Barb Hicks - Clivir Team asked:


It has already been established that more people die from heart attacks than any other condition known to man.  More women than men die from it, and more blacks than whites are diagnosed with it.  But these are just facts of the number of incidence of heart attacks that we are of aware of.

It appears there’s another killer among the population that you don’t hear much about, and it goes by the name of Silent Heart Attack or Non Q-wave Unrecognized Myocardial Infarction (UMI). It happens more often that previously thought and carries with it a uniquely high risk of premature death. These silent heart attacks go totally unnoticed because there is no pain associated with them and they don’t show up on EKG tracings.

It is difficult to comprehend how often these types of heart attacks occur, and no one can predict the future outcome of this condition. They are silent in nature and detection is elusive until after the fact.  Silent heart attacks occur more often in people who have significant heart disease.  With heart disease, the nerves surrounding the heart are usually damaged, which explains how a silent heart attack can happen without the victim’s knowledge.  

Those at risk for silent heart attack include diabetics, who are more prone to this type of attack, as well as women, the elderly, and those diagnosed with having heart disease.  Presently, there are no clear cut guidelines for the treatment of patients who exhibit signs and symptoms of having a silent heart attack, or Non Q-Wave UMI, but recent clinical studies have been conducted to help find an appropriate treatment.  Currently, the treatment for silent heart attack is no different than the care given to those who have already been diagnosed with heart disease.

Silent heart attack symptoms do not resemble the classic heart attack symptoms.  A known cause of this condition is Silent Ischemia (Decreased blood supply to the heart muscle).  When blood flow to the heart is blocked by plaque, the heart muscle in the area of the blockage becomes damaged.  It does not produce any symptoms because the nerve supply to the coronary arteries is also damaged. Surprisingly, when an attack is severe there may not be any chest pain at all. This can be the only a welcomed factor to having a painless heart attack, as the pain can be excruciatingly debilitating.



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Peter Jackson asked:


What happens if two students (outside of school or during lunch) pulled a prank call on a staff member / worker / teacher / principal / dean which caused that person to suffer a heart attack / hospital that would hospitalize? What would be the punishment? Suspension? Expelled?

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Twinklebell ♥MJ Fan 4 life♥ asked:


I’m shaken up today..cos my dad had a mild heart attack, it was so shocking and completely unexpected. He is smoker and does drink alcohol but he is so fit, young and the nicest guy. We are ecstatic he is stable but I want to prevent this from happening again. I want to know what are the chances of recurrence and what we can do from preventing from happening again.

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Connie T asked:


My husband had a heart attack 4 years ago.

He’s been antisocial (to our family anyway) and grouchy. He stays away about all day, spending his time with a family from our church.

Anything I can do?

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Paul Johnson asked:


If you are a smoker, one of the first things that your doctor would advise you to do after you have a heart attack is to stop smoking. Do not take this advice lightly. This is one recommendation that would save your life if you follow it; or kill you if you do not. There are plenty of reports that tie smoking to deaths by heart attack; there is no doubt about this - smoking after heart attack means death.

Smoking Kills - In More Ways Than One

You would associate smoking with lung cancer, which is a fact. However, it is also a fact that smoking is one of the major factors that cause heart attacks. As a smoker, you are primarily exposed to the risk of cancer of the throat and the lungs. However, a lot of people lead a cancer free life, but develop heart diseases.

Smoking steals oxygen from the tissues and cells. As a result, regeneration of cells does not take place in the manner that it should. This is why people who smoke have translucent looking skin, early wrinkles, and scrawny hands. They age earlier as smoking halves the capacity of the muscles to work, and prevents the immune system from fighting against free radicals and infections. Smoking literally smothers the body by squeezing the flow of oxygen from the cells.

Smoking And The Heart

Smoking narrows the arteries in your body and promotes the building and rupturing of plaque. This makes you a prime candidate for heart disease. When it comes to survivors of a first heart attack, smoking means sure death. There are no two ways about this. An MI usually results in the death and/or damage of a portion of the muscles of the heart. This interferes to some extent with its optimal functioning.

When you smoke following a heart attack, you prevent healing of the damaged muscle(s) and at the same time starve it of oxygen. The result is that the heart would overwork itself and cause a repeat MI, which often would be very serious if not fatal.

What If You Cannot Quit Smoking?

In that case, you need to learn - as soon as possible - how to draw a legal binding will. It is imperative that you do not die intestate, as this would add further stress to your family after your death - and this would be anytime from months to years following the first heart attack. It would also be good if you plan and allot funds for your funeral ceremony.

I am not being morbid. Smoking after a heart attack is a sure method to invite death early. This is one point on which all doctors agree upon; smoking affects the heart and is a primary and major factor that leads to heart attack.

The Good News

Quitting smoking cuts the risk of death by repeat heart attacks by 82%, which is a whooping figure under any circumstances. What would you want? Give up smoking and live a long and a quality life; or continue to smoke and end up in an early grave.

The choice is of course, yours.

For more information on this and other subjects on heart attack and heart health products, go to http://www.heartattackprofessor.com



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Kelsey asked:


When you have a heart attack what is your heart rate?

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JUST D0iiN M3, ♥ asked:


My father died from a heart attack and the doctor said diabetes and hypertesion caused it. My father has been sick for a very long time.. .he died yesterday, I just wanted to know what happens when you have a heart attack and how does diabetes and hypertension cause it?

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gzell91 asked:


I know for older people smoking increases the RISK for a heart attack, but I’m 18 years old and I had some dank kush, I thought I was going to die. Can one get a heart attack from smoking to much and being high? Not down the road… but while you’re high can you get a heart attack from your heart beating too fast?

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Count Acumen asked:


I’m talking about a person chosen at random. If for instance, we chose 1,000 people randomly, how many of those people will probably have a heart attack in their lifetime ?
Citing sources is appreciated.
gangadharan_nair, that is NOT the answer I wanted. Read the question please.

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J asked:


My brother had a heart attack yesterday morning, and his troponin levels were 3 immediately upon reaching the hospital, 10 a few hours later, and 13 a few hours after that.

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