Laura Diaz Anchor

Laura Diaz Anchor said heart attack (coronary heart disease) is now not only attacks the elderly but also young people. Laura Diaz Anchor also said A heart attack is not sudden since before the attack appeared already there are signs that conveyed the body.

But these signs are often ignored. In fact, according to research from MIDAS in Milan, Italy in 2006, almost about 52 percent of patients with coronary heart disease did not experience chest pain or often referred to as silent ischemia.

Reporting from mayoclinic, Saturday (02/05/2011) coronary heart disease is a disease caused by narrowing or blockage of coronary arteries, the blood vessels that will drain blood to carry nutrients and oxygen needed to function of heart muscle to pump blood whole body.

Human heart pumps blood around the body secra constant at around 4-5 liters of blood per minute. Therefore, if blood flow is not smooth can cause damage to heart muscle that causes the heart pumps disorders (heart failure) and death.

Triggering a heart attack include excessive exercise, which spend a lot of emotional upset or other activities done to excess.

According to Dr M. Taufik Arifin Pohan, SpJP as quoted from his writings in detikHealth, at least there are 5 signs of a heart attack to watch out for:

   1. Stress (load seemed to be overwritten, pain, pinched and burned), which causes shortness of breath and choking on the neck.
   2. The pain may spread to the left arm, neck and back.
   3. The pain can last about 15-20 minutes and occur continuously.
   4. Arise in a cold sweat, weak body, heart palpitations and even fainting.
   5. The pain can be reduced when it is resting, but will gain weight if you're on the move.


Some ways you can do to prevent heart attacks, such as keeping cholesterol levels of blood fats, keeping blood pressure for control, stop smoking, avoid fatty foods, replenish fruit and vegetable consumption, exercise regularly, lose weight and reduce stress.