FREE ESSAY ON MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
When someone has a myocardial infarction (MI) people think a cold, right? "Well it's not,
it's a heart attack!" It's the number one cause of death in the United States and kills
about 330,000 Americans each year. People don't realize how big the effect of a heart
attack is until they experience their own. By then it is to late! Here are some
information explaining the causes, symptoms, and the solution of a heart attack that will
help you, your family, and friends.
Heart attacks are a coronary heart disease and a form of a cardiovascular disease.
Myocardial infarction is caused by a clot formation or spasms in the arteries that supply
the blood (a coronary artery). Other conditions of myocardial infarctions are blockage of
oxygen supply to the area of the heart, which leads the damage and dead cells of the
heart. A related disease that occurs in the coronary arteries is Atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis is the damaged tissues of the coronary arteries that lose the contraction
of the heart muscles. A heart attack can cause a person to have a cardiac arrest (a type
of rapid continuous irregular heartbeat), which causes the heart to not pump blood to the
body parts in need of oxygen. Another fatal cause is ventricular fibrillation. This is
your last breathe within the first few hours of the heart attack. All these conditions
are related by affecting your heart. It simply says, "It is a death of the heart
muscle".
When a family member feels that they are getting chest pain (angina), bad indigestion,
and shortness of breath those are symptom of a heart attack. Symptoms of a heart attack
are uncomfortable pressure, squeezing or pain in the center of your chest.
These feelings may spread to the shoulders, neck and arms, and may be mild to intense.
Anxiety, nervousness, cold sweaty skin, paleness, or a pallor look, and increased or
irregular heart rate may follow shortly after. In the event of no breathing ask someone
to call 911 and begin CPR immediately. These symptoms may help warn people in the
future.
The solution of a heart attack is to immediately go to the emergency room and admit them
fast! A special machine called an ECG (electrocardiogram) monitors the tracing of the
heart. They stick IV for medications and fluids to help the pain. The outcome determines
the amount and location of the damaged area. Several surgeries are bypass (coronary
artery bypass or a CABG), angioplasty, and a coronary placement (PTCA or percutaneous
coronary angioplasty), but rarely a heart transplantation surgery is needed. The
prevention of a heart attack is to eat right, exercise, control blood pressure, maintain
cholesterol levels, stop smoking and less stress can help. Asking a physician may help a
person get back to a normal lifestyle.
Myocardial infarction is a serious disease that can't be taken lightly. This information
will help people alike to take care of their body. And some hope you won't be added to
the 330,000 that are killed by a heart attack. 
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