What Everyone Should Know About Heart Attacks.

May 28, 2010 TRACKBACK Wellness by Administrator EDIT FRONTENT
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Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic, is the lead author of a report in the July 29, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. According to the report, "most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 a .m. and noon," Dr. Somers said. "Having one during the night, when the heart should be most at rest, means that something unusual happened," he said.

Dr. Somers and his colleagues have been working for over ten years to show that sleep apnea is to blame. The following are things we all need to remember according to Dr. Somers:

  1. If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night. The reason: aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life." Therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the aspirin would be strongest in your system.
  2. Aspirin lasts a really long time. It can last in your medicine chest for years. When it gets old, it smells like vinegar and that's when to throw it out.
  3. It is important to always have ASPIRIN in the home.
  4. There are other symptoms of heart attack besides the pain on the left arm.
  5. One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms may occur less frequently.
  6. There may also be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.
  7. The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep.
  8. If that happens, IMMEDIATELY DISSOLVE TWO ASPIRINS IN YOUR MOUTH and swallow them with a bit of water. Then phone 911, a neighbor, or a family member who lives very close by, and state HEART ATTACK and that you have taken 2 ASPIRINS.
  9. Take a seat on a chair or sofa and wait for their arrival.

According to a recent article by Dick Morris, a well known medical commentator, a Cardiologist has estimated that, if each person, after receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, it is likely a life will be saved!

Sources:
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
DICK MORRIS Published on TheHill.com

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