There are signs of myocardial infarction! Be careful of two major warning signs after exercise and meals

The temperature dropped sharply and the founder of the well-known chain of low-cost wholesale department stores "Xiaobei Department Store" Huang Buwen died suddenly of myocardial infarction, which once again aroused the Chinese people's high concern about heart disease. Doctors point out that myocardial infarction is preventable, especially if you observe after exercise and after meals. If you experience numbness or soreness in your hands, abdominal distension, or burning pain in your stomach, you should pay special attention.

Cai Qingbiao, director of Beitou Health Management Hospital and a neurologist, pointed out that autumn and winter are indeed the peak seasons for myocardial infarction. The heart is not only the strongest muscle in the human body, but also beats about 100,000 times a day, pumping 2,100 gallons of blood through the heart and body. Moreover, because it has no sensory nerves, once the blood vessels are blocked, the peripheral organs often react with discomfort, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed.

In daily life, you can actually observe whether your body has potential heart problems after exercise and after meals. If you have the following two symptoms, you must be alert, measure your blood pressure regularly, and do further correct examinations to avoid the regrets caused by myocardial infarction as much as possible.

Two major warning signs after the end of the anti-myocardial infarction exercise and after meals

Warning 1. Numbness and soreness in the left hand:

After exercise or after a meal, if you feel radiating numbness from your left shoulder to your hand for a few seconds to a few minutes, this may be due to blockage of the left coronary artery. Because the heart and blood vessels are blocked, the discomfort caused by delayed nerve reflexes occurs. But please note that cervical bone spurs can also cause radiating numbness and soreness due to nerve compression, but the compression of nerves by cervical bone spurs will not disappear all at once but will continue. This is different from the numbness caused by cardiovascular blockage which lasts for seconds to minutes.

Warning sign 2. Upper abdominal distension or burning pain:

Just after a meal, the body's blood will be concentrated in the stomach and intestines, making it more likely to cause myocardial ischemia. Because the heart and stomach and intestines are both controlled by the vagus nerve, it is easier to stimulate the gastrointestinal nerves, leading to burning pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. Angina pectoris and stomach pain occur in similar locations, especially myocardial hypoxia in the lower wall of the heart, which can easily cause upper abdominal pain, bloating and burning sensations. It is very easy to treat heart disease as stomach disease, which will delay the best treatment period and may even lead to sudden death.

Prevention is better than cure. Don't forget to have regular checkups.

President Cai Qingbiao emphasized that the human heart is like a pump, responsible for transporting blood to all parts of the body. The heart itself also needs blood. The blood supply is mainly provided by three coronary arteries: the left anterior descending artery, the right coronary artery and the circumflex artery. These three coronary arteries are like a crown covering the surface of our heart. The so-called myocardial infarction refers to the blockage of one of these three coronary arteries. Among them, 85% of myocardial infarctions occur in the left anterior descending artery and 15% in the right coronary artery. The circumflex artery is classified as the left anterior descending artery because it is close to the left.

Most people think that chest pain is a precursor to myocardial infarction. In fact, it is a signal before the acute phase of infarction. Tsai Qingbiao said that if you want to avoid sudden death caused by myocardial infarction, you can self-examine after daily exercise or after meals. If you have risk factors such as the three highs, smoking, drinking, and being overweight, you must undergo further effective examinations.

In addition, modern people are under great pressure and use 3C products heavily, which leads to a lot of civilization diseases such as cervical pain, shoulder discomfort, gastroesophageal reflux, and gastric ulcers. These diseases are confused with the precursors of myocardial infarction. However, if you are already in a high-risk group such as "three highs", overweight, smoking, and drinking, you must be vigilant. In addition to measuring blood pressure regularly, further examinations are needed.