Heart attacks

The Heart is the most important organ of the body.

Being overweight or not doing enough exercise it can cause a serious heart attack. Also eating high-fat food can cause heart attack too. It is not good for you if you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Smoking is the worst habit because this habit can easily cause a heart attack. Most heart attacks occur when you have coronary disease. The following can cause heart attacks and can damage your heart; taking certain drugs, emotional stress or pain, exposure to extreme cold, cigarette smoking. When an extreme panic has just happened that can cause a heart attack. Arteriosclerosis a type of disease. This disease hardens the arteries and makes it no longer flexible.


A heart attack happens when blood flows to part of the heart muscle and is blocked. The blockage harms part of the heart because it is no longer getting oxygen from the blood. Most heart attacks are caused by a blood clot that blocks one of the coronary arteries; sometimes a heart attack can be caused by a spasm, or tightening of a coronary artery. Coronary arteries are the blood vessels that supply oxygen and blood to the heart muscle. In coronary artery disease, the inside of the coronary arteries narrow and hardens because of the build-up of fat material called plague. Blood flows to the heart muscle and then is decreased. If the plague cracks or breaks open, a blood clot can form on the surface of the plague. The clot also called a thrombus can completely block blood flow in the artery. Once the flow of blood is blocked, a heart attack will happen when a part of the heart muscle becomes damaged. The heart may not be able to pump blood throughout the body very well. This can cause chest, arm, back or jaw pain or shortness of pain.


If you are concerned that your are having serious pain or if you eat quite a lot of fatty foods then we suggest that you should have a check up at your local GP (General practitioner).

Redbridge works hard to help people who suffer from heart disease and put a lot of work in the community to keep people fit and healthy.


By Agana 6S