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In case of a normal heart attack, the patient usually gets some time or ‘golden hour’ to reach the hospital and start treatment, but do you know that there is also a medical emergency related to the heart, which does not even give a person a chance to recover or think? Yes, this is such a fatal medical crisis, in which our heart suddenly stops pumping blood according to the basic and immediate needs of the body. in the medical world it ‘Cardiogenic Shock’ Known as heart attack, which in many cases proves to be more dangerous and fatal than a normal heart attack.
Cardiogenic shock is usually the most frightening and final form of a serious heart attack. When a person suffers a major heart attack, the heart muscles become badly damaged, due to which they become unable to push blood through the arteries properly. The direct result of this is that the blood pressure of the body suddenly falls down.
When the vital organs of the body (such as the brain, kidneys and liver) do not get adequate supply of oxygen and blood, they begin to stop working one by one (Multiple Organ Failure). Not only heart attack, but patients suffering from serious diseases related to heart valves, inflammation in the heart muscles (Myocarditis) or already suffering from severe heart failure can also fall prey to this fatal condition.
Often people ignore the initial symptoms of cardiogenic shock as just normal physical fatigue, acidity or any minor weakness and forget to rest at home. In case of this disease, the thinking of ‘wait for a while and see’ can prove fatal for the patient. If you or someone close to you notices the following symptoms, be alert immediately without wasting a moment:
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Sudden, sharp, unbearable pain in the chest or feeling of very heavy pressure.
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Complete imbalance of pulse – either walking too fast or sitting down very weak.
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Sudden breaking out in cold sweat while sitting and skin becoming cold or clammy.
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Numbness of mind, excessive nervousness or inability to understand anything.
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Sudden shortness of breath or feeling of severe difficulty in breathing.
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Suddenly feeling very lethargic or falling unconscious on the ground.
When it comes to cardiogenic shock, doctors consider the ‘golden window’, or the first few precious minutes, to be the most important. This is the early time in which, if the patient gets a proper hospital, the condition can be prevented from worsening. The longer the blood circulation in the body remains halted, the greater the risk of damage to organs and death of the patient.
In such emergency cases, tests like ECG and Echocardiography are done immediately to save the life of the patient. After this, without wasting a moment, heart strengthening medicines, life saving machines (like ventilator or IABP), or emergency angioplasty is done to immediately open the blocked veins. In this entire process, the promptness of the hospital’s cath lab and the team of doctors ready 24 hours a day decides the decision between life and death.
In today’s time, heart diseases are spreading rapidly in the country due to deteriorating lifestyle, stress, eating disorders and smoking. The most worrying thing is that now even young people are increasingly becoming victims of serious and fatal conditions like cardiogenic shock.
This is why every common citizen should have basic knowledge of these heart related emergency conditions and their symptoms. Those families where heart patients already exist should always be alert. In case of any emergency, immediately take the patient to a big and advanced hospital where advanced cardiac facilities are available 24 hours a day. Remember, in this crisis of the heart, a person’s life is decided not by hours, but by a few minutes. Your little awareness and quick decision can save the precious life of a loved one.