What Causes Heart Attacks?
Aug 26, 2023
What Causes Heart Attacks?
This video reviews why heart attacks happen and how heart attacks happen. It discusses the causes of heart attacks and reviewed in detail what are the symptoms of a heart attack and what to do if a heart attack ever happen. Written by two practicing cardiologists: Dr. Jose Taveras MD FACC and Dr. Mark Greenberg MD FACC. Uses simple explanations to describe complex medical terms. Produced by Doctablet®.https://doctablet.com/medicine/cardio …https://doctablet.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiGh …
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20.36 -> Your heart is the engine of your body.
22.5 -> It keeps you alive by pushing blood
24.6 -> where it’s needed.
25.58 -> Like other engines,
26.56 -> the heart has a line that feeds it the fuel it needs.
29.34 -> Heart attacks happen
30.12 -> when this fuel line gets damaged.
33.1 -> Imagine that you are running down the street
35.18 -> and you trip, fall, and badly scrape your knee.
39.28 -> The knee will become painful,
40.92 -> swollen, red, and hot.
42.92 -> This is called “inflammation,"
44.92 -> and it is your body's way
46.44 -> of repairing itself after it’s been hurt.
48.56 -> If you care for it, it will quickly stop bleeding
51.1 -> and the pain will soon fade away.
53.1 -> After a while, it crusts over,
55.1 -> and the swelling goes down.
57.1 -> Soon, the scab falls off,
58.88 -> the skin looks pink,
60.18 -> but this also gets better,
61.74 -> and then it looks like nothing ever happened.
63.74 -> The healing was successful.
66.44 -> Now imagine the same example
68.2 -> with scraping your knee,
69.44 -> but this time, right after the crust forms
71.66 -> and things are better, you fall and scrape it again.
74.26 -> This time it bleeds more,
76.1 -> and the pain is worse.
77.68 -> The next day, you scrape it again,
79.56 -> and then you continue to scrape it
81.56 -> every day for many years.
84.52 -> With time,
85.44 -> a bulge of crust and blood
87.2 -> would form as the knee tried to heal itself
89.32 -> at the same time it continued to get hurt.
92.32 -> Cigarettes and eating poorly cause heart attacks,
95.18 -> because they scrape the inside of your heart’s fuel line.
98.36 -> After years of scraping,
100.14 -> blockages form inside of it.
102.14 -> The heart cannot work without fuel,
104.14 -> so it keeps fixing the fuel line,
105.84 -> while you keep scraping it.
107.84 -> Over time, these blockages grow
109.84 -> and eventually block the line.
112.2 -> This can result in chest pain that happens
114.5 -> when you exercise or walk.
116.5 -> Your chest hurts
117.76 -> because exercises make your heart work more,
120.08 -> but its line is blocked,
121.4 -> and it cannot get the fuel it needs.
124.22 -> If these blockages fall apart
125.94 -> and clog the line completely,
127.34 -> that's when a heart attack happens.
130.34 -> Heart attacks feel like pressure or burning
132.68 -> in the center of the chest.
134.06 -> This feeling can be mild or very strong.
137.14 -> Together with the pain in the chest,
138.94 -> some people can feel achy shoulders
140.94 -> or arms, and it can even go up your neck and jaw.
144.4 -> For some women,
145.66 -> heart troubles can feel like they are very out of breath,
148.26 -> even without any chest pain.
151 -> If you ever feel anything like that,
153.28 -> do not take any chances
155.28 -> and go to the hospital
156.44 -> because heart attacks are very common.
159.22 -> When you are trying to lower your chances
161 -> of having a heart attack,
162.12 -> there are medications available that can help.
164.76 -> But no matter what you do,
166.36 -> taking away the things that hurt your heart
168.54 -> is the most important step.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVTmV0vwGtU
