Heart Disease Heart Attack

Heart
The heart is a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body. In a heart attack (myocardial infarction), part of the heart muscle to die while not getting blood. To stay healthy, the heart needs oxygen and other nutrients carried by blood. This is obtained through the artery (blood vessel) disease, which wrap the outside of the heart.

 Heart DiseaseHeart AttackThese diseases can affect any part of the heart. However, the most common disease is a chronic disease in the coronary arteries is called atherosclerosis. Therefore, heart disease commonly known and most common is coronary heart disease or coronary artery disease. The disease is most common cause of heart attack in someone who can cause death. The cause is narrowing of the coronary arteries, where the vessel serves to provide blood to the heart muscle. Narrowing caused by a stack of cholesterol or other proteins from the food that enters the body. This buildup causes the coronary arteries become stiff. Stiffness is called atherosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis occurs when there is accumulation of plaque or fatty deposits on artery walls. Over time, plaque can build up, harden and narrow arteries and block blood flow to the heart. Coronary artery disease or coronary artery disease (CAD) is that basically leads to most heart attacks.
Blockage in one or more coronary arteries can cause heart attack suddenly. The reason for the heart for oxygen exceeds that available to trigger a heart attack. Why? If the heart muscle does not receive oxygen for a long time, the surrounding tissue can be damaged. Unlike other tissues, the heart muscle does not regenerate. The longer the attack, the more damage to the heart and the more likely to die.
Even in the arteries that are not too narrow because of plaque and fatty timbungan, the accumulation of plaque can break off and form a crust of blood or thrombus. In addition, the diseased arteries are also likely to experience sudden muscle contractions. Thus, a piece of crust in the blood can form a contraction, releasing chemicals that later resulted in narrowing the artery wall, triggering a heart attack.
If the working system of the heart is damaged, the heart's normal rhythm can become chaotic and the heart began to tremble with uncertainty or fibrillate. This abnormal rhythm known as arrhythmia is a deviation from normal heart rhythm. This will cause the heart loses its ability to pump blood effectively to the brain. Within ten minutes, brain death and the patient was beyond help.
In addition to coronary heart disease due to fat deposition in the arterial wall, there are also other heart diseases caused by abnormalities at birth. For example, an imperfect heart, abnormal heart valves, heart muscle weakness. Another cause is the bacteria that cause infections of the heart.

 Symptoms of Heart DiseaseIf symptoms of heart attacks happen to you:
Recognize any of these symptoms occur whether chest pain, shortness of breath, or palpitations.
Cease immediately all work no matter what you're doing and sit or lie down while you draw a deep breath.
If you are alone while the symptoms last more than a few minutes immediately contact the local emergency phone number and say you have a heart attack. Or contact the people around you to provide the same information.
If anyone can take you to the hospital faster than the arrival of paramedics, immediately ask for his help going to take you to the emergency room at the hospital. Faster would be better.
But if you wait for a team of paramedics arrived, then while waiting, you can loosen tight clothing, including belts or ties. Create yourself in a position that feels comfortable.
Remain calm, no matter you are the victim or his salvation. The panic may increase the likelihood of arrhythmia or heart rhythm irregularities that threaten life.
The symptoms are perceived if you have coronary heart disease include pain or pain in the chest in which most people thought it was just as indigestion. Then other symptoms of feeling depressed in the middle of the chest for 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Another thing is the cold sweat, palpitations, dizziness, and felt like fainting. These symptoms are not always perceived sufferer. Another warning sign is shortness of breath during exercise.
For several months before a heart attack are usually people with heart disease often feel very tired. Do not assume these symptoms are caused by lack of sleep and stress of the job.
Pain or feeling pressure in the chest, called angina, gave warning to half of those who suffer a heart attack. Some people experience shortness of breath or fatigue and feeling weak as symptoms, indicating that the heart is not getting enough oxygen due to blockage of a coronary.
Usually a few days before having a massive heart attack, a person will experience muscle contractions suddenly in the chest which is a small attack or a mild heart attack. Common mild heart attack before the attack of a few days later.

 Tips to Prevent Heart DiseaseTo reduce risk of coronary heart disease, you can do the following things:

    Healthy eating
    Avoid foods high in fat or high cholesterol. Seafood have high cholesterol that can harm the heart. Reduce eating fried foods that contain lots of fat, otherwise the food can be prepared with boiled, steamed or baked.

    Wherever possible, the food products we eat low-fat or no fat. Choose milk, cheese, butter or other foods that are low in fat. Fry using olive oil has a little fat so it can be a choice of when to process food by frying.

    In addition to avoiding fatty foods, avoid foods with high sugar content such as soft drinks. Do not eat carbs tertalu many, because in the body, carbohydrates are broken down into fat. In contrast, consumption of oats or wheat which can help keep the heart healthy.

    Keep your diet is not excessive to avoid obesity, as someone who has a waist circumference over 80 cm, greater risk of developing this disease.
    Quit smoking
    Cigarette smoking is not good for heart health, then immediately stop this practice in order to keep the heart healthy.
    Avoid Stress
    Stress is very difficult to avoid when living in big cities like Jakarta, known as congestion and preoccupations. When a person experiences stress, the body will release cortisol, a hormone that causes blood vessels to become stiff. Hormone norepinephrine to produce the body when suffering from stress, which may increase blood pressure. So, very good if you avoid the stress either at work or at home.
    Hypertension
    Problem of hypertension or high blood pressure can also cause heart disease. Hypertension can injure the arterial wall and allows the channel to enter the arteries of LDL cholesterol and increase the accumulation of plaque.
    Obesity
    Overweight or obese increases high blood pressure and abnormal fat. Avoid or treat obese or overweight is the main way to avoid diabetes. Diabetes accelerates coronary heart disease and increased risk of heart attack.
    Exercise regularly
    You can do sports activities such as walking, brisk walking, or jogging. Sports activities are competitive and not too much work to strengthen the heart and blood circulation throughout the body.
    Consumption of antioxidants
    Air pollution, motor vehicle fumes or smoke created the emergence of free radicals in the body. Free radicals can cause ulcers or deposits in blood vessels that can cause blockages. To remove the content of free radicals in the body, the need for antioxidants that will catch and throw. Antioxidants can be obtained from a variety of fruits and vegetables.
    Descent
    One of the parents or siblings have had heart attack before age 60 have a greater risk of suffering from this disease. Therefore, if you have relatives who have had heart attacks, you should be more careful in keeping the diet and lifestyle can support a healthy heart.

 Overcoming Heart Disease
If you feel the early symptoms of heart disease or had suffered a mild heart attack, do not ignore it. You desperately need early treatment by trained medical personnel. This can save the heart from further damage and even be able to avoid more fatal consequences such as death.
But if heart attack symptoms begin to occur, it is important to seek immediate medical help. Greatest risk of death from heart attack is within one hour after a heart attack. Prompt and proper treatment of the medical team can save heart muscle from damage that can not be repaired. The more heart muscle is saved, the more effective will the heart pumping again after the attack. Do not put off getting medical help because they feel afraid to be ridiculous.
If the blockage has occurred, medical measures are generally taken with the installation of catheterization and rings that keep coronary arteries are not clogged. However, there may be blockages in other arteries.

 Dear to your heart
See this valuable organ for the survival of the heart, then immediately improve your lifestyle to stay healthy. Start enjoying the foods that are healthy, nutritious and low in cholesterol. Avoid smoking and stress. And exercise regularly. Start with a healthy lifestyle from this day to love your heart.