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Heart Attack Risk Factor
Coronary artery disease, also known as (CAD) is a very common type of heart disease in The United States. The disease effects blood vessels that supply blood to the heart, known as coronary arteries. CAD causes reduced blood flow to the heart muscle which can be very dangerous if left untreated. Atheroscelrosis, wish can cause CAD is the abundance of unhealthy fats and cholesterol found in and on the artery wall which caused buildup called plaque, making the arteries narrow and restrcing blood flow.
Coronary artery and Heart disease in general often develops over many years due to lifetyle, epigenetic and genetic triggers. Symptoms include chest pain and shortness of breath caused by lack of blood flow can be a warning sign to a heart attack which is when the blood flow stops completely.
Eating a heart healthy diet with specific nutrients, exercise, reducing alcohol use and not smoking or vaping has been shown to help prevent coronary artery disease and many conditions that can lead to it. Treatment for coronary artery disease may include medicines and surgery.
What is coronary artery disease?
Watch the videos below to learn more about Coronary Artery & Heart Disease.
Symptoms
Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Diseases symptoms may include:
- (Agina) Chest pain. Pressure, heaviness, squeezing, tightness or pain in your chest. Chest pain is usually felt the middle or left side of the chest, "Feels like someone standing my chest". Stress, heavy activity and emotional panic is known to trigger angina. Pain may also be quick and sharp, felt in the neck, arm or back, increasingly in women.
- Shortness of breath. You may feel like you can't catch your breath which can cause emotional distress.
- Fatigue. Feeling very tired? This may be due to the lack of blood flow caused by underlying heart disease.
Sometimes symptoms are only triggered when the heart is beating fast and hard, such as during exercise or an emitional event. Becausae of this you may not experience common symptoms during your day to day life. Symptoms may increase with severity or become more frequent as plaque and other underlying issues build up in the arteries.
Waht are the symptoms of a heart attack?
Common heart attack symptoms may include:
- Chest pains like tightness, squeezing or pressure or aching.
- Pain in your shoulders, arms, back, neck, jaw, teeth and sometimes upper belly.
- Cold sweating
- Fatigue / Unexplained Tiredness
- Heartburn and burping
- Nausea / Feeling Sick
- Shortness of breath
- Sudden dizziness / lightheaded
The most common symptom of heart attack are chest pains. However, symptoms may seem unrelated to women, elderly and the diabetic.
Treatment
If you are experiencing any of the described symptoms above, please immediately contact your personal physician, clinic, hospital or other medically licensed professional. If you think you have just suffered a heart attack, please call 911 or your local emergency number. If you do not have access to a phone have someone else drive you to the nearest ER Emergency Center. Do not drive yourself unless you feel it is your last and only option.
Heart Attack Risk Factor
Coronary artery disease, also known as (CAD) is a very common type of heart disease in The United States. The disease effects blood vessels that supply blood to the heart, known as coronary arteries. CAD causes reduced blood flow to the heart muscle which can be very dangerous if left untreated. Atheroscelrosis, wish can cause CAD is the abundance of unhealthy fats and cholesterol found in and on the artery wall which caused buildup called plaque, making the arteries narrow and restrcing blood flow.
Coronary artery and Heart disease in general often develops over many years due to lifetyle, epigenetic and genetic triggers. Symptoms include chest pain and shortness of breath caused by lack of blood flow can be a warning sign to a heart attack which is when the blood flow stops completely.
Eating a heart healthy diet with specific nutrients, exercise, reducing alcohol use and not smoking or vaping has been shown to help prevent coronary artery disease and many conditions that can lead to it. Treatment for coronary artery disease may include medicines and surgery.
What is coronary artery disease?
Watch the videos below to learn more about Coronary Artery & Heart Disease.
Symptoms
Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Diseases symptoms may include:
- (Agina) Chest pain. Pressure, heaviness, squeezing, tightness or pain in your chest. Chest pain is usually felt the middle or left side of the chest, "Feels like someone standing my chest". Stress, heavy activity and emotional panic is known to trigger angina. Pain may also be quick and sharp, felt in the neck, arm or back, increasingly in women.
- Shortness of breath. You may feel like you can't catch your breath which can cause emotional distress.
- Fatigue. Feeling very tired? This may be due to the lack of blood flow caused by underlying heart disease.
Sometimes symptoms are only triggered when the heart is beating fast and hard, such as during exercise or an emitional event. Becausae of this you may not experience common symptoms during your day to day life. Symptoms may increase with severity or become more frequent as plaque and other underlying issues build up in the arteries.
Waht are the symptoms of a heart attack?
Common heart attack symptoms may include:
- Chest pains like tightness, squeezing or pressure or aching.
- Pain in your shoulders, arms, back, neck, jaw, teeth and sometimes upper belly.
- Cold sweating
- Fatigue / Unexplained Tiredness
- Heartburn and burping
- Nausea / Feeling Sick
- Shortness of breath
- Sudden dizziness / lightheaded
The most common symptom of heart attack are chest pains. However, symptoms may seem unrelated to women, elderly and the diabetic.
Treatment
If you are experiencing any of the described symptoms above, please immediately contact your personal physician, clinic, hospital or other medically licensed professional. If you think you have just suffered a heart attack, please call 911 or your local emergency number. If you do not have access to a phone have someone else drive you to the nearest ER Emergency Center. Do not drive yourself unless you feel it is your last and only option.