How Do You Tell The Difference In A Heart Attack & A Stroke?
Written by admin on December 13, 2009And angina pains?
I lost my husband due to a massive heart attack years ago, & I thought heart disease could be detected these days better than it was then.
I am somewhat of a band aid nurse, & I thought I knew some things about health, but I’ve learned lately due to a friend,that sometimes it masks itself & you cannot tell.
How can you tell if you have heart trouble? Is there anyone out there that has dealt with this? I thought that heart trouble was diagnosed easier than it was 10 years ago.
Thank you.
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December 13th, 2009 at 1:20 am
A heart attack is when blood vessels that supply blood to the heart are blocked, preventing enough oxygen from getting to the heart. The heart muscle dies or becomes permanently damaged. Your doctor calls this a myocardial infarction.
A stroke is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. A stroke is sometimes called a “brain attack.”
A stroke can happen when a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain is blocked by a blood clot. This is called an ischemic stroke.
Hemorrhagic stroke involves bleeding within the brain, which damages nearby brain tissue.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover the brain. This area is called the subarachnoid space
December 13th, 2009 at 1:40 am
Unless I’m mistaken I think a stroke affects the brain whereas a heart attack, of course, affects the heart.
Here are some websites with information that may be helpful:http://firstaid.about.com/od/heartattack…http://life.familyeducation.com/emergenc…http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseas…
December 13th, 2009 at 2:37 am
I am sorry to hear that you are still trying to expunge some inappropriate guilt so long after your husband’s unfortunate death.
Heart attacks affect your heart and Strokes affect your brain,but a lot of the processes involved in causing both are similar,involving cholesterol and blood pressure.
Almost every one of us is going to develop a degree of heart disease and it is going to be implicated in at least half of our deaths. This was first really appreciated during the Vietnam war when post mortems on 18 year olds killed in battle,showed evidence of significant atheroma already!(cholesterol deposits.)
There is a good argument for check ups certainly from the age of 45 in men and 50 in women,(who get their disease later),however Brits are more resistant to this than say Americans. BP + cholesterol checks are probably the most useful 2 items.
The other trick is of course prevention for everyone,take regular VIGOROUS exercise,no less than 30 minutes 5 times a week,eat little animal fat,consume at LEAST your 5 a day and DON’T SMOKE!!!!
If you develop chest pain,get it investigated.