I AM HAVING CHEST PAIN , CAN IT BE  HEART  ATTACK ???

Our medical field have reached at a level where we are able to make early diagnosis and treatment for the various health issues in the people leading to an increased life span from average 50 years in 1950s to average 70  years in 2019.

But , instead of all this , with factors like sedentary lifestyle , bad food habits and more of canned food , the risk of CARDIAC ARREST has increased overtime and is unpredictable in most of the people.

Let's find out its foreseeable points to be kept in mind.

WHAT IS A CARDIAC ARREST or  HEART ATTACK ? 

It refers to decreased blood supply to your heart's muscles leading to decreased oxygen in it causing it to stop working.

WHAT ARE THE  FEATURES OF HEART ATTACK ?

1. PAIN IN THE CHEST  

2. DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING

3. SWEATING

4. DECREASED SPO2 LEVEL

5.   EITHER LOW OR INCREASED BLOOD PRESSURE

6. PALPITATIONS

7. CHANGES ON YOUR ECG 

8. DERANGED CARDIAC MARKERS

9. FEELING OF DOOMED OR SEVERE ANXIETY
   

WHAT ARE COMMON CAUSES OF  CHEST PAIN  ?

Well , answer to this question is a quite longer one .
Pain in your chest could be due to many reasons .Let's discuss them briefly one by one .

1.LIFE THREATENING 

 A. ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

B. ANGINA /ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

C. AORTIC DISSECTION

D. TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX

E.  PULMONARY EMBOLISM

2. OTHER CAUSES 

 A. PNEUMONIA

B. CHEST WALL PAIN - Rib fracture or muscular

C.GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLEX

D. OESOPHAGEAL SPASM

E. PLEURISY

F. PERICARDITIS

G. HERPES ZOSTER and many more...

DO EVERY CHEST PAIN IS HEART ATTACK ?

Well answer to this question is a big NO .

In most of the cases it's just a gas in your stomach causing pain in the chest.

To actually evaluate the cause of the pain , always consult your physician by providing him/her with your proper history .

KINDLY DEFINE CHEST PAIN IN CARDIAC ARREST ?

Talking briefly about pain in the chest in case of  myocardial infarction leading to cardiac arrest if not treated .
The answer to this question is quite complicated as it depends person to person and one's history and symptoms plus presentation .let's find out how ?

1. If one is diabetic from years wherever diagnosed or not and controlled or uncontrolled , there are chances of having "SILENT HEART ATTACK " with no pain at all.

2. If one is nondiabetic and complains of chest pain, the pain of myocardial infarction is usually presented with chest tightness lasting less than 20 minutes interval associated with dyspnoea, sweating,  palpitations, decreased spO2 with pain radiating to back, jaw, stomach, or even back and with the feeling of doom.

3.IF pain lasting >20 minutes with dyspnoea ,palpitations , sweating ,increases of doing any movement or a walk , its usually angina pectoris.

4.if your pain is usually associated with food intake . It's usually gastro-oesophageal reflux but possibility of angina is still here too , so , always consult your physician for proper diagnosis. 

THE CONCLUSION 

Well the moral of the story is :

'every chest pain is not heart attack but every heart attack is also not associated with chest pain .

Kindly , always consult your physician as soon as possible and try to get diagnosed as early as possible .