Heart Attack - Causes and Treatment

Author: doctor Buren'kova NV

I think that many of you have heard of such a disease as acute myocardial infarction. And how many of your friends suffered this disease. Acute myocardial infarction is one of the most common diseases in the world. Mortality is about one-third of all people who are sick. The risk of getting sick again remains high after a heart attack.

The classic sign of the onset of myocardial infarction is pain. Pain is characterized by such signs: strong intense, occurs in the left half of the chest. The attack is quite long, the pain gives in the left shoulder blade, arm, lower jaw. If someone suffers from angina, then this pain resembles an attack of angina pectoris.

And if the attack occurred for the first time? Sometimes there are cases when there is no classic attack of pain. There are other forms of acute myocardial infarction and the patient, not paying attention to malaise, continues to live. When diagnosing, for example, when applying for a job, they accidentally find that a person has suffered a myocardial infarction on his legs. Such cases occur, on average, in 20% when the disease is painless.

Let's consider the forms of atypical course of myocardial infarction, when one should take a more careful look at yourself.

Abdominal - is manifested by intense pain in the abdomen. Nausea, vomiting, bloating. With palpation, soreness in the stomach.

Asthmatic - an attack of suffocation, a cough in the absence of pain in the heart. A drop in blood pressure may be noted.

· Arrhythmic - manifested by a violation of the rhythm, heartbeat, heart sinking.

· Collapsoid - characterized by a sharp drop in pressure, fainting, a bout of dizziness.

Cerebral is manifested by symptoms of cerebral circulatory insufficiency. Nausea, vomiting, impaired consciousness, paresis, weakness in the arm or leg, speech impairment.

· Wiped off - almost no symptoms. There may be weakness, sweating, indeterminate pain in the chest.

Why did she list all the forms? Because when you know the disease, it's easier to fight with. The disease has very dangerous complications. Especially if you find out about the disease after when there were complications. Let's talk about the complications. They can be early and late.

Early manifest themselves immediately in the first minutes, hours with a heart attack and include:

Cardiogenic shock (a sharp drop in blood pressure).

Acute left ventricular failure (pulmonary edema).

· Heartbreak.

Thromboembolism.

· Impaired rhythm.

Late complications develop on average a month or more after a previous myocardial infarction. These include:

Postinfarction cardiosclerosis.

Chronic aneurysm of the heart.

Chronic heart failure.

· Impaired rhythm.

· Tendency to thrombosis.

· Medical embolism .

Diagnosis for suspected acute myocardial infarction is as follows:

- Blood chemistry.

- Tests for the study of myoglobin, troponin. These tests can be purchased at any pharmacy for rapid diagnosis of myocardial infarction.

- Electrocardiogram. Currently, the most common method of diagnosing the disease.

There are many other diagnostic methods. But if you have any complaints, go through at least a minimal examination. For your peace of mind. The complications are written briefly, but I do not recommend confronting them. After all, every fifth person who suffered a heart attack on his legs. This speaks of indifference to yourself. Symptoms of malaise have appeared, seek medical help. So you reduce the risk of possible disability and extend your life.