Post by Dr. Natalie Pasteur on Jan 10, 2010 15:10:31 GMT -5
What is an "MI"?
A Blockage, flexure (spasmondic) or rupture of a coronary artery that brings life giving, oxygenated blood to the heart muscles, and the contributing tissues. An MI can take a tremendous variety of forms, and varying degrees of severity.
The symptoms are never the same with each individual but there are often distinct similarities.
Chest pain, or pressure, a crushing feeling, or persisent achiness in the chest sometimes referred up the neck and to the jaw. Often this is not a sharp pain but sometimes it can be. SOB - shortness of breath, dizziness/weakness, fatigue, diffuse perspiring called diaphoresis, and referred pain down one or both arms or into the upper back.
Other symptoms often include, nausea, vomiting, "a bubble" of gas in your epigastrium (just under the rib cage and to the center).
And yes, Virginia, aspirin can save lives during, and before, a heart attack.
Some clinical hints to an MI in progress
A Blockage, flexure (spasmondic) or rupture of a coronary artery that brings life giving, oxygenated blood to the heart muscles, and the contributing tissues. An MI can take a tremendous variety of forms, and varying degrees of severity.
The symptoms are never the same with each individual but there are often distinct similarities.
Chest pain, or pressure, a crushing feeling, or persisent achiness in the chest sometimes referred up the neck and to the jaw. Often this is not a sharp pain but sometimes it can be. SOB - shortness of breath, dizziness/weakness, fatigue, diffuse perspiring called diaphoresis, and referred pain down one or both arms or into the upper back.
Other symptoms often include, nausea, vomiting, "a bubble" of gas in your epigastrium (just under the rib cage and to the center).
And yes, Virginia, aspirin can save lives during, and before, a heart attack.
Some clinical hints to an MI in progress
