ck. Deposits in the wall of the artery (plaques) lead to narr-owing of the arterial channel, causing a clot to form and shutting off the blood supply.
The clot blocks the blood that supplies oxygen to the heart muscle. If the flow of blood (and the oxygen it car-ries) is blocked for a long time, the heart muscle cells in that area begin to die, ca-using chest pain. Many heart attack pati-ents have early warning symptoms a few days or even weeks before the heart att-ack. They may feel very tired, have sho-rtness of breath, and suffer brief periods of chest pain that come and go.
Early Symptoms: The first symptoms of a heart attack is usually a deep aching, pr-essure, or squeezing sensation in the ch-est under the breastbone. Patients often describe this pain or pressure as the feeling of an “elephant on my chest.” This pain may spread down the left arm (or less commonly the right arm), or into the jaw or around the back. It is usually a severe pain that is not relieved by resting like the chest of angina (although so-me persons may not have any pain at all).
The heart attack victim may also experi-ence nausea and vomiting, severe anxiety,sweating, and shortness of breath. Older patients may have only shortness of breath, with little or no chest pain. Diabetic patients also are more likely to have “silent” heart attacks, with no chest pain symptoms. This makes regular check-ups important so future damage to the heart muscle can be prevented if a silent heart attack has occurred.
Diagnosis in Women: Women may not be correctly diagnosed with a heart attack because their chest pain is sometimes different from that in men. Men are more likely to have sharp pain under the brestbone, and more often have chest pain on exertion rather than fatigue. Women more often experience pain over their entire chest, not just under the breastbone. Women also are more likely to haveextreme fatigue after exertion instead of chest pain. Have a Plan of Action : Not receiving help< 저작권자 © 약국신문 무단전재 및 재배포금지 > |
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