When fatty plaque build-up inside a coronary artery cracks and a blood clot forms blocking blood flow that supplies blood to an area of the heart muscle, it must create heart attack. When an artery supplying blood to the brain burst, left, or gets blocked by a plaque, it should create a stroke.
Heart attack also referred to as an acute myocardial infarction. Starved a blood, that portion of the heart muscle begins to die and can be permanently damaged without early medical treatment to restore circulation.
The symptoms may include tightness, fullness, pressure, heaviness or pain in the chest, neck, jaw, throat, shoulders, arms or back, difficulty breathing, breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or vomiting, dizziness or light-headedness.Stroke
With the blood supply either cut off or leaking into the brain, brain cells in the area that the vessels supply start to die, which can cause permanent brain damage if circulation is not promptly restored.
The signs of stroke may include weakness or numbness or paralysis of the face, arm or leg on either or both sides of the body, difficulty speaking or understanding, dizziness or loss of balance, loss of vision, severe or abrupt headache, difficulty swallowing. It also can easily detected by acronym FAST.
Both of those "killers" are caused by blood flow clot due to a plaque. Smoking, a poor diet, high blood cholesterol, physical inactivity, a family history of heart disease, diabetes, being overweight and depression can increase a risk of plaque formation that aimed to heart attack and/or stroke. So. what to do to reduce the risk or even to remove it are:
- Don't smoke
- Stay a healthy weight
- Eat less fat and sugar
- Take Omega-3 daily
- Eat more fish, fresh fruit and vegetables
- Choose smaller portions
- Spend less time sitting (always keep moving)
- Limit alcohol
- Have regular medical check-up with your doctor, including blood pressure, cholesterol, heart rhythm and blood glucose
- Take medicines as prescribed by your doctor
- Look after psychological health.
- In case of emergency of those disease, just call your emergency access and wait for advice from the medical emergency officer.
Or, you can use a simple ABC or Life's Simple 7 for what to do. Western Australian Heart Foundation says good heart health should be a lifelong journey rather than starting only when told you have raised blood pressure or another risk factor.
