Soap Operas Often Show Shocking Heart Attack Scenes, Is That Really Possible?

Indonesian soap operas often show scenes of people shocked to the point of having a heart attack. In the television show, usually this heart attack is experienced by parents who touch their chest until they are unconscious after hearing the bad news.

So, do reactions like this really happen in real-world heart attack patients?

That's more or less true because one of the triggers of heart attacks is stress. This includes psychological pressures from outside, maybe after a fight with a boyfriend, after being scolded by parents, it could be related.

However, it is necessary to review the existing symptoms to see whether they are consistent with a heart attack or not.

But we also have to look again whether the symptoms are indeed in accordance with the symptoms of a heart attack and whether there are risk factors. But stress is indeed one of the triggers and risk factors for a heart attack.

Getting to Know Coronary Heart Disease

Coronary heart disease is a disruption of the flow or blockage of the coronary blood vessels which causes the heart muscle to be unable to pump the heart as it should.

Coronary heart disease can be triggered by various things such as hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, smoking, and family history.

If the family history , for example, the patient has a biological parent or sibling who has a history of heart attacks or sudden death under the age of 50 years.

If there is a family history of risk factors, the possibility of developing heart disease increases two to four times.

Typical Signs of Coronary Heart Disease

There are several signs or symptoms of coronary heart disease, including:

  • Chest Pain

Chest pain in coronary heart disease patients tends to be severe and dull. Like being pressed, squeezed, stepped on, or squished, it can also feel hot.

Usually the patient cannot localize (point the point of pain) clearly. The patient usually cannot point with one finger but mostly on the left chest.

These complaints can come suddenly or progressively, meaning they develop gradually. These symptoms also do not go away with changes in body position.

  • Sweating a lot

Other symptoms of coronary heart disease are nausea, vomiting, and cold sweats.

Usually the patient will complain of sweat pouring down, like corn kernels. The patient can change clothes up to twice because they are so wet.

So, can coronary heart disease be cured?

The right answer is we can control it well. We can modify the risk factors. So coronary heart disease is more appropriate to be controlled well, so it is not completely cured.

The risk factor modification in question is if you have hypertension, control your blood pressure, if you have diabetes, control your sugar intake.

All of this will prevent further recurrent coronary heart disease.

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