Why is heart attack often diagnosed late? The doctor said- "6 reasons become an obstacle in treatment"

News Topical, Digital Desk : Recently, Panchayat fame Asif Khan shared information with fans that he had a heart attack (Asif Khan heart attack), due to which he had to be admitted to the hospital. The actor played the role of Damad Ji in the Panchayat series, which was also liked by the people. Along with this, the actor also shared his health update and told that at present he is fine and is slowly recovering.

For some time now, cases of heart attack have started increasing rapidly. This is a common problem, which suddenly makes people its victim and in many cases the victim has to lose his life. In such a situation, today in this article we will know from Dr. Ambukeshwar Singh, Associate Director and Unit Head of Interventional Cardiology at Max Super Specialty Hospital, Lucknow, why often a heart attack is identified when it is too late.

Heart attack is spreading like an epidemic

The doctor said that heart attack is not a common disease, but it has become a serious problem nowadays. Although the exact prevalence of heart attack in our country is not known, the number of its cases is increasing day by day and now it is like an epidemic.

There has been a lot of progress in the treatment of heart attack in the last few decades. If a heart attack patient gets the right medical help on time, we can save more than 95% of such cases, but it is very unfortunate that many patients are not able to reach the hospital on time. Therefore, time is a very important factor in case of heart attack. Now the question arises that why do patients delay in reaching the hospital (late heart attack symptoms)? Some possible reasons for this can be as follows.

Not recognizing the common symptoms of a heart attack

Often, treatment is delayed due to failure to recognize the silent heart attack warning signs in time   . Some of its symptoms such as chest pain while resting, which is on the left, right or middle side, is not limited to the fingertips, starts suddenly, lasts not for a few seconds but for minutes to hours, is like burning, heaviness or suffocation, is of moderate to severe intensity, spreads to the left, right or both shoulders/arms, sweating, vomiting, fainting should not be ignored.

Ignoring unusual symptoms

Ignoring some unusual symptoms of heart attack like pain only in the upper middle part of the stomach, pain only in both the arms, burning sensation like acid reflux in the middle part of the chest,  shortness of breath only , fainting only, also leads to delay in treatment.

Refusing to accept a heart attack

Often healthy people live under the illusion that they cannot have a heart attack. Not accepting or denying this is very common these days. Many excuses like I cannot have an attack, it is just gastritis, it is a muscle problem etc. often lead to delay in treatment.

Myths related to heart attack

Often the myths related to any disease are the main reason for not getting timely treatment. Same is the case with heart attack. Myths related to it like it can be treated with home remedies, trusting unqualified relatives too much can also be harmful for health.

Ignoring the pain

One special thing about a heart attack is that the pain subsides on its own after a few hours, but this does not mean that everything is fine. Pain relief without proper treatment means that the heart muscles have already weakened and many complications are going to occur in the future.

Lack of proper treatment

Lack of proper healthcare and infrastructure often proves fatal for many. Even basic tests like ECG are not available in remote areas, especially at night. ECG is a very important test in diagnosing a heart attack. By doing a simple ECG, which is completely painless, we can diagnose a heart attack most of the time.

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