Heart Attack Pain And Emergency Measures

In heart attack it is common that the pain is either very intense or mild. Its' intensity can veary a lot from case to case. A particular sign of a heart attack is the growth in intensity during the first minutes, as in angina pains, too.. The pain is usually located in the retrosternal area and it often radiates in the neck, jaw, left shoulder and inner left arm. At the moment when the pain occur, the most informative and practical diagnosis method would be an ECG (Electrocardiogram). Emergency doctors can easily distinguish a heart attack on ECG, as it has a particular line.

The cause of pain in heart attack

It is known from those who survive a heart attack that sometimes it is a very painful and unpleasant experience. Myocardial infarction is the death of the myocardium (heart muscle). It is casued by the absence of blood flow to the heart muscle. As a sign that the ischemia is already started and that the muscle is dying servse the severe pain.

In some cases the pain may be lasting for many hours, as the ischemia continues. In cases when it was successfully removed the factor that was obstructing the coronary artery, and the blood flux was reestablished, the pain usually disappears suddenly. The heart attack pain is composed of three elements, as specialists say: the pain from the heart itself, the pain from the entire organism response to the changes that take place in the heart and the psychological factor - a fear of imminent death, known also as "angor animi".

In some cases (up to 20% or more) the heart attack may be painless. The pain in the heart is a result of the excitation of the nervous termination of the heart. If the nervous system is affected, the pain emerging from the heart may not be transmitted properly to the brain. This usually happens in elderly persons, or in diabetics, whose nervous sensors not only in the heart but all over the organism are affected and the pain sensation may be absent or diminished.

Heart Attack pains' treatment

No doubt that staying at home and not calling immediately for an emergency service while you have heart pains is highly dangerous and for sure is a threat for your life. If you are travelling often, please refer to some emergency phone numbers in different countries and try to have a mobile phone at hand.

If you are at home and have heart pains that you think could be due to a cardiac impairement, the first thing you can do is to lie down, in horizontal position. Concentrate to your breath, keep it rhythmical, call for help as soon as possible and by any means, take an aspirin if you are not allergic to it. Narcotics remain the choice medication in heart attack pains, and as it's a severe condition, immediate medical intervention is crucial. Usually morphine is given – it has a double effect of calming the pains and calming the heart. Another drug that is given in the hospital is morphine, but you can take it at home, too. In hospital conditions it is comon that nitro to be administered intravenously as its effect appears much faster in smaller concentrations.

By: Kyle Jhonson

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