TREATING HEART ATTACKWritten by Jinky C. Mesias
There are various ways of treating heart attack however, primary goal of these treatments is to quickly open blocked artery and then restore blood flow in heart muscle in a process called reperfusion. And then, once artery is open damage in heart muscle ceases and with it ceases pain that an individual feels. Aside from that, early reperfusion helps in minimizing extent of heart muscle damage by preserving pumping function of heart. Maximum benefit may be derived from reperfusion if it can be applied within first 4 to 6 hours of heart attack. Moreover, delay in administering reperfusion may result to a severe damage to heart muscle as well as a reduction in ability of heart to pump blood all throughout body. Not only that, patients who have been found out to have hearts that are unable to pump sufficient blood tend to develop heart failure, a decreased in ability to exercise and often times experience abnormal heart rhythms. The amount of remaining healthy heart muscle after a heart attack becomes a vital factor in determining future quality of life as well as longevity of an individual. There are many ways of treating a heart attack and these are as follows: anti-platelet medications, anti-coagulant medications, coronary angiography, clot-dissolving medications, supplemental oxygen, medications to decrease need for oxygen as well as medications to prevent abnormal heart rhythms. The anti-platelet agents are medications that are administered to prevent blood clots from forming in arteries of heart by inhibiting aggregation of platelets. However, formation of blood clots in areas wherein there is laceration or injury is favorable since it will prevent excessive blood loss. There are three types of anti-platelet agents and these are aspirin, thienopyridines and glycoprotein llb/lla inhibitors.
| | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: WHERE IT ALL STARTED?Written by Jinky C. Mesias
There are two forms of high blood pressure and these are essential hypertension and secondary hypertension. The essential hypertension is more common condition and blamed for almost 95% of hypertension. Aside from that, cause of essential hypertension is multifactor since there are several factors which when combined produce hypertension. The secondary form of hypertension is accounted for only 5% of hypertension cases since it caused a particular abnormality in one of organs or systems of body. In addition, essential hypertension was known to affect about 75 million Americans; however, its origin is still unknown. Moreover, there some certain associations that have been recognized especially in people with hypertension like essential hypertension develops only in groups or societies that have fairly high intake of salt which is exceeding normal 5.8 supposedly daily intake of salt. Furthermore, there have been findings that prove salt intake of a person plays an important factor in reference to essential hypertension in many situations. And also, excess in salt is also associated with advance aging of cells. Another factor believed to contribute to development of essential hypertension are genetic factors. However, genes for hypertension have not
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