Note! Chest pain such as these signs of Heart Attack

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Singapore, some people assume all chest pain that appears caused by heart attacks. whereas chest pain which signifies a heart attack, his symptoms such as these.

"Very sick and continuously for about 10-15 minutes it was a heart attack, constant pain," said Dr. Kenneth Ng Kwan Chung, cardiologist from Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital in familiarization media event at Mount Elizabeth Novena, Singapore, Tuesday (29/1 / 2013).

Dr. Kenneth said if a heart attack, then the his pain very bad and constant. If only a few seconds, there was likely caused by bad blood flow or other conditions. Revealed the things that increase the risk of heart disease is diabetes, age of 70-75 years, smoking, and high cholesterol levels. For high cholesterol be required long time enough up to causing a heart attack, because it can be done prevention.

"Check how healthy your heart. By doing a blood test accompanied with arterial health examination. If the good cholesterol and arteries healthy, then do not need actions the anything anymore," said doctor who also the clinic tutor at the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.

One of the tests that could be done as a form of prevention from heart disease is CADRA gene test that could predict cardiovascular risk. Meanwhile, if there is someone who had a heart attack, the first aid that can be done is to give aspirin that has been destroyed then drunk. Additionally immediately contact the ambulance.

"A heart attack is usually caused by thrombosis. Aspirin that be destroyed, could be more quickly absorbed for dissolving these freezing. so giving aspirin important," said Dr. Kenneth. Now, a heart attack can strike people who his young age. For that do prevention with a healthy lifestyle and routine check the cholesterol levels and high blood pressure.