Myocardial infarction is no longer the patent of the elderly. It is the heart disease that more young people will also get, especially those with hypertension , diabetes , high blood lipids, obesity, long-term drinking, long-term smokers, long-term staying up late and high work pressure. When it comes to myocardial infarction, many people immediately think of chest pain . Generally, when myocardial infarction occurs, the body will experience "ischemia or hypoxia", but some symptoms are not obvious and cannot be distinguished.
1. Some symptoms of myocardial infarction are not obvious. Beware of these conditions
1. Pain
. When myocardial infarction occurs, most people show symptoms such as chest pain, sweating, chest tightness and . Sometimes myocardial infarction is accompanied by some atypical symptoms: stomachache , toothache, shoulder pain , jaw pain discomfort, palpitations , shortness of breath, fatigue , abdominal pain, sudden arm numbness, shoulder pain, irritability, etc.
The pain lasts for a long time, and the chest pain lasts for a long time. It lasts for more than 30 minutes and cannot be relieved by itself. These are typical symptoms of myocardial infarction, however, not all myocardial infarctions have symptoms of chest pain.
There are many myocardial infarctions that are painless, especially when middle-aged and elderly people have heart attacks, most of which are not painful. The reason may be that the elderly respond slowly to pain, or the coronary occlusion occurs slowly and the collateral circulation is good, which is medically called painless myocardial infarction. It is difficult for ordinary people to think of myocardial infarction without chest pain, which makes many patients with myocardial infarction miss the precious golden treatment time, but painless myocardial infarction is not completely asymptomatic. Patients with painless myocardial infarction often have six clinical manifestations in the early stage. Please be highly vigilant if the following situations occur.
2. Sudden fainting of unknown causes is usually the first symptoms
Sudden abdominal pain, repeated vomiting, fatigue, pale complexion, listlessness, weak pulse, etc. Suddenly, my face was pale, cold sweat, my lips were pale or blue, my pulse was extremely weak, and I was dying. Suddenly I feel panic, chest tightness, difficulty speaking or unable to speak, and my pulse is extremely weak. Suddenly I had shortness of breath and could not lie flat, and coughed up a lot of foamy phlegm (especially pink phlegm). A few middle-aged and elderly people may experience symptoms similar to stroke , such as unclear consciousness, hemiplegia , etc.
2. What should I do when myocardial infarction occurs?
When the above signals appear in the body, you should immediately go to a regular hospital with multidisciplinary treatment capabilities to promptly rule out the possibility of acute myocardial infarction of . In the case of sudden myocardial infarction, remember the following correct steps for myocardial infarction treatment:
call 120 for help as soon as possible, lie down calmly, and wait for help. If the patient has a history of coronary heart disease and is suspected of myocardial infarction, he or she can take nitroglycerin and other drugs sublingually.
Finally, patients with myocardial infarction should quit smoking and limit alcohol and ensure sleep are very beneficial to cardiovascular health. Among them, quitting smoking is particularly important! Under the guidance of a doctor, control chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, and do not stop and reduce medication without authorization.
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