Heart Attack: Heart attack remains a serious threat to health globally, millions of people die every year due to heart attack. If we look at the figures for the year 2022, we find that about two crore people died annually due to heart attacks.
Its danger is increasing year after year. In recent times, you too must have heard and read the news of death due to heart attack while playing cricket, working in office or while talking.
Health experts say that as the risk of heart attack is increasing, everyone needs to be cautious about it. By improving lifestyle and eating habits, you can not only improve heart health but also prevent heart attack.
Cardiologists say that in case of a heart attack, if the symptoms are identified in time and CPR is immediately given to the patient and emergency treatment is provided, his life can be saved. But do you know that a large number of heart attack cases can occur without symptoms, then how to identify it?
What do experts say?
Famous heart surgeon and husband of Madhuri Dixit, Dr. Shriram Nene said in a post on his social media that 20 percent of heart attack cases can occur without any symptoms. A sudden stop of the heart pumping or an irregular and dangerous heartbeat can cause a heart attack. In case of this type of heart attack, the person may feel a little unwell, become unconscious. Heart attack may be confirmed during diagnosis.
A heart attack without any symptoms is called ‘silent heart attack’ or silent myocardial infarction. Its risk has been seen to be higher in women or people suffering from diabetes.
What are the problems in silent heart attack?
On hearing the name of heart attack, the problem of chest pain is considered to be the most common, but in silent heart attack, these symptoms do not occur. The symptoms of silent heart attack are such that you do not usually associate them with heart attack. You may not even know that you have had a heart attack.
Silent heart attack symptoms can make you feel as if you have the flu. In such cases, patients often complain of feeling very tired, indigestion, dizziness etc.
Why do silent heart attacks happen?
Now the question is, why does a silent heart attack happen? Health experts say in this regard, coronary artery disease is the root cause of this problem.
Generally, this risk is higher in people suffering from high cholesterol. Cholesterol accumulates in your coronary arteries, reducing blood flow to your heart muscle. It also increases the risk of blood clots, which stops the flow of oxygenated blood and due to this the heart cells start dying.
Are you also at risk of this?
Doctors say, there can be many risk factors for silent heart attack, if you also have such a problem then be careful.
Being overweight (BMI or body mass index 25 or more) or not getting regular physical activity can increase your problems. Apart from this, if you have the problem of high blood pressure or high cholesterol, then be careful and consult a doctor.
