages) in the wall of an artery. The resulting ischemia (restriction in blood supply) and oxygen shortage, if left untreated for a sufficient period, can cause damage and/or death (infarction) of heart muscle tissue (myocardium).
Classical symptoms of acute myocardial infarction include sudden chest pain (typically radiating to the left arm or left side of the neck), shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, sweating, and anxiety (often described as a sense of impending doom). Women may experience fewer typical symptoms than men, most commonly shortness of breath, weakness, a feeling of indigestion, and fatigue. Approximately one quarter of all myocardial infarctions are silent, without chest pain or other symptoms. A heart attack is a medical emergency, and people experiencing chest pain are advised to alert their emergency medical services, because prompt treatment is beneficial.
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death for both men and women all over the world. Important risk factors are previous cardiovascular disease (such as angina, a previous heart attack or stroke), older age (especially men over 40 and women over 50), tobacco smoking, high blood levels of certain lipids (triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein or “bad cholesterol”) and low levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL, “good cholesterol”), diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, excessive alcohol consumption, the abuse of certain drugs (such as cocaine and methamphetamine), and chronic high stress levels.
Immediate treatment for suspected acute myocardial infarction includes oxygen, aspirin, and sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (colloquially referred to as nitroglycerin and abbreviated as NTG or GTN). Pain relief is also often given, classically morphine sulfate. A 2009 review of high flow oxygen in myocardial infarction however found increased mortality and infarct size calling into question the recommendation about its routine use.
Sharp R
November 25th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Pain, fullness, and/or squeezing sensation of the chest
Jaw pain, toothache, headache
Shortness of breath
Nausea, vomiting, and/or general epigastric (upper middle abdomen) discomfort
Sweating
Heartburn and/or indigestion
Arm pain (more commonly the left arm, but may be either arm)
Upper back pain
General malaise (vague feeling of illness)
No symptoms (Approximately one quarter of all heart attacks are silent, without chest pain or new symptoms. Silent heart attacks are especially common among patients with diabetes mellitus.)
amembal4
November 25th, 2009 at 10:54 am
the symptoms of a heart attack vary from person to person, it could be anything from routine fatigue, Heavy chest pains radiating to the neck, arms (both it doesn’t matter), chest pressure, chest tightness, shortness of breath, paleness or pallor, cold sweat, anxiety, feeling of impending doom, fainting, or instant death in the most severe cases.
James G
November 25th, 2009 at 11:13 am
The typical symptoms include, but are not limited to, tightness in chest, trouble breathing, arm or jaw pain, sweating, nausea. If more than one of these symptoms occur at once, chew a baby aspirin & get to an ER quickly.
On the other hand, I had a mild heart attack in Nov. 2008, & the only symptom I can say I had was a rapid heartbeat. My blockage was in my right coronary artery which does not present with the usual symptoms.
mikey
November 25th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
hey ur age.? why u r having this doubt. dont u really know the answer.
attack ll come because of family tensions!
blood pressure comes because of unlimited diet.!
neeru p
November 25th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
heavy breathing
left arm going numb
sweating alot
chest pains
feeling very tired
Comments
Author
November 25th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Uncomfortable pressure in the chest. Pain spreads to shoulder, neck, or arms. The pain can be mild-intense and can feel like a squeezing, burning, tightness, or heavy weight. The pain is located in either the chest, upper abdomin, neck, jaw, or arms. You may also have lightheadedness, fainting, short of breath, nausea, anxiety, nervousness, cold, pallor, sweaty skin, and increased or irregular heartrate.
You can avoid a heart attack by eating a diet low in cholesteral + saturated fat, excersising regularly, taking medicins prescribed by your cardiologist, quiting smoking, and treating any coexisting medical condition that could make you predisposed to a heart attack.
Nicole I
November 25th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Nicole L has given the best answer, so if you feel there is something wrong, do not wait looking for answers take the patient to the hospital immediately, you may be able to save the life. Better still, keep a packet of Sorbitrate nearby and adminster immediately. Then take the patient to the hospital. Even Aspirin helps.
Check this out:
Myocardial infarction (MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart is interrupted causing some heart cells to die. This is most commonly due to occlusion (blockage) of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids (like cholesterol) and white blood cells (especially macrophages) in the wall of an artery. The resulting ischemia (restriction in blood supply) and oxygen shortage, if left untreated for a sufficient period, can cause damage and/or death (infarction) of heart muscle tissue (myocardium).
Classical symptoms of acute myocardial infarction include sudden chest pain (typically radiating to the left arm or left side of the neck), shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, sweating, and anxiety (often described as a sense of impending doom). Women may experience fewer typical symptoms than men, most commonly shortness of breath, weakness, a feeling of indigestion, and fatigue. Approximately one quarter of all myocardial infarctions are silent, without chest pain or other symptoms. A heart attack is a medical emergency, and people experiencing chest pain are advised to alert their emergency medical services, because prompt treatment is beneficial.
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death for both men and women all over the world. Important risk factors are previous cardiovascular disease (such as angina, a previous heart attack or stroke), older age (especially men over 40 and women over 50), tobacco smoking, high blood levels of certain lipids (triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein or “bad cholesterol”) and low levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL, “good cholesterol”), diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, excessive alcohol consumption, the abuse of certain drugs (such as cocaine and methamphetamine), and chronic high stress levels.
Immediate treatment for suspected acute myocardial infarction includes oxygen, aspirin, and sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (colloquially referred to as nitroglycerin and abbreviated as NTG or GTN). Pain relief is also often given, classically morphine sulfate. A 2009 review of high flow oxygen in myocardial infarction however found increased mortality and infarct size calling into question the recommendation about its routine use.
Sharp R
November 25th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Pain, fullness, and/or squeezing sensation of the chest
Jaw pain, toothache, headache
Shortness of breath
Nausea, vomiting, and/or general epigastric (upper middle abdomen) discomfort
Sweating
Heartburn and/or indigestion
Arm pain (more commonly the left arm, but may be either arm)
Upper back pain
General malaise (vague feeling of illness)
No symptoms (Approximately one quarter of all heart attacks are silent, without chest pain or new symptoms. Silent heart attacks are especially common among patients with diabetes mellitus.)
amembal4
November 25th, 2009 at 10:54 am
the symptoms of a heart attack vary from person to person, it could be anything from routine fatigue, Heavy chest pains radiating to the neck, arms (both it doesn’t matter), chest pressure, chest tightness, shortness of breath, paleness or pallor, cold sweat, anxiety, feeling of impending doom, fainting, or instant death in the most severe cases.
James G
November 25th, 2009 at 11:13 am
The typical symptoms include, but are not limited to, tightness in chest, trouble breathing, arm or jaw pain, sweating, nausea. If more than one of these symptoms occur at once, chew a baby aspirin & get to an ER quickly.
On the other hand, I had a mild heart attack in Nov. 2008, & the only symptom I can say I had was a rapid heartbeat. My blockage was in my right coronary artery which does not present with the usual symptoms.
mikey
November 25th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
hey ur age.? why u r having this doubt. dont u really know the answer.
attack ll come because of family tensions!
blood pressure comes because of unlimited diet.!
neeru p
November 25th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
heavy breathing
left arm going numb
sweating alot
chest pains
feeling very tired
Debo555
November 25th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
breathing hard
chest pain
feeling very tired