What is heart attack?
- Occurs when blood supply to vital organs gets blocked
- >50years / menopausal women at greater risk
- Occurs with / without chest pain
- Sudden arrest of breathing / heart function
- May result in cardiopulmonary arrest
- Clot in the arteries blocks blood supply
- Occurs due to:
a. Deposits of calcium / cholesterol
b. Hereditary factors
c. Tobacco
![Causes of Heart Attack: Tobacco]( "Causes of Heart Attack: Tobacco")
d. Obesity
e. High blood pressure
![Causes of Heart Attack: High Blood Pressure]( "Causes of Heart Attack: High Blood Pressure")
f. Emotional stress
g. Inflammatory disease of arteries
h. Trauma / disease of heart
- Chest pain
- Shoulder/arm pain
- Shortness of breath
- Sweating
- Heartburn
- Nausea
- Abdominal pain
- Try to relax
- Loosen tight clothes
- Take medicine, if any have been prescribed
- Pain subsides within 3 min of medicine intake
- If not, see a doctor.
- Give artificial respiration if required
- Give Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitation (CPR) :
a. If no pulse is detected
b. By placing palm on chest to pump - 15 pumps are followed by 2 artificial respiration
- Continue till ambulance / doctor arrives
- Routine health check-up
- Avoid stress
- Quit smoking / alcohol
- Eat sensibly
- Control blood pressure / diabetes
- Control weight
Comments
My husband have acidity troubles, if he has late meals or it gram dal in dinner he feels burning sensation in chest. has pain in left cheast for long time, feels restless, full and difficult to breath. It doesn't respond to Gelucil, are they symptoms of heart trouble? Is it acidity only?
what should be the firstaid and safe medicines to be given in case of suspected case of heart attack?
I have a continuous pain in my chest on left side..the pain is very low but extends upto left shoulder and then to arm also...it continues for a couple of days with some times only feeling of sweating..is this a cause of concern..I have consulted doctors a few times but tests were negative...still they asked me to take medicine for cholesterol, BP and Asprin...besides keeping clonazepam mouth dissolving tablets at home....Is there a cause of concern...should I go for angiography...please suggest.
King C Bharati