Apollomedics Lucknow

Winter comes with some of the major risk factors for heart diseases, respiratory diseases and highly contagious viruses. People often view the danger as hypothermia or frostbite. This dropped temperature during winter directly impacts your health and brings people of heart disease to maximum risk of heart attack or cardiac arrest. Why heart attacks cases increase in winter? Heart attacks are common in winter season. There are several theories mentioning the cause of heart attack in winter. The main risk factor is body’s physiological mechanism – In human body, we have autonomic nervous system of which one component is sympathetic nervous system whose activation increases in winter and narrow our blood vessels, and this narrowing is called vasoconstriction. This also leads to increase in the blood pressure of body. Due to the vasoconstriction, the blood flow is decreased and the heart needs to work extra hard to pump the blood and keep the body temperature maintained. The cold...

Heart attack is a serious medical emergency which can occur due to the blockage (usually blood clot) of blood reaching to the heart. This blocked blood flow can damage heart muscle. Why Heart Attack Occurs? The Blood Supply Is Reduced Due To Slow Process (Called Ischemia)And Change In Blood Vessels Diameter Because Of The Collected Lipids Called Atherosclerosis May Cause A Heart Attack. Heart Attack Can Happen Due To Clotting Of Blood In The Blood Vessel (Artery)Supplying The Part Which May Cause Serious Damage To Heart Muscles And Can Be Life Threatening. An Embolism Can Also Be A Main Cause Of Heart Attack On Which A Broken Part Of The Clot From Somewhere Else Coming With The Blood To The Part And Blocking The Concerned Vessel Which Restrict Blood Reaching Heart. Arteriosclerosis (Hardening Of The Concerned Vessel) Isthe Depositions Of Calcium In The Vessel Wall Makes It Hard And Restrict Blood Flow. Symptoms of Heart Attack Some common heart attack sympto...