Tobacco, alcohol “enough”, the 26-year-old man had an acute myocardial infarction

News from Phu Tho Provincial General Hospital said that recently, the Cardiovascular Intervention Unit – Cardiovascular Center of the hospital has successfully treated a young person with a stroke. heart attack grant.

It is noteworthy here that the patient with TM is very young (26 years old), completely without any previous chronic diseases.

A young man was admitted to the hospital with left chest pain and shortness of breath. The patient has a healthy history and smokes about 1-2 packs/day. The patient who was attending a party, drank alcohol, then vomited, had severe left chest pain, had difficulty breathing, and was taken to the emergency room.

After examination, the patient was given medication, indicated for coronary angiography and intervention. Coronary angiography results: Complete occlusion of the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery and intervention was indicated to place a stent in the blocked artery.

After the intervention, the patient had no difficulty breathing and reduced chest pain. After 5 days of treatment, the patient recovered and was discharged from the hospital.

“Through the case of this patient, it is an alarm to the community about the risk of cardiovascular disease in subjects who are inherently at a young and energetic age.

Heart attack It is a dangerous disease that can happen to anyone. Young people can also experience it. Therefore, young people need to pay special attention to the signs of the disease, should not be subjective with the abnormal signs of the body”, recommended Doctor Nguyen Van Son, Head of Cardiovascular Intervention Unit.

According to Dr. Son, heart attack is a sudden lack of blood supply to the heart due to blockage of a coronary artery. This is a condition that requires immediate medical attention. If not, it can lead to damage, necrosis of the heart muscle, causing heart failure in young people, even death.

This disease is common in middle-aged, male subjects, have a habit of smoking, have underlying medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia.

However, recently, many studies around the world show that the average age of patients heart attack gradually rejuvenated. Ratio heart attack in young people has reached more than 10% of all cases heart attack.

Measures to prevent myocardial infarction

According to Dr. Son, to prevent heart attack, people need:

– No smoking. Make a plan to quit smoking if you are addicted

– Maintain a scientific diet.

– Keep your weight within the allowable range. Lose weight if overweight according to science, the help of a nutritionist and professional trainer may be needed in this case.

Exercise regularly for 30 minutes/day.

– Keep your mind relaxed, avoid maximum stress. In case you can’t get out of a long-term stress situation on your own, ask for help from relatives, friends, or a psychologist.

– Periodic health examination. In particular, people who are prone to heart attack such as high blood pressure, high blood fat, diabetes, smoking..