| Diabetes & Heart |
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| People who have diabetes are also more susceptible to heart attacks. Many times these heart attacks can be silent. |
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| Don’t hesitate to seek medical help! |
| Many times heart attacks are silent when a person has Diabetes |
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| Fast action can save many lives! |
| During a heart attack a “clot” blocks the artery and prevents blood reaching the heart muscle. That part of the heart muscle begins to die. The more time passes without treatment the more the damage. Timely treatment dissolves the clot and opens the arteries to rejuvenate the muscle. |
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Heart attack warning signs!
Chest discomfort |
| Feeling uncomfortable with pressure, pain, squeezing, and heaviness in the centre of the chest which lasts more than a few minutes or goes and comes back. (Especially, if it is lasts beyond 30 minutes or not responding to sorbitrate, it is extremely suggestive of a heart attack.). |
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| Discomfort in other parts of the body besides the chest |
Discomfort (pain or heaviness) may be present in the arms, back, neck, and jaw. Chest discomfort may spread to the arms, shoulders, jaw or neck or, sometimes, may travel to the chest from those areas.
Much less common is upper abdominal pain with feeling of fullness, acidity and indigestion. This does not respond to antacids and should not be ignored but checked up for a possible heart attack. |
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