{"id":3906,"date":"2020-02-11T11:36:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T11:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2020-03-09T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:26:11","slug":"how-to-reduce-my-risk-of-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/your-later-life\/how-to-reduce-my-risk-of-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reduce my risk of heart attack?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-3925\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2020\/02\/07211309\/Online-Irish-Heart-Foundation-Dr-Angie-Brown-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2020\/02\/07211309\/Online-Irish-Heart-Foundation-Dr-Angie-Brown-Headshot.jpg 250w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2020\/02\/07211309\/Online-Irish-Heart-Foundation-Dr-Angie-Brown-Headshot-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Dr Angie Brown<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Medical Director, Irish Heart Foundation and Consultant Cardiologist<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>When you picture a heart attack you may think of someone clutching their chest, but in reality, this may not always be the case. Knowing the signs of a heart attack, in both women and men, may save a life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What\nis a heart attack?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncoronary arteries supply your heart muscles with oxygen containing blood,\nhowever they can become narrowed from a build-up of fat, cholesterol and other\nsubstances that form plaque. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A heart\nattack happens when the artery suddenly becomes blocked so the flow of blood to\nthe heart stops. The heart muscle supplied by that artery will die unless the\nblood supply resumes quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The image of a man clutching his chest may come to mind when you hear heart attack but in reality, chest pain may not even occur in some cases<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the symptoms<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Symptoms\nof a heart attack vary from person to person, but men and women can have\ndifferent experiences during a heart attack. The image of a man clutching his\nchest may come to mind when you hear heart attack but in reality, chest pain\nmay not even occur in some cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaw pain,\nleft arm pain, profound fatigue, weakness, nausea, cold sweats or shortness of\nbreath can also be signs of a heart attack. These symptoms can come on suddenly\nor may start slowly and persist for hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worryingly\nheart attack in women is often missed as the symptoms can be different from\nthat in men. In fact, most women think they are going to die from breast cancer\nwhen they are six times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nsymptoms of a heart attack in women can be quite vague making it hard to\ndiagnose. They can include nausea, tiredness, shortness of breath, back pain or\ntightness in the jaw rather than the familiar scenario of a crushing pain in\nthe chest that shoots down one arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you or\nsomeone you are with are experiencing a heart attack, you should contact the\nemergency services immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to reduce my risk of heart attack?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a\nlot you can do to reduce your risk of heart attack. Identifying and managing\nrisk factors early on could help lower your risk of a heart attack in the\nfuture. These lifestyle changes will make you more heart healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be active<\/li><li>Eat well<\/li><li>Watch your\nweight<\/li><li>Stop\nsmoking<\/li><li>De-stress<\/li><li>Know your\nfamily history<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also\nimportant to get your blood glucose checked and your blood pressure and cholesterol\nshould be checked regularly too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to deal with a heart attack?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Having a\nheart attack can be a frightening experience. Modern medical and interventional\ntreatment means that many people fully recover after their heart attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a heart\nattack every minute matters. Not all symptoms of a heart attack are always\npresent. If only some are present, don\u2019t wait. If you think you are having a\nheart attack, get help quickly and dial 999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you picture a heart attack you may think of someone clutching their chest, but in reality, this may not always be the case. Knowing the signs of a heart attack, in both women and men, may save a life. What is a heart attack? The coronary arteries supply your heart muscles with oxygen containing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/your-later-life\/how-to-reduce-my-risk-of-heart-attack\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":3927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4048],"tags":[4489],"class_list":["post-3906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-your-later-life","tag-your-later-life-2020"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2020\/02\/07211308\/GettyImages-1172918038-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2020\/02\/07211308\/GettyImages-1172918038-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Health Awareness","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/jennyhyndman\/"},"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3906"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3928,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3906\/revisions\/3928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}