Heart
attack
Definition
of Heart Attack
Heart
attacks, known medically as myocardial infarction, is a condition in which the
blood supply to the heart is inhibited. This is an emergency medical condition
that is usually caused by a blood clot or a buildup of fat, cholesterol, and
other elements. Interruption of blood flow to the heart can damage or destroy
heart muscle and can be fatal.
Here
are the symptoms that may appear in patients with heart attacks.
1 Shortness of breath.
2 pain or pain in the chest.
3 Feeling weak and dizzy.
4 Very agitated or anxious.
To
determine whether someone is having a heart attack, it will usually appear a
combination of several symptoms. This condition does not depend on the severity
of chest pain that is felt. Chest pain that is felt not necessarily occur in
all people who feel the pain of the heart. Sometimes the pain is mild and
mistaken for indigestion usual. Conversely, not all chest pain is a heart
attack.
Occurrence
Causes Heart Attacks
A
major cause of cardiac arrest is coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease
occurs because of blockage of the main blood vessel that supplies blood to the
heart (coronary arteries) due to accumulation of cholesterol plaques.
Plaques
that crack will cause blood clots. Finally, inhibit blood clotting blood and
oxygen supply to the heart through the coronary vessels. This condition
eventually leads to heart attacks. Some factors that may increase the risk of
coronary heart disease, among others:
1 Smoking.
2 Diabetes.
3Kolesterol high.
4 High blood pressure.
5 The habit of eating fatty foods.
6 Excess body weight or obesity.
Treatment
of Heart Attack
A
heart attack is an emergency medical condition that should be addressed
immediately. Immediately to the nearest hospital if you or someone suspected of
having a heart attack.
For
the first treatment, immediately taking aspirin at a dose of 300 mg normal, but
first make sure that the patient is not allergic to aspirin. This medicine can
help thin the blood and reduce the risk of further heart attacks.
The
treatment given to patients with heart attacks are drugs to dissolve the blood
clots and the surgical procedure to restore blood flow to the heart. Treatment
is to be adjusted to the severity of the condition of patients with heart
attacks.
Heart
attacks are severe or late treated can cause serious complications and even
result in death. Complications can arise immediately after a heart attack. Here
are some of the complications that can occur as a result of a heart attack.
1 Heart failure. This condition occurs when
the heart can not pump blood to the body effectively. Heart failure occurs
because the heart muscle has been permanently damaged as a result of a heart
attack happens.
2 arrhythmias. When conditions become
abnormal heartbeat. Heart beat even louder until it stops beating and cardiac
arrest or cardiac arrest.
3 Cardiogenic shock. Condition when the
heart muscle is damaged and can no longer supply blood to the body well. This
causes the body functions do not work well.
4 Heart rupture / crack. Conditions when
the muscles, the wall, or a heart valve has been cracked.
5 Patients with heart attack complicated by
often died before they reached the hospital.
Recovery
and Opportunities
A
person can recover from a heart attack depends on the degree of heart muscle
damage that occurs. Nothing takes several months and others take only a few
weeks. The purpose of the recovery process are:
Reducing
the risk of recurrence of heart attacks. This can be done with lifestyle
changes carried the patient himself. Including changes in diet and consumption
of drugs.
Restore
physical fitness. It is intended that you could re-do activities to suit your
needs.
Approximately
33 percent of people who have a heart attack will die. Death often occurs
before patients reach hospital, or within one month after the patient had a
heart attack. If the patient has managed to survive as long as a month later,
they are likely to survive very nice.
Life
chances someone who never had a heart attack depends on several things. The
first is the age of the patient. If the age of the person who had a heart
attack get older, the likelihood of complications increases.
Second,
the severity of heart attacks also affected the chances of a person's life. The
main thing is how much damage the heart muscle that occurs. While the third,
the time it takes someone to get help when he suffered a heart attack. The
longer the treatment of heart attacks, then his chances would dwindle.
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