How to avoid heart attack: Heart attack does not come suddenly. To avoid heart attack, it is very important to recognize its early symptoms along with a healthy and active lifestyle.
Heart attack cases have increased rapidly in the last few years. People are losing their lives due to heart attacks while dancing or going to the gym. Recently, a 50-year-old pharmacist posted at Handia Community Health Center in Prayagraj died of a heart attack in a moving car. He was driving the car himself. When he started feeling nervous, he parked the car on the side of the road. During this time his breathing stopped.
Although people usually think of a heart attack as a sudden medical condition, its symptoms actually start appearing not hours or weeks but 30 days in advance. In such a situation, if this is monitored, the risk of death due to heart attack can be reduced manifold.
Early symptoms of heart attack
According to a study by NCBI , 41 percent of the people undergoing treatment for heart attack were showing these symptoms since a month ago –
- Pain in chest
- feeling of heaviness in the chest
- fast heartbeat
- shortness of breath
- stomach irritation
- Tiredness
- sleep related problems
How to avoid heart attack
When a heart attack is happening, there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. However, there are some things people can do to avoid having a heart attack. These include eating healthy, being physically active, not smoking, and getting plenty of sleep.
Include heart strengthening foods in your diet
Including fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids in the diet – salmon, tuna, lean meat, eggs, nuts, seeds and soy products, beans, lentils, chickpeas, black peas and green vegetables helps in strengthening the heart.
What is the identity of a healthy heart?
If you can perform moderate intensity physical activity like the Brix Walk without chest pain, tightness or difficulty breathing, it means that your cardiovascular system is supplying the oxygen your body needs. Which is the hallmark of a healthy heart. Apart from this, it is also important to get regular checkups done.