In India, there has been a lot of increase in the cases of heart disease and heart attack in the last few years. Nowadays even youth of 20 to 25 years are falling prey to heart attack. This disease is becoming a silent killer and everyone wants to know why the cases of heart attack are increasing so fast.
Due to the busy lifestyle of today’s era, habits like irregular eating habits, consumption of junk food, smoking and alcohol are increasing the risk of heart attack in youth. Apart from this, diseases like cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, smoking and stress also increase the risk of heart attack.
To avoid heart attack, it is important to know its signs. What is the reason for sudden heart attack and what signals your body gives before this, in this article we are telling you from the words of people who have faced heart attack.
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Heart attack symptoms can be different in people
For 65-year-old Jean Marie Brown, who was in perfect health, a heart attack at age 47 was a distant thing. His cholesterol was perfect. She herself tells, “One day I woke up in the morning and I felt that I am having heartburn, the reason for which I do not understand. This pain was happening in the food pipe under my throat.
“I felt like someone was trying to shove a Coke bottle down my throat,” she says.
Describing her symptoms in a long post on Quora, she said, “After this I was waiting in the lab for a blood test one day. Suddenly I started sweating profusely. I got out of the car and thought maybe I would feel relieved in the cool morning air, but when I stood up, I felt very weak. After a few minutes it became difficult for me to breathe. It suddenly came to my mind that maybe I am having a heart attack. No one should ignore chest pain as stomach or gas pain.
Jain had a coronary artery spasm at that time, in which the arteries that supply blood to the heart begin to narrow. This condition increases the risk of heart attack.
He further said, “I am now 64 years old, since then I have not had any problem. To avoid coronary artery spasm, I take blood pressure medicine.
sudden chest tightness before heart attack
Another person Ray Brian also shared his experience, writing, “I felt chest tightness one day, which is considered one of the classic symptoms of a heart attack. This happened while driving the car. I started feeling very weak. I could not breathe. I started sweating profusely. Words could not come out of my mouth. I had a massive heart attack and stayed in the hospital for almost a week.
Jennifer had stiffness in the shoulders before the heart attack
Jennifer Moore’s blood pressure was normal even during the heart attack. He said, “In my case, the sign of a heart attack was back pain which arose between the bones of the shoulders at the back. The night before the heart attack, I was feeling tightness between both shoulders. Sometimes it was felt and sometimes it stopped suddenly.
He further said, “It was very strange. In the morning I tried to go to the bathroom but I was feeling so dizzy that I could not control myself. I didn’t have any chest pain at all. Although I was having trouble with irregular heartbeat since about a year ago.
Cardiac arrest on golf course took husband’s life
Equine Creek’s husband had a sudden heart attack and lost his life. Narrating her story, she said, “My husband called me after operating some heavy equipment at work in his office. He was coming home. He told me that he had hurt in his chest. I insisted that we get the tests done. He told me that he is fine. I am a nurse so I insisted. He refused, he did not think that there was a problem in his heart. He had a problem earlier but he was completely fit.
Three weeks later he went to play golf and fainted there. On receiving a call from someone, I rushed to the hospital and came to know that a sudden cardiac arrest took my husband’s life. He was driving a golf cart when this happened to him. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50.
These are the common symptoms of heart attack
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Heart disease kills 1.79 crore people every year, which is not a small figure. Common risk factors for heart diseases are unhealthy diet, low physical activity, excessive consumption of alcohol, high blood pressure, raised blood sugar, overweight and obesity.
Common symptoms of a heart attack include chest pain, discomfort or tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, pain in the neck, back, arm or shoulder, nausea, lightheadedness or dizziness, fatigue, heartburn/indigestion. Feeling cold, includes sweating.