How to save yourself from heart attack? Step 1: Lie down and rest to reduce oxygen consumption. Step 2: Call for help. Step 3: Take nitroglycerin medicine appropriately (need to confirm the state of blood pressure, if blood pressure is too low should not take nitroglycerin). There are statistics, a year the highest incidence of heart attack season on the winter, 14,000 heart attack patients surprisingly covered the country’s 31 provinces and cities.
Although the consequences of heart attack are serious, there are usually symptoms before its onset.
First, the following conditions are particularly likely to induce acute heart attack
1, overexertion and lack of sleep.
2, strong mental stimulation. For example, excessive happiness or sadness, mostly in the elderly;
3, sudden drop and rise in temperature. In the case of abnormal climate changes, such as too high or too low temperatures, sudden temperature drops and rises. Cold is most likely to stimulate the body’s stress response, cold weather can lead to vascular spasm, drink less water is also likely to increase blood viscosity;
4, binge drinking and overeating. Because after people eat too much, the body in order to meet the needs of digestion, the heart must output a large amount of blood supply to the stomach, intestines and other digestive system, which increases the burden on the heart, so that the heart’s own blood circulation in a state of relative ischemia, thus inducing heart attack.
Second, the signs of heart attack, be sure to pay attention!
Acute heart attack is also a precursor, we must pay attention to, especially when it occurs in the early morning hours: 1.
1, the recent sudden onset of angina, or pain for more than 15 minutes.
2, with panic, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, pale face, irritability, etc. aura symptoms such as panic and stuffiness, chest pain and weakness mostly appear within 3 to 7 days before the onset, and a few even weeks in advance.
3. The appearance of unexplained chest and back pain, shoulder, neck and arm pain. The onset of pain is often characterized by neck pain today, changing to jaw pain the next day, or pain today, but not the next day. The appearance of such pain shifting phenomenon, it is necessary to draw attention to go to the hospital for consultation.
4. stomach pain. Patients suffering from obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and usually no upper abdominal discomfort should be highly alert if they have stomach pain. Because coronary heart disease, angina pectoris or acute heart attack sometimes manifests as a burning sensation in the stomach.
5. toothache. Usually it passes in about 3 minutes, but if it is periodontitis it will not heal in such a short time. For example, when you ride a bicycle, your teeth hurt, and when you stop, they don’t hurt anymore, but when you ride again, they start to hurt again. May recur within 1 week.
6. Anxiety and insomnia. When you have never experienced insomnia, or when nothing exciting or anxious happens but you are anxious for no reason, it may be a heart attack signal. This is due to insufficient oxygen supply to the heart. Some patients with heart disease report a sudden feeling of extreme anxiety and insomnia in the months before the heart attack.
This insomnia is not like ordinary insomnia where you can’t sleep, but a sudden awakening in the middle of the night without warning, with thoughts running like a million horses or a surge of unexplained fear.
7. Increased heart rate. If, without any cause, you suddenly find yourself with an unexplained increase in heart rate, lasting between 1 minute and 10 minutes. And it often occurs after physical activity, emotional excitement, or an overly full meal. You should be alert to the fact that this may be an indication of heart attack from your body.
Third, the self-help of heart attack
Heart attack rescue has to overcome three hurdles, the first hurdle is the patient himself, that is, self-help; the second hurdle is emergency transport; the third hurdle is hospital treatment. For the people, the most important thing is this first hurdle.
If an acute heart attack occurs at home, then how should self-help.
Step one: lie down and rest to reduce oxygen consumption.
Step two: call for help
Step 3: take nitroglycerin medication appropriately (need to confirm the status of blood pressure, if blood pressure is too low should not take nitroglycerin)
If there is someone at home, you should first let the patient lie on the bed, and then pat the patient to see if he has no response, if there is no response is likely to be cardiac arrest, family members should give the patient to do external cardiac compressions, and promptly call 120 or 999.
Extracorporeal compressions: arms straight, hands crossed, in the lower third of the sternum, left hand below, right hand on top of the rapid compressions, the frequency of compressions should be 100 times a minute, the depth of compressions is 4-5 cm, every 30 presses for an artificial respiration.
If the patient is going to vomit, be sure to turn his head sideways, no matter what is vomited must be all to fish out, to prevent anti-suction into the blocked trachea, causing breathing problems.
Four, 5 habits, must be observed!
1, standardize the use of drugs, timely monitoring
Winter because of the temperature, hormone level changes and other reasons, blood pressure will be higher than in the summer; some patients who take medication year-round will also find that the same dose of antihypertensive drugs with the summer, the effect of autumn and winter has become worse. Therefore, it is important to do a good job of monitoring blood pressure in winter and go for a weekly test.
There are two groups of people who need special attention.
(1) People who have high blood pressure but do not normally use medication;
(2) Those who use medication but do not control it well. In winter, the blood pressure may soar, it is easy to accident.
2, get up in the morning slow and steady
Winter morning is prone to cardiovascular disease, on the one hand, the morning temperature is low, blood vessels are prone to contraction, on the other hand, the sudden change of position, prone to cerebral blood supply deficiency. Especially the elderly have poor regulation ability and are more prone to postural hypertension.
Wake up in the morning, remember the three and a half minutes, you can greatly reduce the risk of.
(1) Don’t get up immediately after waking up, lie in bed for half a minute;
(2) Sit up for half a minute;
(3) two legs down on the edge of the bed, and then sit for half a minute.
3, go to the toilet, do not hold your breath hard
Go to the toilet, hum a little too hard, will make the blood pressure and intra-abdominal pressure instantly increased, causing brain hemorrhage, abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture and other problems.
Take a walk after meals, usually drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables, increase dietary fiber, improve intestinal peristaltic function, it is important to keep the bowels flowing smoothly. If these methods do not work, it is recommended to visit the Department of Proctology, Gastroenterology and other related departments.
4, physical and emotional, avoid “a cold and a hot” stimulation
Cardiovascular disease, the most afraid of a cold and a hot stimulation, so we must do a good job of keeping warm and avoid going from a cold place to a hot place at once. For example, if you go to a hot spring in winter, you have to pay attention to the temperature difference from outdoor to indoor. Similar accidents happen in the summer: the bathroom after bathing out, the room air conditioning is too low, a cold and a hot, triggering a stroke. In addition, the mood should not be hot and cold, to avoid mood swings.
5, playing mahjong playing cards, drink more water, more stand up and walk
New Year’s Eve party, many people like to play mahjong, sedentary, coupled with the relative reduction in winter drinking water, blood viscosity increases, prone to the formation of blood clots. Card addiction again, do not spare the time to drink water, go to the toilet. When sitting, taut toes, do the brake action, let the lower limbs move.
Five, eat more 5 kinds of lipid-lowering food
1, hawthorn
Hawthorn is notorious for its ability to lower fat. In addition to lowering fat, hawthorn contains lipase can also promote the digestion of fatty foods, has the effect of eliminating stagnation, known as the “second stomach power”, it is recommended to eat 3 to 5 hawthorn every day.
2.Shiitake mushroom
Shiitake mushroom can lower fat and also lower sugar. It contains a variety of biological enzymes, has a significant reduction in serum cholesterol, triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein levels and lowering the role of blood sugar. Daily diet must eat less mushroom food.
3, wood fungus
Wood fungus hot fried, cold are nutritious, not only can reduce the formation of blood clots, prevent blood clots, and detoxification effect.
4.Garlic
The hydrogen sulfide in garlic can induce fat metabolism within tissues and lower cholesterol. Make garlic into garlic paste to eat, the best effect.
5.Kelp
When eating meat food mixed with some kelp, it will make the accumulation of fat in the body tend to subcutaneous and muscle tissue, reduce the accumulation in the heart, blood vessels and intestinal membranes, effectively prevent heart disease, hypertension, vascular sclerosis and excess fat.