Elderly people with chest pain should be alert to myocardial infarction, and atypical symptoms should also be watched out for

Not long ago, the father of Huazi's colleague suffered an acute myocardial infarction. The old man began to experience chest pain and vomiting symptoms at 5 a.m., and fainted once during the process. He later woke up, but did not tell his son until 8 p.m.

The son received the news and quickly called "120", but when he took the old man to the hospital, the best time for blood vessel recanalization had been missed, so he could only take conservative treatment. After the condition stabilized, interventional treatment was performed. However, a large area of ​​myocardium had already been necrotic, leaving behind the sequelae of heart failure.

1. Elderly people should be extremely careful when they have chest pain. Afterwards, everyone asked the old man why he didn't call earlier. If he had called earlier, the myocardial cells could have been rescued, and he wouldn't have to suffer for so long, and wouldn't have developed heart failure. The old man was a little embarrassed and said he was afraid of causing trouble to his children. He thought that his vomiting was because he had eaten something bad and had food poisoning. He thought that "vomiting and defecating" would be fine, but he didn't expect that he would have such a serious disease.

Hua Zi said that the elderly must be extremely vigilant when they have chest pain, because it may be a sign of acute myocardial infarction. Especially the kind of chest pain that is accompanied by a feeling of suffocation and sweating, and the pain is "all over" instead of just one point, it is very likely to be an acute myocardial infarction, and you must call "120" for help immediately. Try to reopen the blood vessels within 2 hours to save most of the myocardium.

2. Some symptoms of myocardial infarction are not typical. The typical symptom of myocardial infarction is chest pain, and most people are still very vigilant. However, when some myocardial infarctions occur, atypical symptoms may occur, and special care should be taken. For example, the father of Wen Zhongzi's colleague vomited because the lower wall of the heart is close to the diaphragm. When an inferior myocardial infarction occurs, myocardial necrotic substances can easily stimulate the diaphragm, causing diaphragm spasm, which will cause vomiting symptoms.

When some people suffer a myocardial infarction, they do not experience chest pain, but a tight sore throat; or upper abdominal pain similar to stomach pain; or pain radiating to the left side of the back, shoulders, fingers and other parts of the body; some people also experience neck pain, jaw pain, and even toothache, and they are all ultimately diagnosed with myocardial infarction.

3. How to save yourself when a myocardial infarction occurs If you have symptoms suspected of a myocardial infarction, you should first call the emergency number "120" for help, and then notify your relatives. If you are conscious, you can lie down and rest, do not move, and wait for help. If there are relatives around, try to keep the patient conscious, do not feed water to the patient, and do not take any medicine randomly.

If the patient is in a coma, tilt the patient's head to one side to prevent vomit from entering the lungs and causing suffocation. Touch the patient's carotid artery. If the pulse disappears, it means the heart has stopped beating. At this time, cardiopulmonary resuscitation is needed to buy time for rescue. At the midpoint of the nipple line, overlap your palms and use your body strength to press. The depth of the press is 5 cm and the frequency is 100 times per minute until the ambulance arrives.

4. Pay attention to the prevention of myocardial infarction. The main cause of myocardial infarction is the rupture of coronary atherosclerotic plaques, which induces platelet aggregation to form thrombi. Elderly people who suffer from hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, or have bad living habits such as long-term smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, etc. may cause coronary atherosclerosis.

If atherosclerosis is confirmed, statins are needed. It is best to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) to below 1.8mmol/L, which can transform unstable plaques into stable plaques and avoid rupture. People with high risk should also take aspirin to inhibit platelets and prevent the formation of blood clots.

In summary, when elderly people have chest pain symptoms, they must be alert to myocardial infarction. In addition to chest pain, they should also be careful of pain in other parts of the body. If you cannot distinguish, do not be afraid to "trouble" others and call immediately. "A false alarm" is always better than "regret". I am pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.