Myocardial infarction is often the main cause of sudden death. (Photo/photo by reporter Li Jiarong)
reporter Lin Yurou/Interview report
55-year-old male star Wu Peng died suddenly on the balcony of his home in . It has been confirmed that it was a stroke, but when it comes to sudden death, the most commonly mentioned is myocardial infarction. Cardiologists said that patients with the three highs, slightly fat, not exercising, and smoking are all high-risk groups, especially the sudden death of young people has a considerable relationship with smoking.
Myocardial infarction is a blockage of cardiovascular blood flow. If the heart loses blood, it will cause hypoxia, resulting in arrhythmia, fainting, and even sudden death. Ye Hongyi, deputy director of Mackay Hospital and attending physician of cardiology, said that patients with three high levels of hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and diabetics, slightly fat, do not exercise, and like to smoke are all high-risk factors that induce myocardial infarction. However, some people may be family-borne and become risk factors.
Smoking is a risk factor for myocardial infarction. (Photo/taken from Pixabay)
"There are great connections between smoking and myocardial infarction." Ye Hongyi pointed out that research shows that smoking a pack of cigarettes a day increases the probability of cardiovascular disease by 2 times, which is 100%; smoking a cigarette every day increases the cardiovascular disease by 50%. Moreover, the younger the people in Taiwan die suddenly, the closer they are to smoking. He mentioned that if they have myocardial infarction problems at the age of 45, about 70% of people are addicted to smoking. How to detect signs of myocardial infarction in
? Ye Hongyi said that in addition to being a high-risk factor itself, chest pain, and chest tightness, are the key points, and the pain is "a whole piece of pain", not a point, and it is not a myocardial infarction if it is touched. The heart is uncomfortable and cannot be seen from the surface, but is an inner feeling, such as feeling being pressed down, which may be accompanied by difficulty breathing, nausea and vomiting, uncomfortable chin, slightly numbness on the upper arm near the inside of the little finger, and even teeth may be painful.
Ye Hongyi further pointed out that angina pectoris will generally be cured after resting for 10 minutes. If the above pain lasts for more than 15 minutes to 30 minutes, it is a warning and you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.
