10 Ways to Avoid a Heart Attack

Heart attacks are not always severe or what we call in other words major, sometimes it can be minor one also. Now the problem is ,if heart attack is major than one can easily get the treatment or work towards giving relief to the patient, but what if a minor heart attack keeps on disturbing and still we are not able to detect. In that case it might be difficult to control the situation when a major heart attack comes. Generally the symptoms of minor heart attacks are such that they are easily confused with simple sickness symptoms. The symptoms of a heart attack include mild fever, feeling of nausea, tiredness and feeling sleepy all the time. But in case of a major heart alongwith these symptoms one might experience breathlessness, excessive sweating, severe pain in chest etc.

When there is a major heart attack, one needs to take decisions very fast, maybe to inform their physician or to call on an emergency number of nearby hospital.

The main reason of heart attack is the blockage in the arteries of heart which prevents free circulation of blood in heart. This in turn may be caused by fat deposition, or clotting of blood etc in the arteries. One can measure the severity of heart attack with the blockage itself.

Well again it is not essential that the hospital you called up must treat you as they might not be having proper equipments ,but do not worry ,in that case a patient is immediately referred to nearby hospital having all the facilities.

So next time anybody in your family or neighbor experiences such symptoms or a heart attack take them to the hospital as soon as possible, because soon you reach hospital better would be your chances of getting relief.

10 Common Symptoms And Signs Of High Blood Pressure

The force that blood exerts against the arteries is commonly known as blood pressure. But do you suffer from high blood pressure? And what about the symptoms and signs of high blood pressure, are you aware of them? If not then article below will give you a proper insight on it.


Generally people suffering from high BP either ignore the problem or take some anti-hypertensive medicines that too for a very short period. In fact going with the study, it shows that 90% medicines of high BP does not agree with the patient’s problem. Hence if the problem is not tackled properly, then it may turn in to more serious life threatening diseases effecting liver, kidney, eyes, heart and brain. Again if you are able to conquer high BP then obviously you are on safer side.

120/80 is the normal level of your blood pressure, but if this reaches 140/90, then you are no doubt suffering from hypertension. In between these two levels comes, pre-hypertensive stage, which you can easily bring down to normal by exercise, diet control, quitting smoking habit, etc.

What are the symptoms which informs you that you are high BP patient?


High BP is often called silent killer, as it shows no symptoms. Yet there are certain symptom which people worldwide associate with high BP. Some of them are bleeding of nose, fatigue, dizziness, and headaches and flushed face. People suffering from high BP might face these symptoms but they are equally common in the people with normal blood pressure. What are the actual reasons of these symptoms? The main reason behind these symptoms appearing in a patient suffering from high BP for quite a long time is the damage and failure of different organs including brain, kidney, heart and eyes. In fact, in some rare cases high BP may lead to swelling in the brain, resulting in coma or drowsiness.

In short hypertension has following 10 symptoms.

Blurred vision
Headache
Breathlessness
Tinnitus
Sleepiness
Fatigue
Nosebleed
Profuse sweating
Confusion
Vomiting
Low libido or lack of sexual desire

Remember that if you seem to have no such above mention symptoms, it does not imply that you do not suffer from high BP, because high BP has no symptom. Hence the effective way to keep your blood pressure in control is to get it checked regularly.

Wishing you all healthy living