Heart attack is one of the most dangerous diseases of the cardiovascular system. Symptoms of a heart attack in men in the early stages can be very difficult to recognize and identify. These symptoms may be the most unusual and, at first glance, completely unrelated to heart disease. The specific nature of the manifestation of signs of a heart attack can lead to sudden death or late medical attention. Therefore, it is very important to know how a heart attack manifests itself in men and to respond in time and seek help from a doctor.
Myocardial infarction is most often of ischemic or coronary origin, as a result of which, blood circulation in the arteries slows down. The heart does not receive sufficient blood flow and the person may die without receiving timely specialist help. Atherosclerosis is the main cause of a heart attack in men, the plaques that form in the blood thin the walls of the arteries, and spasm or thrombosis of the vessels occurs. In general, men aged 40 to 65 are more likely to suffer from this disease.
Heart attack symptoms
- Stitching pain behind the chest is one of the first signs of a heart attack. This pain is very sharp and feels like being stabbed with a knife. It does not go away for a long time, it can last from ten to twenty minutes, while the pain occurs in the shoulder blade and the entire left arm may hurt. The pulse becomes frequent, shortness of breath appears, weakness of the whole organism occurs and the head is spinning. Gradually, the human skin becomes pale, sometimes gray, the man sweats a lot and there is general fear. In this state, people are not able to move independently.
- Another symptom of a heart attack may be a sharp pain in the teeth or toothache. Men do not pay attention and try to endure or, at best, visit the dentist. But if this pain is accompanied by pain in the jaw and in the neck, then these are signs of a manifestation of a pre-infarction condition.
- The third symptom may appear as a sharp rise in temperature, while the men are covered with sweat, this sweat is warm and sticky. The skin becomes pale, the symptom is accompanied by weakness or almost fainting.
- Rarely, a pre-infarction state can be expressed as severe food poisoning. In this case, there is a feeling of heartburn, severe pain in the abdomen, severe nausea, and sometimes vomiting. The temperature may rise.
- Another of the symptoms of a heart attack in men is called asthmatic. This causes an asthma attack. The bubbling and pain in the chest begins, it becomes difficult to breathe, there is not enough air, but you want to breathe in full lungs. Breathing is irregular, pressure rises.
The symptoms of a heart attack in men last for half an hour, and then everything returns to normal and the man can feel as usual. Of course, if the disease is not yet very advanced. Most often, men do not pay attention to these symptoms, although they are very frightened when they appear. Doing this is not worth it. Doctors recommend at the first occurrence and suspicion of a heart attack, immediately go to the hospital. It is necessary to make an ECG - an electrocardiogram, it will show whether there are signs of the disease or whether the disease is already progressing. For the prevention of myocardial infarction, men over thirty years of age need to do an ECG once every two years, and men who have reached the age of forty years and older are recommended by doctors to undergo an electrocardiogram once a year.
First aid in the event of signs of a heart attack, it is, of course, you need to call an ambulance. Before her arrival, the man needs to be laid down or seated comfortably, take one tablet of nitroglycerin, you can put a cold compress on his head. If the pain does not decrease, then another tablet is allowed after six minutes. Doctors categorically do not recommend taking validol tablets with symptoms of a heart attack, as this is completely useless, and it is absolutely impossible to lower the pressure with medications on your own. It is allowed to take half an aspirin tablet, but it is best to wait for the doctor to arrive and follow all his recommendations.
It is necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle, exercise, do not smoke or abuse alcohol. Proper nutrition is important. This is the best prevention against heart attack for men.
