DIAGNOSING A HEART ATTACK

The first step in diagnosing a heart attack is to be mindful that a heart attack is occurring. In cases wherein an individual feels severe chest pain there should already be a suspicion that a heart attack is occurring. However, a problem arises whenever symptoms of a heart attack leave out chest pain because a heart attack may not be suspected and therefore some of appropriate tests may not be performed.

In addition, there is a gadget that is used to record electrical activity of heart. This gadget is called electrocardiogram which aside from recording abnormal electrical activity of heart also identifies areas of heart muscle that are lacking in oxygen as well as determine areas of heart muscle that have died. Moreover, for patients experiencing typical symptoms of heart attack, electrocardiogram is an effective way of securing a diagnosis of heart attack thus giving way for immediate treatment of heart attack. However, there are some cases wherein diagnosis for a heart attack may become less secure, and example of which are patients experiencing symptoms that are rather vague or atypical that are results of pre-existing electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities resulting from previous heart attacks or some abnormalities in electrical patterns that makes interpretation of ECG difficult to diagnose. In such case, diagnosis can be made only hours later through detection of elevated cardiac enzymes in blood.

Prescription Medications For Candida and Their Side Effects

Pharmaceutical medications used to treat Candida, may cause patients to suffer from following side effects: Hives, itching, swelling, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, rashes, or a drop in blood pressure. Reports have surfaced regarding administration of pharmaceutical drugs such as: Diflucan, Mycostatin, Nilstat, Nystex, and Gemfibrozil. Side effects are an unfortunate factor that can never be anticipated. Due to fact that some of medications contain sugar, they may be unsuitable for diabetics. Additionally, some of drugs listed above, can also increase effects of other prescription drugs, resulting in dangerous side effects. As a result, while prescribing anticoagulants, insulin, oral diabetes medications or cholesterol-lowering drugs, a doctor must closely monitor a patient to make absolutely sure there are no contraindicative symptoms.