(Harleen Kaur, Intern Journalist)Cardiovascular problems are also increasing rapidly at present due to irregular routines, stress, food habits, environmental pollution, and many other reasons. Heart problems have increased not only in older or elderly but also in younger children and adolescents.
World Heart Day is celebrated on 29 September every year to raise awareness about the heart and to tell about the measures to avoid heart problems. Heart attacks cause countless deaths worldwide and in 50 percent of cases, patients die before reaching the hospital. Sometimes deaths are due to heart attack, sometimes cardiac arrest causes death. These two are different.
Let us know in detail about both:
World Heart Day was started in the year 2000. At that time it was decided that World Heart Day would be celebrated on the last Sunday of September every year. But in 2014 a fixed date was set for it and since then World Heart Day started being celebrated on 29 September every year. Heart disease is also an important cause of death due to diseases worldwide, so it is important to have awareness among people about it.
What is a heart attack?
Blood accumulates in parts of the heart during a heart attack. In such cases, the longer the treatment is received, the more damage will be done to the heart and body. Symptoms may also appear immediately and may be delayed. Like cardiac arrest, the heartbeat does not stop suddenly in a heart attack. A few hours or a few days after a heart attack, it has a bad effect.
What is cardiac arrest?
In the case of cardiac arrest, the exchange of information in the inner parts of the heart becomes messed up. Due to this, the heartbeat has a bad effect. It seeks to regularize and smooth the heart rate of the victim through cardiopulmonary resistance (CPR). According to health experts, people who have had a heart attack before, are more prone to cardiac arrest.
How is cardiac arrest?
According to the health website heart .org, cardiac arrest occurs suddenly. No warning could be received from the body. Usually, the electrical disturbances in the heart deteriorate the beat’s rhythm. For this reason, the heart’s ability to pump is affected and it is difficult to get blood to other parts of our heart, mind, or body. In such a short time, the person becomes unconscious and the pulse keeps going. If the right supportive treatment is not received at the right time, then cardiac arrest kills within minutes.
The deep connection between the two
Both cardiac arrest and heart attack are deeply interwoven. Many times there is a possibility of cardiac arrest during a heart attack or even during its recovery. Since the heartbeat in a heart attack does not stop immediately, the patient is more likely to save his life in a heart attack than a cardiac arrest.
According to the British Heart Foundation, when the electrical signal in the heart does not allow blood to enter the body, a cardiac arrest can occur. When a human’s body stops pumping blood, there is a lack of oxygen in the brain. In this state, the person becomes unconscious and starts having difficulty breathing. It does not show any symptoms beforehand. The risk of death in cardiac arrest increases manifold.
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