Heart attack

HEART ATTACK

What is Heart Attack?

A heart attack happens when blood which is pumped gets clogged with deposits of cholesterol, also known. 

Cause of heart attack

The most common cause of heart attack is Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is a condition in which the main blood vessels that supply the heart get clogged up with cholesterol.

How to prevent a heart attack?

There are many ways to prevent a heart attack such as

• Stop smoking and avoid second-hand smoke.
• Control high blood pressure or high blood cholesterol level.
• Get a regular medical check-up and take prescribed medication
• Exercise regularly, especially heart-healthy exercises.
• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Eat a healthy-heart diet.
• Control of diabetes.
• Avoid being stressed.
• Avoid drinking alcohol.

Heart attack treatment.

A heart attack treatment depends on the severity and amount of damage to the heart, but here are some of the treatments to a heart attack.

• Thrombolytic (a clot-busting drug), such as alteplase, dissolves the clot that is blocking the blood flow to the heart.
• Aspirin or other blood-thinning medicines help prevent new blood clots.
• Pain relievers such as morphine reduce discomfort.
• Nitroglycerine treats chest pain by temporarily opening arterial blood vessels and increasing blood flow to the heart.
• Cholesterol-lowering drugs called stains lower levels of unwanted cholesterol.

Symptoms of heart attack
The symptoms may differentiate depending on the severity. Here are some of the symptoms

• Pain which feels like pressure and chest tightening.
• Nausea and/Vomiting
•  Feeling of fullness, indigestion, heartburn-like pain or abdominal pain.
• Shortness of breath.
• Sweating, or a cold sweat.
• Feeling dizzy or faint.
• Feeling weak and tired.