What are the types of heart attacks?
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When most people say "heart attack," they mean an MI -- myocardial infarction.  This is usually caused when a plaque in one of the heart's blood vessels ruptures and blocks the vessel.  The heart muscle supplied by this vessel starves from lack of oxygen.  If the clot is not eliminated in eight hours or so, most of the heart muscle in that region is irreversably damaged.  Survival after a heart attack depends on how long it takes to get treatment, and how much of the heart muscle is affected.  \n\nAnother kind of "heart attack" could be an arrhythmia -- the heart suddenly starts beating abnormally and is unable to sustain circulation.  You may have heard people being "scared to death."  Although this is very rare, it probably refers to the heart going into an arrhythmia called pulseless ventricular tachycardia.
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The pain varies .If you even think there is a chance of heart problems seek medical attention ASAP .
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There are two diagnosis here.  Hypertension and heart attack.  Hypertension increases the workload of the heart.  So when the heart is over worked it can become stressed and this could possibly cause a heart attack.  There is a term hypertensive heart disease you can look this up by typing this into your Explorer bar.
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1 you can get Cancer 2 you can have a stroke 3 heart attack
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Playing russian roulette.  Yes it can be quite dangerous.  Wishing it to go away is silly because without knowing what is going on and fixing the problem even exercise my be problematic.\n\nIf this true happened, call 911.\n\nPain has nothing to do with how mild a heart attack is.  How do you figure out the severity of a heart attack?\n\nPeople get heart attacks because the pipe/pipes (coronary arteries) that supply blood  to you heart muscle is clogged up. When the heart muscle cannot get enough blood (oxygen and nutrients), that muscle dies off.  Without knowing where the blockage is occurring and how much of a blockage, you cannot really assess the potential damage.  It is quite possible to have one mild heart attack and then another.  The key is time.  The faster you can open up your arteries the less amount of heart muscle damage.  \n\nIn addition, damages heart muscles are arrythmogenic.  It is not uncommon for patients with heart attacks to also damage the electrical system in there heart.  They can develope fatal arrythmias.\n\nNext, heart problems can occur on a spectrum.  Patients can have stable angina unstable angina and heart attack.  How can we be sure that your chest pain is not unstable angina?  The chest pain can be a warning sign for a major heart attack.\n\nLastly, without proper medicines after you heart attack, the dead area in your heart undergoes changes ie remodeling.  This remodeling is the normal healing process but it changes the mechanics of your heart.  It can worsen the functioning of your heart.
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Please see a doctor.  Yes, it could be something besides cardiac problems - and that is very, very likely.  But in some people, especially females, heart attacks don't follow a "traditional" pattern of clutching your chest and dropping to the floor.  Nobody can make a diagnosis online, not even a doctor.  Odds are, it's nothing to get worked up about - but please see a doctor to be sure.
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Blood pressure will elevate with ANY type of pain.  Chest pain should always be evaluated by a Doctor, there are many causes.
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Call your doctor or go to the emergency room. These can be serious heart symptoms...
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The heart IS a muscle, but a heart attack isn't a cramp like you would get in say a leg muscle. \n A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, refers to the death of a certain segment of the heart muscle (myocardium).  It's usually the result of a complete blockage in one of the main coronary arteries or a branch which supplies oxygentated blood to the heart muscle.  The main cause of myocardial infarction is atherosclerosis (the build up of plaque on the inside of the blood vessels due to fat substances, cholesterol, calcium and other substances)  in the coronary arteries which results in impaired contractility of the heart muscle within seconds, and is initially restricted to the affected segment.\n\nThe myocardial ischemia or infarction begins in the endocardium (the inner lining of the heart) and spreads to the epicardium (the outer lining of the heart). Irreversible heart damage will occur if the blockage is complete for at least 15-20 minutes. Irreversible damage occurs maximally in the area at risk, and when the occlusion is maintained for 4-6 hours. Most of the damage occurs in the first 2-3 hours.  Restoration of flow within the first 4-5 hours is associated with salvage of the heart muscle, but the salvage is greater if flow is restored in the first 1-2 hours.\n\nA major determinant of death and illness is the size of the infarct. Increasing the oxygen supply to the involved site of blockage by coronary reperfusion can be done through use of certain medications and angioplasty, stents or artherectomy.\n\nAddendum: \n(Impaired contractility means a muscle is unable to contract the way it should or can't contract at all.)\n\nCramps:\nA muscle cramp is an involuntary, painful CONTRACTION of the muscles which produce a hard, bulging muscle. Muscle twitching, also called fasciculation is the result of spontaneous local muscle contractions that are involuntary. The muscle cramp usually only affects the individual muscle groups connected to a particular motor neuron.  Some common causes of cramps are:\n\nMuscle fatigue\nHeavy exercise \nDehydration \nPregnancy \nHeat Cramps\n\nThere may be some temporary loss of circulation to the muscle group that is cramped because of muscle contraction, but there is NO death of tissue due to a clot or embolus.  There are no clots or emboli involved in a cramp therefore they aren't the same as an infarction (as explained in the answer below).     :-)
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Could be axiety attacks-that's about the age my daughter got them-stress related-but could be serious I was 26 when I had my first heart attack after egnoring some of the same symtoms.\nTell her to have a doctor check her out and if it's stress he can give her something to help her and you will feel better know that she is not seriously ill.
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A heart attack is caused when the blood vessels of the heart can not feed the heart muscle or the the muscle is not being oxygenated.  Gatorade and Powerade I believe are low in caffeine if they have any at all.  They have electrolytes in them like Sodium and Potassium.  So if you overload or are taking a supplement of these you could get yourself in trouble.  They use Potassium Chloride in very high amounts as part of the Lethal Injection.  It stops the heart from contracting.  As far as causing a heart attack it would be very rare.  I don't think there is any factual evidence to support that these drinks can cause a heart attack.
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Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain.\n\nDiscomfort in other areas of the upper body. Can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach.\n\nShortness of breath. Often comes along with chest discomfort. But it also can occur before chest discomfort.\n\nOther symptoms. May include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headedness\n\nno hair loss is not a symptom\n\nhan
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OHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I just had a heart attack......HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!
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You should see a doctor - this could be anything from panic attacks to heart problems!
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The rule of thumb is this...If you have chest pain, get to a doctor or hospital for EKG and blood tests immediately.  If it is not heart problems....GRRREAT!  If it is, you need to be treated quickly.  Anxiety can cause similar symptons as an MI and if you blow off your discomfort as nothing but anxiety....it may be the last thing you do.  A heart attack does damage to your heart...you only have one heart, do NOT diagnose your own problem!
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suicide,an unexpected accident, heart attack, mortal disease....
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1)Diseases of heart---Congenital,rheumatic,ischemic,2)Diseases of arteries--hypertensive,atherosclerotic,and inflammatory3)Diseases of veins---varicosities,inflammatory,etc .Egg.1)ventricular septal disease(congenital),mitral stenosis(rheumatic),myocardial infarction(ischemic),2)Systemic and pulmonary hypertension(hypertensive),atherosclerosis &arteriosclerosis(degenerative age related ailments of arteries)Arteritis(inflammatory),3)varicose veins of legs,male genitals,(varicosities),thrombophlebitis phlebothrombosis(inflammatory).