What causes of heart failure

Heart attack is common now and it is a trend among the youth and children.  It is felt very bad that such cruel things are happening.  Really, we all feel sad and curious about the heart attack. 

No doubt, this disease is very popular in the world.  Everyone can have a heart attack.  It means, it is not only important for old people.  In general, a heart attack is happening in the vein of the heart. Some matters close to the vein. So, Oxygen cannot pass to the heart. As you know, our organs need oxygen and energy for working well. Finally, the heart stopped and i.e. why people die after a heart attack.

If you will compare old and teenagers, in old people, the general causes are age, being overweight and immense sadness whilst in teenagers, generally causes drugs, smoking and genetic problems.

Our community should make something to prevent heart attacks among students and youths.  Somewhere down the line it is affecting people’s lifestyles and eating styles. 

It is like a serial killer of our health. It has not got mercy. Because everyone can have a heart attack at every age.

A lot of questions do come to mind and the follow-ups are:

• What is a heart attack?
• What is the reason for a heart attack?
• How should we live after a heart attack?
• What can we do to prevent heart attack possibility?
• These are the general questions before knowing and talking about a heart attack.

Definition of Heart Attack

As you know all of the organs need oxygen to make their job. Sometimes oxygen cannot go to our organs because of some event that is happening in our veins that has got a connection with our organs. Our bodies may have got this problem too. Because of some problem in our coronary arteries, rich Oxygen blood cannot go to our strong heart muscles. (This event’s name is hypoxemia) because lesions (like plaque that it is including fat and cholesterol fully) can block our coronary arteries

The coronary artery is a vein that it is feeding our heart with rich Oxygen blood. This problem can damage our heart muscles. So, it can disrupt the function of the heart muscle. The function of the heart muscle is to pump blood strongly. Strongly because blood must travel all over our body with only this pressure. This event’s name is a heart attack.

Another name for heart attack

• Myocardial infarction (MI)
• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
• Acute coronary syndrome
• Coronary thrombosis
• Coronary occlusion

(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute­ others name for a Heart Attack)

We can learn the reasons for myocardial infarction. So, we can take precautions. It would decrease our chances of having a heart attack.

Risk Factors that you can control:

Importantly, there are many risk factors that you can change. These include

• smoking
• being overweight or obese
• physical inactivity
• high blood pressure
• high blood cholesterol
• high blood sugar due to insulin resistance or diabetes
• an unhealthy diet (for example, a diet high in saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, and sodium)’ (NIHSeniorHealth)

Risk Factors that you cannot control:

You cannot control some factors. It means you cannot prevent heart attacks fully. At the same time, it means very healthy people can have a heart attack. So, we should not say ‘I wouldn’t have a heart attack’. But you will.

AGE:​You cannot control your age. Because time flies. You would not be fit as a 14 years old boy when you are 65 years old. While time is flying, everything is becoming older. Our bodies, organs and brains too. You can have a heart attack, even if you are very healthy. According to searches, the chance of having a heart attack increases for women after 55 years old (or after menopause) and for men after 45 years old.

FAMILY HISTORY: Family history is effective for heart attack. It means a heart attack is a genetic disease too. But you may not have a heart attack. So, it is not exactly mean ‘genetic disease’. Your chance for have Acute myocardial infarction increases:

1.       If you have got brother or father that have a heart attack before 55 age

2.       If you have got sister or mother that has a heart attack before 65 age

PREECLAMPSIA: When you are pregnant, this situation can develop until your pregnancy finishing. Too much protein in urine and blood pressure elevation are two main symptoms of preeclampsia. It increases the risk of heart attack for your all life.

There are certain factors that lead to heart attacks:

1. We should change our lifestyle first
2. Must make a diet to prevent it.  Unhealthy diets increase your risk of having a heart attack
3. Diets should have fruits and vegetables.  Also, it should include fish, meats, beans and milk products too.
4. Eat low-fat foods
5. Physical activity is important [burn your fat and you will become fit]
6. Smoke is harmful to every organ. It damages your organ’s function, too

Now the question is if you have a heart attack that does not mean that you would not have a heart attack again and am comfortable now.  You would have a heart attack again, too. In, the second heart attack risk of death will increase. So, you must care for your body and you must care for medical follow-up.

Medical Follow-up:

You must do some treatments to prevent another heart attack

You should change your lifestyle with a healthy diet, stop smoking and start to make exercise to keep fit. You should use medicines to control your heart blood pressure and high cholesterol. So, you can relax your heart muscle. So, it can repair itself in this time.

You should go rehabilitation center to take rehabilitation services for the healing muscle of the heart.

You should not stop to take medicine before asking your doctor. Because it is prevented to have a heart attack. Your muscle can stop again. Because it will be not exactly repaired.

Depression after having a heart attack:

So many people are worried about having a heart attack again. So, they have got many psychological problems. They have got depression, too. People (who have got heart attacks) should go to their cardiologist about this problem. Their doctors can advise them.

They have got many activities like a local support group. They will talk with each other about their anxiety. Actually, the biggest support should come from those people’s families and friends. [National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Life After a Heart Attack]

Chance of having a heart attack again:

You should know that having a heart attack again is more possible and dangerous than a first heart attack. So, you should care about that. You should know the difference between angina and heart attack.

Angina is chest pain that is happening in heart of a person (who has got a heart attack before). The pain of a heart attack is more severe than angina. If you cannot understand if you have got a heart attack or it is only angina, you should call the doctor for advice.

The symptoms of a second heart attack cannot be the same as a first heart attack. So, you must be careful about it. This heart attack will end with death very easily. [National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute­ Life After a Heart Attack]. 

According to the survey and statistics:

• 40 per cent of people (who have a heart attack) age is between 50 and 70
• 35 per cent of people (who have a heart attack) ages are more than 70 years old
• 20 per cent of people (who have a heart attack) ages are between 19 to ­50 years old
• 5 per cent of people (who have a heart attack) ages are between 0­ to 18 ages

Causes of myocardial infarction in children:

Some cardiologists think that children have heart attacks because of family history and genetic problems that which is coming from birth. It can be a heartbeat disorder.

Another reason can be heart surgery.

Smoking and Diabetes are other problems, too. If a child fainted somewhere suddenly, you should talk with his/her doctor.

Conclusion

It is important to know ‘Heart Attack’ and the risk factors that we can control, or cannot, prevent, life after a heart attack and heart attack in a teenager.

Children have heart attacks because of smoking, obesity, genetic problem, and family history. Food is an important aspect.  Better to have a daily menu prepared by a dietitian to prevent obesity.  You will prevent obesity with exercise too.  If you can prevent obesity, you would prevent heart attacks too.

After all, what we learn is how to decide to care for our health and our lifestyle in order to prevent the risk of a heart attack.