Heart attack if detected beforehand
Usually we recognize heart attack only in the final stage. In fact, heart attack is not an incident that closes in a moment. It starts slowly and may extent for hours together. We should know that it is heart attack right from the time the blood circulation to the heart gets obstructed. In this stage, asthma slowly starts. Patient starts perspiring; blood pressure comes down, and finally gets into shock. We can save the patient by preparing for the first aid in the initial stages and not waiting for the final stage. For this it is necessary that we know the symptoms of heart attack. So let us see what the symptoms are and what the precautions to be taken are.

General symptoms:
Chest pain, breathlessness, legs swelling, giddiness and inconvenience can be felt by most of the patients few days before the heart attack. Rarely some may face severe head ache, cough with blood vomiting. Although these symptoms are seen not in heart attack, but also other problems. For example, in case of chest pain, pain may arise due to problem of chest bones, chest muscles, lungs, and skin problems also. So we can’t confirm all chest pains to be heart attacks. But it is easy to identify it as heart attack when these general symptoms are seen along with other symptoms also.

Inconvenience along with chest pain is neglected by many. But this is a considerably serious situation. In the primary stage, many people face burning sensation in the chest. Also vomiting is seen. This condition is taken as acidity by many. That is the reason it takes more time to scale the actual situation. In this process, sometimes, condition may get worse.

Some more symptoms..
* Heaviness of the heart along with sweating, burning sensation in the chest and inconvenience.
* Chest pain rising while walking or while doing any other work. The pain stops after the work is stopped.
* Pain started in the chest spreads to the hands jaws and spine region.
* If pain arises when walking with some weight and pain decreasing when the weight is putdown, can be suspected to be heart attack.
* If the pain is less while working and increases after stopping the work, it should not be treated as heart attack. In this way, we can confirm heart attack by knowing when the pain starts and the pain stops.

Difference between chest pain and heart…
We can differentiate between chest pain and heart attack by the duration of the pain. If the pain stops within 3 minutes, it is chest pain and if it goes up to 10 minutes, it should be taken as heart attack. If you suspect heart attack, immediately rush to a hospital.

If the chest pain arises for people below 20 years, most probably it may not be heart attack. If the pain arises for the people more than 60 years, it may be heart attack.

Danger signs:
Old age, diabetes, hyper tension, high cholesterol, smoking may cause heart attack. Also there is more chance in hereditary and has already faced heart problems. These persons should be rushed to hospitals immediately. Persons who have already faced heart problems, should keep aspirin, and sorbitrate tablets with them.