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Heart Attack symptom and cause

One of big news today is actress, Brittany Murphy died following a heart attack. Heart attack is a massive attack that results of die. Sometimes a healthy person can get heart attack. Heart attack occurs when regions of the heart muscle decrease in oxygen supply. The blockage of blood flow will buildup a plaque and make a blood clot forms. The muscle cells will suffer if the blood and oxygen supply is cut off. Without enough blood and oxygen the heart will suffer severe and possibility to die is high.


Heart Attack cause

1. Cholesterol is the most mainly factor for heart attack. The cholesterol will occur in the blood vessels. It will narrow the artery and the flow of blood. Artery can’t supply enough blood to the heart muscle and hurt it.
2. Microscopic blood vessels.
3. Severe spasm of a coronary artery.
4. Smoking can increase the risk to heart attack.
5. Family history.

Symptom of Heart Attack
Most of heart attack case is suddenly happen but there are some symptom and signal. If you have this symptom don’t do hard work and go to hospital.

1. Chest discomfort makes uncomfortable pressure, fullness, pain, shortness of breath or squeezing. It is dangerous if you do some hard work job.
2. Feel the pain in the neck, arms or shoulder and mild to intense. There are pressure, burning, tightness feel in your upper abdomen, neck, chest or inside the shoulders.
3. The irregular heart rate. The heart will more faster than normal rate.

There are some several tests to diagnose a heart attack. The expertise/doctor will review your medical history, blood test , give a physical examination and use an electrocardiogram.

Reference : – http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/


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