The number of deaths with regard to heart problems has continued to grow for more than 20 years. If there are around 17.6 million deaths per year today, it will be estimated that by 2030 the dead will be 24 million (2019 report from the American Heart Association). A worrying trend that makes cardiovascular disease the most important cause of death in the world and in Italy, where 240 thousand people are registered every year. These are unpredictable events, but the prevention of risk factors and the speed of rescue can make the difference between life and death.
The acute myocardial infarction (also known as ‘heart attack’) is one of the most serious cardiovascular events. In Italy, 120,000 are verified every year, of which a good role is deadly. For those who are hit by a heart attack, every minute is expensive. The more it expected, the greater the amount of heart muscle that is damaged, with important consequences for the quality of life. The first two hours from the start of the symptoms come, not surprising, called “golden hours”: if the blood flow is not recovered within this period, the risk of permanent damage to the heart muscle increases exponentially after 90 minutes of the debut of the symptoms in fact the mortality.
Well -known symptoms
The most typical manifestation of infarction is a oppressive pain in the center of the chest, which lasts more than 20 minutes, has been created at rest and in some cases radiated to the left arm, neck, jaw, teeth, back. However, the attack often presents itself in a more subtle way, such as abdominal pain or in the back of the chest. Other typical symptoms are: sudden breath (dyspneu), cold sweating, nausea and vomiting, fainting, sudden dizziness, state of fear, sudden weakness (asthenia). Let’s see what the lesser -known symptoms are that can also manifest themselves at night.
The less well -known symptoms
Night apnea
The American Heart Association said theNight apnea (When breathing stops repeatedly to disturb sleep long enough) it is a respiratory disease that can also have serious consequences for health over time, increasing the risk of numerous pathologies, including a heart attack. “Obstructive apnea asleep – explained the experts – was connected to higher percentages of hypertension, stroke and coronaropathy (any change, anatomical or functional, of the crown arteries, those, from the blood vessels that bring blood to the heart muscle). The risk of heart failure”.
Night sweat
Excessive sweating at night is also considered a sign of heart conditions in some people. Night sweat is a common symptom In women who have heart problemsAlthough it is sometimes exchanged for a sign of the menopause. Usually night knowledge is associated with epigastric pain (in the upper part of the stomach) or chest, that appearance to the arm and left shoulder, the feeling of dizziness and nausea: in this case it can be the symptom of a heart attack.
Frequent urination
The night urinary urinates the night, an annoying condition called ‘Nicturia’, can be activated by a heart disease. This is because during the arc of the day there is an accumulation of liquids and salts that the body tries to expel during the night by causing lanturia. “Cardial malfunction – Explain the experts of the Continances Institute (US) – makes it difficult for the body to get rid of liquids. To lie down and improve the kidney function, making the body easier to get rid of the liquids that have gathered during the day. When we lie asleep, the improved kidney function the action enters the action, the action is the action, the action is the action. liquids before they go to bed “.
Breast pain
One of the most obvious signs of the infarction is the chest pain, which can remain located and limited to the chest or shines behind and arms (more often the accident), neck, jaw, teeth, back. “In most cases – the health care system explains in the United Kingdom (NHS), chest pain is not always a signal of a serious state. However, if the pain is acute and unbearable and deteriorates when it is or is deeply inspired, it can be a sign of heart attack or pericarditis,” an inflammation of the heart. “Pericarditis – the experts continue – can manifest themselves in the following ways: the chest pain is acute or unbearable; spreads behind, arms or abdomen; worsens when you deeply inhale, you swallow, counterwork or lying (especially when you lie on the left); it improves when you turn ahead”.
Breath
Another symptom of the infarction is the sudden appearance of short breath in the absence of exercise conditions, or a breath after an attempt that continues to deteriorate. “This – explains the NHS – can occur after activity or rest; it can be worse when it is lying and can cause awakening during the night because of the need to resume breath.”
Tachycardia
Tachycardia is an accelerated cardiac frequency condition, with a number of strokes per minute larger than 100 at rest. It could arise for a severe heart disease, such as a heart attack or cardiomyopathy, and can take from a few seconds to a few hours.
Restless legs syndrome
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder related to moments of relaxation. The episodes of worse are often presented before the disorders or awakening. The NHS describes it as “a common state of the nervous system that causes an unstoppable need to move the legs”. Some studies suggested that it could be connected to an increased risk of heart disease, but the American Heart Association said that “further research is needed to fully understand and confirm this report”.
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