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Silent Heart Attack and Its Atypical Signs

Author: Groshan Fabiola Author Ranking Gold Featured Author | Posted: 21-03-2007 | Comments: 0 | Views: 61 | Rating:  (65) Article Popularity - Blue (?) Got a Question? Ask.
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During heart attack one might feel dizzy although is not a common symptom it has been observed at some people with heart attack. Heart attacks are more often in the morning because of the amounts of adrenaline in the blood. Too much adrenaline in the blood may determine formation of clot and rupture of plaque. Cardiac pain is dull, vague and has been described as pressure, fullness, squeezing and other sensation of discomfort. Studies have shown that heart attacks are more frequent in winter, diabetic people have silent heart attacks which means that there is no pain in the chest.

Symptoms

If you feel an intense and suffocating pain in the chest for more than 15 minutes and doesn’t stop at nitroglycerin it means that you are having a heart attack. It is indicated to take aspirin and drink water that helps the heart getting more blood if you are having a heart attack indeed. Sometimes the heart attack symptoms may act as an indigestion with a sensation of fainting and pain in the middle of the abdomen.

Silent heart attacks

Silent heart attacks are the most dangerous ones because people don’t know what’s happening they consider it’s only a state of moment and forget soon about the discomfort and indisposition felt and do not announce a doctor which has a vital risk. Silent heart attacks are those attacks that have no warning symptoms or signs, or may appear atypical signs such as: nausea, sweating, headache and dizziness. Silent heart attacks are common in people older than 65 years and diabetics and women.

American Heart Association and other experts suggest that we should pay attention to the following signals: pain, squeezing, fullness in the center of the heart, pain radiating in the shoulder and arms, burning, pressure, heavy weight. Other symptoms may be: fainting, nausea, sweating, shortness of breath, anxiety, irregular heart rate, pallor, anxiety, nervousness. If you notice any of these symptoms you should address immediately to the emergency medical services at 911 or begin the CPR.

The doctor will diagnose the heart attack after studying several tests: EKG a device that gives the graphical record of the heart’s electrical activity, a physical examination and knowing the complete medical history of the patient, high enzymes in the blood appear in heart attack, those steps are also helpfull. Cardiac enzymes may be determined later in the intensive care unit and urgent care setting so they confirm or infirm the suspicions of heart attack.

Often heart attack is slowly with mild pain and the person in cause doesn’t understand what’s happening, on the other hand the heart attack might be intense and movie-like. The most common signs are: chest discomfort which may be felt as pain, pressure, squeezing, fullness and which may last for minutes. Other symptoms are: pain in both arms, neck, stomach, back, shortness of breath, nausea, cold sweating.

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