Old or Young, you need to take care of your Heart

Our Heart is about the size of a fist which is located just behind and slightly left of the breastbone. It is the power house which provides life to us by pumping the blood throughout our body by the network of arteries and veins called the Circulatory System.

The heart has four chambers: - Right Atrium, Right Ventricle, Left Atrium, and Left Ventricle

• ◊ Veins provide the impure blood to the Right Atrium.
• ◊ Right Atrium pumps it to the Right Ventricle.
• ◊ The right ventricle pumps it to the lungs, where the blood gets purified and loaded with oxygen.
• ◊ The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via coronary arteries and pumps it to the left ventricle. The coronary arteries run along the surface of the heart and provide oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. A web of nerve tissue also runs through the heart, conducting the complex signals that govern contraction and relaxation. Surrounding the heart is a sac called the pericardium.

The left ventricle (the strongest chamber) pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body with the help of the coronary arteries.

What is Heart Attack?

The narrow down the coronary arteries lead to constrict the supply of oxygenated blood to the heart. This condition is known as Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and in most cases it can lead to myocardial infarction or popularly known as Heart Attack. In extreme cases, it can even lead to death.

Heart attack was usually associated with old age people. Ironically, we can observe over the years, there is an increase in the number of young people who are suffering from heart diseases. This can be justified by the fact that every day 900 people die due to heart disease of which 25 people are less than 40.

Let us look at the most common causes being attributed to heart attack are given below:

Health Causes

• ◊ Obesity
• ◊ Stress
• ◊ Depression
• ◊ Hyper Tension
• ◊ Diabetes
• ◊ Inherit genetically

Social Causes

• ◊ Advancement of technology
• ◊ Change in the role of women
• ◊ Preference for the nuclear family
• ◊ Preference to fast food
• ◊ Change in lifestyle
• ◊ Cut throat competition in every sphere of life
• ◊ Decrease in love, care & respect in the relationships
• ◊ Divorce
• ◊ Break up in the relationships
• ◊ Shift from physical work to mental work
• ◊ Lack of awareness
• ◊ Alcohol
• ◊ Smoking

How to avoid Heat Attacks:

• ◊ Exercise/Yoga (Minimum 15 minutes daily)
• ◊ Avoid Junk food such as Burgers, Pizza, Noodles, chips, French fries, cold drinks etc.
• ◊ Avoid deep fried or shallow fried Food
• ◊ Have proper sleep
• ◊ Try to avoid alcohol & smoking
• ◊ Have Positive attitude towards life
• ◊ Try to avoid arguments (It does not mean you accept each & everything. if you have arguments say it politely).
• ◊ Avoid worrying (Always try to live in the present because the past is history and future is a mystery).
• ◊ Avoid blaming yourself unnecessarily.

Sometimes people take precautions but still face Heart Attacks. Thus, it is necessary that everybody must know the symptoms of Heart Attack.

The symptoms are given below:

Some may have experience the mild chest pain; others might have faced severe pain located in the center of the chest. This severe pain is also known as Angina Pain. This pain can be associated with one or more than one of the following symptoms:

• ◊ Shortness of breath
• ◊ Cold sweat
• ◊ Weakness
• ◊ Headache
• ◊ Severe anxiety
• ◊ Fainting
• ◊ Irregular heartbeats
• ◊ Nausea

When you experience Angina pain then you should take your angina medicine... Read More