Avoiding heart attacks Questions

Sit or lie in the most comfortable position and take a tablet of aspirin.

In your age of 17 years it is unlikely to have heart attack and the pain you feel is only due to anxiety

I will suggest you to eat nutritious home made food with adequate fluid intake and take physical rest and plan for symptomatic treatment

There is no need to reduce the dose because this is acceptable heart rate during sleep. In fact heart rates of upto 40 are also acceptable heart rates during sleep.

A female can take unwanted 72 within 72 hrs of sex act but should be avoided and safe period should be used for sex.

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Heart attack generally is due to blockage of Coronary arteries supplying blood to heart. The blockage can be due to Cholesterol and sometimes thrombus and can occur over a period of time and may present as chest pain (Angina) or heart attack or breathlessness and with no complaints in Diabetics One needs to have tests, life style changes and stop smoking tobacco and must walk 5 km/day if there are no other risk factors.

Dear Lybrateuser, - To keep your heart healthy have a well balanced diet, do regular exercise, sleep well, reduce stress
- include more of fibre foods in your diet, green leafy & seasonal vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, legumes, sprouts, have low fat milk & milk products, lean meats, a hand full of mixed nuts daily
- avoid deep fried, processed, junk foods, restrict salt, sugar intake
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Dear lybrateuser,
- The symptoms of myocardial infarction include pain, heaviness or tightness in mid chest, pain radiating to left arm, shoulder,jaw, neck, back, tiredness, profuse sweating, giddiness, breathlessness, headache, nausea, vomiting, heartburn & stomach upset
- in emergency give a tablet of aspirin to chew, make the person lye down, proper air circulation at the site should be there, rush patient to the nearest medical setup with cardiac ICU in a cardiac care ambulance.