Heart Attack
Signs & Symptoms of Heart
Attack
in Men & Women
Heart
attack warning signs are
often not what you think. Symptoms vary and they may not always be severe.
Learn the warning signs, because the sooner you recognise your heart attack and
get treatment, the better.  Some heart attacks are sudden and intense —
the “movie heart attack,” where no one doubts what’s happening. But most heart
attacks start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often people affected
aren’t sure what’s wrong and wait too long before getting help.
But their are signs and
symptoms that are sometimes indicative of a poor cardiac state and
a likely heart attack in future. If people recognize these warning
 signs of  heart attack, they can often prevent a heart attack from
taking place at all! A heart attack—medically known as myocardial
infarction, happens when a blood clot blocks flow of blood to the
heart. There are many things that can contribute to a heart attack,
including age, heredity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, poor
diet, alcohol consumption, stress, and physical inactivity. Managing these
factors can help lower the risk of an impeding heart attack.
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack in Men and Women
.
Fatigue & Shortness of Breath
Exhaustion and shortness of
breath are two ways your body tells you it needs rest, but it can also be a
sign of heart trouble as a response to the extra stress on your heart. If you
often feel tired or exhausted for no reason, it could be a sign that something
is wrong. Fatigue and shortness of breath may begin months before a heart
attack.
Excessive Sweating
Sweating more than usual,
especially if you aren’t exercising or being active, could be an early
warning sign of heart problems. Pumping blood through clogged arteries takes
more effort from your heart, so your body will sweat more to try to keep your
body temperature down during the extra exertion. If you experience cold sweats
or clammy skin, then you should consult your doctor.
Indigestion, Nausea, & Vomiting
Often people begin experiencing
mild indigestion and other gastrointestinal problems before a heart attack.
Some people even have pain in abdomen instead of pain in chest. These symptoms
often get dismissed as heartburn or another food-related complication. If you
suddenly feel nausea and giddiness, get examined by your physician as soon as
possible.
Chest Pain, Pressure, & Discomfort
Most heart attacks involve
discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or
that goes away and comes back. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure,
squeezing, fullness or pain.
Pains Other Than Chest Pain
During a Heart attack pain and
tightness can also radiate in other areas of the body. Most people associate a
heart attack with pain working its way down the left arm but pain can also
appear in other locations, including upper abdomen, shoulder
(common with posterior wall MI), back, throat, teeth or jaw.
According to American Heart
Organization:
“As with men, women’s most common heart
attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort. But women are somewhat more likely
than men to experience some of the other common symptoms, particularly
shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, and back or jaw pain.”
If you (men / women) have any
such symptoms, you should consult your physician at the earliest possible for a
thorough checkup. If you are at risk for heart attack and heart disease, it is
important to make smart choices with your diet, exercise, and stress
management.
Hypertension / High Blood Pressure
Homeopathic
remedies and homeopathy treatment for high blood pressure or hypertension.
A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher is considered high blood pressure. Both
numbers are important. If one or both numbers are usually high, you have high
blood pressure. If you are being treated for high blood pressure, you still
have high blood pressure even if you have repeated readings in the normal
range.
There
are two levels of high blood pressure: Stage 1 and Stage 2 (see the chart
below).
Category
|
Systolic(Top number)
|
Diastolic(Bottom number)
|
Normal
|
Less
than 120
|
Less
than 80
|
Prehypertension
|
120-139
|
80-89
|
High Blood Pressure
|
||
Stage
1
|
140-159
|
90-99
|
Stage 2
|
160 or higher
|
100 or higher
|
CAUSES
Hypertension
occurs when arterioles, small blood vessels that branch off from the arteries,
become constricted making it difficult for blood to pass through them. As a
result, blood pressure rises causing your heart to work harder. If your blood
pressure at rest stays at 140/90 or more, you may have hypertension.
Blood
pressure is determined by the amount of blood pumped by the heart, and the size
and condition of the arteries. Many other factors can affect blood pressure,
including volume of water in the body; salt content of the body; condition of
the kidneys, nervous system, or blood vessels; and levels of various hormones
in the body.
Essential hypertension has no identifiable cause. It may have
genetic factors and environmental factors, such as salt intake or others.
Essential hypertension comprises over 95% of all high blood pressure.
Secondary hypertension is high blood pressure caused by another
disorder. This may include:
·
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Adrenal gland tumors
|
·
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Cushing’s syndrome
|
·
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Kidney disorders
|
·
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Glomerulonephritis (inflammation of
kidneys)
|
·
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Renal vascular obstruction or narrowing
|
·
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Renal failure
|
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Use of medications, drugs, or other
chemicals
|
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Oral contraceptives
|
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Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
|
·
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura
|
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Periarteritis nodosa
|
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Radiation enteritis
|
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis
|
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Wilms’ tumor
|
·
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Other disorders
|
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Usually,
no symptoms are present. Occasionally, you may experience a mild headache. If
your headache is severe, or if you experience any of the symptoms below, you
must be seen by a doctor right away. These may be a sign of dangerously high
blood pressure (called malignant hypertension) or a complication from high
blood pressure.
- tiredness
- confusion
- vision changes
- angina-like chest pain (crushing chest pain)
- heart failure
- blood in urine
- nosebleed
- irregular heartbeat
- ear noise or buzzing
- confusion
- vision changes
- angina-like chest pain (crushing chest pain)
- heart failure
- blood in urine
- nosebleed
- irregular heartbeat
- ear noise or buzzing
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT
Raised
blood pressure is not a disease in itself. It is just a sign of some underlying
disorder. Homeopathy offers good prognosis for cases of essential hypertension.
The treatment is based upon the cause and the totality of the case. Many
homeopathic remedies are successfully used to control hypertension.
Homeopathy treats the person as a whole. It means that
homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his
pathological condition. The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full
individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical
history of the patient, physical and mental constitution etc.
Arnica montana : It affects
the blood and vascular system. Symptoms occur after any trauma or overuse. It
is indicated for hypertension with cardiac dropsy with dyspnoea, angina
pectoris, feeble and irregular pulse, cardiac asthma.
Aurum muriaticum: It is indicated for cardiac
symptoms of varied nature, arteriosclerosis, valvular lesions and hypertension.
It acts on palpitation and tachyarrhythmia.
Ignatia amara :
Ignetia is useful in hypertensive patients of sensitive excitable nature, and
helps overcome grief and worry. It is indicated for depression, nervousness,
trembling, sleep disorders, constrictive feeling in throat and chest.
Natrum muriaticum : is a remedy often used by homoeopaths to
people with fluttering of the heart, with the weak faint feeling worse by lying
down. Heart pulsation shakes the body. Losing flesh while living well.
Secale cornatum: Secale Cor. is indicated for hypertension with congestive pain in head. It
also helps to alleviate dyspnoea and oppression of chest, and palpitation with
intermittent pulse. Nosebleed due to high blood pressure is also controlled.
Veratrum album is indicated for collapse, weakness and
extreme coldness. It covers cold extremities, cold sweat on forehead, paleness,
feeble pulse, and palpitation with anxiety and rapid audible respiration.
Cactus grandiflorus acts on muscular fibres of the heart and is
indicated for high blood pressure with anxiety due to heart affections,
congestive headaches, constriction in the chest, acute stabbing pains in the
heart and weak heart. It is also indicated for low blood pressure.
Crataegus oxyacantha is used for stage 2 and 3 hypertension and
its symptoms like extreme dyspnoea and exhaustion at the least exertion, angina
pectoris, valvular murmurs, irregular pulse, cyanosis, cold extremities and
oedema.
Convallaria majalis increases the heart’s action and renders it
more regular. It is used when ventricles are over distended or dilated and
venous stasis is marked. It is indicated for dyspnoea, dropsy, tobacco heart,
orthopnoea, angina pectoris, palpitation and tachyarrhythmia.
Coffea cruda is indicated for hypertension with
palpitation and suppression of urination. It acts on violent irregular
palpitations especially after sudden stress, intolerance of pain, restlessness
and sleeplessness.
Lobelia inflata is a vaso-motor stimulant and helps to
increase blood pressure. It increases the activity of all vegetative processes.
It is indicated for conditions with constriction of the chest and epigastrium,
leading to dyspnoea, vertigo, nausea and vomiting, and arrhythmia.
Prunus spinosa is indicated for hypertension with
tachycardia, which is exacerbated with the slightest motion, dyspnoea, feeling
of oppression of the chest and angina pectoris. It has been used to treat
problems of urination and shooting headache.
Rauvolfia serpentina is an Indian medicine, used for hypertension
without atheromatous changes in the vessels in the form of mother tincture.
Spartium scoparium is used as palliative to combat arterial
hypertension in large doses of mother tincture.
Valeriana officinalis is indicated for over-sensitiveness, nervous
affections, spasms and convulsive movements of the diaphragm.
Viscum album lowers the blood pressure. It has a calming
effect on palpitation and accelerated pulse. It also relieves weight and
oppression of heart and dyspnoea. It is used for cardiac hypertrophy with
valvular insufficiency.
CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT
Medications
may include diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers,
angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers
(ARBs), or alpha blockers. Medications such as hydralazine, minoxidil,
diazoxide, or nitroprusside may be required if the blood pressure is very high.
General Management
Lifestyle
changes may help control high blood pressure:
Lose weight if you are
overweight. Excess weight adds to strain on the heart. In some cases, weight
loss may be the only treatment needed.
Exercise to help your heart.
Adjust your diet as needed. Decrease fat and sodium — salt, MSG, and baking soda all contain sodium. Increase fruits, vegetables, and fiber.
Exercise to help your heart.
Adjust your diet as needed. Decrease fat and sodium — salt, MSG, and baking soda all contain sodium. Increase fruits, vegetables, and fiber.
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