Risk of death number 1, recognize the symptoms of a heart attack

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Suara.com – Risk of death number 1, recognize the symptoms of a heart attack.

According to various studies by the Ministry of Health, heart and blood vessel disease is the number one cause of death in Indonesia, and coronary artery disease is a major factor.

The results of the Basic Health Surveys (Riskesdas) in 2018 show that in Indonesia 1.5% or 15 out of 1000 Indonesians suffer from CHF. If viewed from Indonesia's highest cause of death, 12.9% of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) deaths were reported in 2014, according to a survey by the Sample Registration System.

Based on these data, it is very important to make early detection. But a real heart attack comes very suddenly. In the medical world, this symptom is called Acute Coronary Syndrome (SKA), which is one of the clinical manifestations of acute or sudden onset of CHD and the leading cause of death.

Dr. Dr. Hengkie F. Lasanudin, Sp.JP (K), FIHA, RSPP cardiologist and blood vessel explained that CHD is a disorder caused by narrowing and clogging of arteries that drain blood to the heart muscle, if this narrowing becomes severe, to a heart attack. Therefore, everyone should be aware of the attacks without recognizing their symptoms.

"The symptoms of a heart attack are chest pain in the left chest or in the middle or acid or back pain, chest pain such as pushing or squeezing heavy objects," said doctor Henkey at the meeting Suara.com, Thursday (1/8/2019).

He further explained that the pain then spread to the left arm, back, shoulders and jaw, sometimes accompanied by shortness of breath, palpitations, cold sweat, nausea or vomiting.

"When a person has a heart attack, there is total blockage in the coronary arteries, which in minutes can cause cardiac muscle (myocardial) cell death, so that cardiac function will decline dramatically and will not function as a circulating pump throughout the body or often. known for heart failure, ”he continued.

So, Dr. Henkey, the frequency of SKA should be clearly addressed, and the closure of the coronary arteries must be overcome as quickly as possible so that more cells from the myocardium can be rescued in order to maintain the pumping power of the heart. So recognize the symptoms of a heart attack specifically to help you quickly deal with it and save it.