Chronic Chest Pain and Acute Myocardial Infarction Signs

Pain on the chest like being strangled and a feeling of chest burn that spreads to the left shoulder while breathing can be the primary signs of “Myocardial infarction”. So why don’t you prevent yourself from a disease by proper healthcare.

Breathing obstruction: main cause of myocardial infarction

When fats attach to ​​the arterial wall and cause coagulation. The arteries that carry blood to your heart muscle then will become narrow; meaning the blood supplying to the heart will be blocked. However, smoking, having high blood pressure, diabetes and hyperlipidemia may also cause high level of blood lipids, which later, the arteries can be coagulated or clog with the bad lipids.

Precise diagnosis

The diagnosis of the chest pain includes a physical examination records and additional inspection in order to distinguish different types of the pain. Moreover, it also requires blood tests, electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, 2D echocardiography or exercise stress test including talking nitroglycerine and pain reliever. However, a doctor must monitor patient’s symptoms after providing the medication closely.

Prevention

1. Avoid foods with strong tastes, such as too salty, very sweet or greasy as they cause fat in the arteries, which later will be accumulated and creates plaque to the arterial walls.
2. Have Low-Calorie foods such as fish, vegetables, fruits and foods with fiber, for example rice bran, corn and wheat.
3. Do a regular aerobic exercise 3-4 times a week, at least 20 minutes allowing your heart to pump the blood and expand it to the lungs fully.
4. Stop smoking because nicotine in cigarettes can destroy the inner walls of artery including causing them shrinkage and decreasing the amount of blood supplied to the heart.
5. Avoid having stress, anger, not getting enough sleep as well as exertion.
6. Control your body weight and eat right. It helps protect you from being overweight including supporting the heart to work normally.
7. Receive health check-up at least once a year to detect abnormalities in time as the myocardial infarction cannot be cured … but it can be prevented by your good self-care.