From the Grandma's Purse: Heart Attack

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

How You Can Prevent Heart Attack?

Several studies have shown the ill-effects of tobacco on the heart. Even passive smoking can damage heart health. A good place to begin when it comes to protecting your heart would be to give up smoking completely.

Stress levels which are extremely high in metros need to be combated. Regular practice of yoga and pranayama, can help relieve stress and thereby protect the heart.

Bringing on foods that are high in saturated fats leads to increased cholesterol levels, which in turn harm the heart.

Try to cut down on your intake of fat by giving those tried foods a miss. Instead, switch to foods rich in fiber such as porridge, beans, lentils, pulses, nuts, fruits, vegetables, etc., as they can help lower your cholesterol.

Regular exercise is also beneficial for the heart. After the age of 35, one must go in for an ECG, lipid profile, sugar tests at least once in two years.

So, keep fit and wish to prevent heart attack do above things and read previous articles to save yourself from "Silent Killer".

संबंधित पुष्प :

01. Child's Global Fleshiness : (मुलांमधिल लट्ठपणाचा जागतिक रोग) - १
02. Child's Global Fleshiness : Child's Global Fleshiness : (मुलांमधिल लट्ठपणाचा जागतिक रोग) - २
03. Child's Global Fleshiness : How to measure weight? (वजन कसे मोजावे?) - ३
04. Kid's Breakfast (मुलांचा खाऊ )
05. Be aware about kid's fever (मुलांचे तापेपासून स्वंरक्षण)
06. ICU : Ice Cream Unit
07. A Solution on Bed Weting : Homeopathy (मुलांच्या बेड वेटिंगवर उपाय)
08. How to measure weight? (वजन कसे मोजावे?) - ३
09. Sweet Medicine on Maleriya (मलेरियावर गोड औषध)
10. Kids and Rules of Massage (मुले आणि मालिश करण्याचे नियम)
11. What is the importance of beauty sleep in your kid's life? (मुलांसाठी झोप किती महत्वाची?)
12. Anti Oxidents : Keep Disease Away (एंटी आँक्सिडेंटस : दूर ठेवा आजारपणाच्या तक्रारी)
13. Milk : The Best Food Forever! (दूध एक उत्तम आहार)
14. If someone afflicted at home (घरात जर कुणी आजारी असेल तर )
15. Kids, please do not habitual with Fast Food..!!!
16. How toxins enter our body?
17. Useful Websites for Kids (मुलांसाठी उपयुक्त वेबसाइट्स)
18. While Conversation With Kids (मुलांशी संवाद साधताना)
19. Cryos : The First International Sperm Bank In India (भारतातील पहिली आंतरराष्ट्रीय वीर्य बैंक)
20. Stressful Period Before Delivery May Affect the Growth of Your Baby (प्रसूतिपूर्व काळात ताणाचा संतातिवर परिणाम शक्य)
21. Mom and Dad,Please change your attitude (मम्मी आणि पप्पा आता तरी बदला ना!)
22. Calcium Bank for your child
23. Kindergarchy : The Rules by Children
24. How safe are baby products?
25. How important the stickers on baby products?
26. What to do before your baby comes?
27. Baby Products - Money Saving Tips
28. Adults too can suffer from Whooping Cough
29. What's wrong with baby? Yeah! They are crying!
30. Calcium may significantly improve kid's bone health
31. An open letter to all young mom
32. Acne Products : Your Transforming Skincare
33. Some Health Tips for you all
34. How to get cured of diarrhoea - 1
35. What causes Diarrhoea? - 2
36. Tongue display helps recover balance problem
37. Diarrhoea in Children - 3
38. Get prominent skin with Resurgence
38. Homework in progress - 1
39. Homework in Progress : Regular overview - 2
40. Protect your grandparents with Medical Alarm
41. Homework in Progress : Make it a Quiz Time - 3
42. Homework in Progress - Postitive Feedback Counts - 4
43. Get Tea Bonanza at EnglishTeaStore.com
44. Homework in Progress : Break Point - 5
45. Homework in Progress : Do not think twice, just log on - 6
46. A judgement court for kids (शोषित पिढीत मुलांना न्याय लवकर मिळावा म्हणुन ख़ास न्यायालयाची स्थापना)
47. Adult's Rights (लहान मुलांचे अधिकार)
48. Smile Teeth : How important is a child's dental health?
49. Infants : could be a sign that they would develop autism later
50. Get the power of SmoothFitness to be look sexy
51. Sleep with a newborn : Some tips to parents
52. Kid Care Center : The things to know (Kid Care Center - मुलांचे काळजीवाहू घर)
53. Connecting with your kid at school : (मुलांची शाळेतील वर्तवणुक)
54. Helicopter parenting more effective than formal parenting (Helicopter parenting - काय प्रकार आहे हां?)
55. Parents Think : Video Games are good for children (पालकांचे मत : Video Games हे मुलांसाठी चांगले असतात)
56. More former Parents Develop Allround Nestlings
57. How Nurturing Impacts Your Child’s Attribute? (पालकांचे संगोपन कशाप्रकारे मुलांच्या जडणघडणीवर परिणाम करते?)
58. Eminent Tension Levels In Parents Of Children With Impairments (पालकांचे अति टेंशन मुलांना अपंग करते)
59. Important Points Before Leaving Your Children Alone At Home (मुलांना एकटे घरी सोडण्यापुर्वी घ्यायची काळजि)
60. Overweight Kids : Family Based Lifestyle Changes the Situation
61. Is It Right To Reward Children? (मुलांना बक्षिस देणे योग्य आहे का?)
62. Parent Coaching Can Assist Kids To Lose Weight
63. Grandness Of Fathers In The Lives Of Their Children
64. How to talk with your Tweens in Mensturation
65. The Benefits Of Being Ignored : Important for Your Children
66. How Your Parenting Style Benefits Your Child? (तुमच्या पालकत्वाचि स्टाइल मुलाला कशी फायद्याची राहील?)
67. Cheating Kids – A big issue for parents
68. What are the ways that people cheat?
69. What are causes Kids Cheat
70. Truth and Consequences gathered in kid’s mind - 1
71. Truth and Consequences gathered in kid’s mind - 2
72. Kids Just Stop Cheating
73. Brain : The Mental Ability of Your Kid
74. Wonders of Left Brain and Right Brain
75. Getting alongwith teachers (मुलांनो आपल्या टिचर बरोबर रहा)
76. Relationship between Teacher and Students - १ (मुलांचे आणि टीचर्स चे संबंध)
77. What are the Responsibilities of Students? (विद्द्यार्थ्यांच्या जबाबदा-या काय असतात?)
78. First Day of School (शालेचा पहिला दिवस)
79. Just Feel Good on Day One
80. If You Hate the School It's Your Bad Start
81. School's Group Projects
82. While Meeting Together
83. Holding Good Meetins
84. If Problems Arise
85. Home Schooling
86. Advantage and Disadvantage of Home Schooling
87. Kids Scared of Bedbug
88. Honeybee are Fuzzy Insects : Take Care of Your Kids - 1
89. HoneyBee : What measure need to take care of your kid - 2
90. A Terror of Black Widow Spider
91. Brown Recluse Spider
92. A Chigger Bite
93. The Key To Perfect Pitch Lies in Tonal Language
94. Sign of Developing Children
95. Tips To Help You Get Your Kids Hooked On All Kinds Of Reading
96. Go for Variety : Tip 1
97. Tips to develop your children - 2
98. Tips to Develop Your Children - 3
99. Tips to Develop Your Children - 4
100. Game Your Way to Great Arithmetic
101. Spend Your Life
102. Remove Common Bacteria To Cut Risk Of Stomach Cancer Relapse
103. What is a Silent Heart Attack?
104. Heart Attack : No Warning Signs
105. Heart Attack : How Can You Detect It?
106. Heart Attack : Treatment

Monday, June 15, 2009

Heart Attack : Treatment

You are more likely to have a silent heart attack if you...

• are above 65 years of age
• are diabetic
• suffer from high blood pressure have high cholesterol levels
• are obese
• lead a sedentary lifestyle
• smoke regularly
• have suffered a prior heart attack or stroke

Never to forget that it is the high risk group disease.

Heart Attack: Treatment

A heart attack is a medical emergency. Delaying treatment can mean lasting damage to your heart or even death. The sooner your treatment begins, the better your chances of recovering almost completely.

Thrombolytic drugs or clot-busters are used to dissolve blood clots that are blocking blood flow to the heart. When given soon after a heart attack begins, these drugs can limit or prevent permanent damage to the heart. To he most effective, these drugs need to be administered within one hour from the commencement of the attack.

Treatment measures also involve angioplasty to unclouded the blocked arteries or a coronary artery bypass surgery wherein arteries or veins from other areas in your body are used to bypass the blocked arteries.

Heart Attack : How Can You Detect It?

By and large, silent heart attacks are picked up when the patient undergoes an ECG for some other unrelated complaint. For a thorough diagnosis, a careful study of medical history, testing blood for cardiac enzymes, a stress test or wearing a Holter monitor (a battery-operated machine that measures and records your electrocardiogram continuously, for 24-48 hours) is required. Certain advanced tests such as an echocardiogram and coronary angiography may also be advised in certain cases.

Not to forget, the most difficult aspect of treating patients who have suffered a silent attack is that they are not pro-active themselves when it comes to treatment. Since they have not experienced symptoms, they tend to take it very lightly, or think doctors are making a big deal or a quick buck. Then, there are others who feel they do not need treatment, no matter what has happened to their heart, since they can "see they are healthy". Fact is, those who have suffered from silent heart attacks need to be all the more proactive in their treatment approach. Yes! Is it a BIG DEAL?

Heart Attack : No Warning Signs

As the name suggests, such heart attacks are symptomless in most cases. However, sometimes they may be accompanied by certain atypical signs such as...

• Sweating, dizziness and nausea
• Headache
• Pallor (unnatural discoloration) of the skin
• Nervousness and anxiety
• A feeling of fullness in the center of the chest
• Mild pain in the arms
• Breathlessness while doing routine physical activities such as walking to the bus-stop etc.

Usually, such symptoms are mild and subside within a short span of time. Hence, most people put it down to momentary stress and do not deem it necessary to see a doctor.

What is a Silent Heart Attack?

We have heard the phrase "Silent Killer" before, have not we? After all, the usual suspects when it comes to post-40 diseases - blood pressure and diabetes - are our most hated silent killers. But a heart attack? You would certainly know if you had a heart attack, wouldn't you? A silent heart attack, as the name suggests, offers no warning signs and no symptoms. In fact, you may have suffered one without being aware in the least. Scary? It can be scarier, if you are ignorant about it. Read on to find out.

What is a Silent Heart Attack?

Most people erroneously assume that all heart attacks are always preceded by a series of symptoms such as chest pain, pain in the left arm, passing out etc. However, a heart attack can also be symptomless as is the case with a silent heart attack. Also, despite the fact that it offers little or no warning signs, a silent heart attack is still life-threatening. Silent heart attacks tend to be associated with an adverse clinical outcome because they often go undetected. This increases the chances of the underlying heart disease becoming more advanced and causing another, more serious heart attack and therefore the first and only symptom of a silent heart attack could be sudden death.

As far as physiology is concerned, a silent heart attack ('myocardial infarction' in medical terms) is no different from a heart attack, wherein a section of the heart does not receive blood. This lack of blood flow can cause the heart tissue to scare and even die.

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Pediatric Surgery
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