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What Are The Symptoms Of Heart Attack?

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Posted on Fri, 10 Apr 2015
Question: Hi.
How are you?
I have few general questions about 'heart attacks'.
1) Could you please tell me what are the symptoms of heart attack?
2) Please watch the video at the link https://youtu.be/DiiKFrghvGw
It is a 3 minute video, in which the doctor suggests to consume 3 medicines if a person experiences symptoms of heart attack. Is the suggestion given by doctor correct?
3) If yes, Can I get these tablets at a medical shop by merely mentioning the brand names that the doctor has suggested? Or Are these general names (not specific to any brand) ?
a Disprin 325mg -1 tab
b Clopitab 150 mg - 2 tablet
c Atorvastatin 80mg - 1 tablet
d Diagene

Looking forward to your reply.

Thanks in advance
doctor
Answered by Dr. Divakara (19 hours later)
Brief Answer:
The doctor's suggestion is right.

Detailed Answer:
HI

Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P     
First of all thanks for choosing Healthcaremagic for posting such a wonderful query.

The symptoms which I will be describing are of a classical heart attack, there may not be always presence of all the symptoms during heart attack . So presence of any 1 should alert you about the chance of heart attack.

1. Chest Pain : Typically the pain will be squeezing type occurring over a wide area of chest. ( not localised to one particular point ) . If you ask the patient to describe where the pain is he will use his fist or entire palm to shown the site of pain and not just a finger .

2. Radiation of Pain : The chest pain may extend to Left hand ( very classical of heart attack ) but sometimes it may extend to neck , back or even abdomen or right hand.

3. Sweating : Many times chest pain will be associated with Sweating .

4. Breathlessness : Many times chest pain will be associated with breathlessness.

5. Giddiness : Many times chest pain will be associated with Giddiness.

Even if the pain subsides after taking some antacid or gastric medication it doesn't mean that it is not due to heart attack . I have come across many patient who had chest pain in the night and they took some antacid medication and the chest pain subsided . But next day morning when they were tested with ECG it showed a massive heart attack .

Now coming to the video and the doctor's advise whatever he has said is right. These are the medicines which will give some benefit during heart attack but again stressing you that after taking these medicines the patient should immediately reach the hospital and get checked .

The medicines advised are brand names , these are the medicine names

1. Aspirin = Dispirin.
2. Clopidogrel = Clopitab
3. Atorvastatin = Atorvastatin.

In addition to this I advice one more tablet called Sorbitrate .

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .

Regards.
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What Are The Symptoms Of Heart Attack?

Brief Answer: The doctor's suggestion is right. Detailed Answer: HI Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P First of all thanks for choosing Healthcaremagic for posting such a wonderful query. The symptoms which I will be describing are of a classical heart attack, there may not be always presence of all the symptoms during heart attack . So presence of any 1 should alert you about the chance of heart attack. 1. Chest Pain : Typically the pain will be squeezing type occurring over a wide area of chest. ( not localised to one particular point ) . If you ask the patient to describe where the pain is he will use his fist or entire palm to shown the site of pain and not just a finger . 2. Radiation of Pain : The chest pain may extend to Left hand ( very classical of heart attack ) but sometimes it may extend to neck , back or even abdomen or right hand. 3. Sweating : Many times chest pain will be associated with Sweating . 4. Breathlessness : Many times chest pain will be associated with breathlessness. 5. Giddiness : Many times chest pain will be associated with Giddiness. Even if the pain subsides after taking some antacid or gastric medication it doesn't mean that it is not due to heart attack . I have come across many patient who had chest pain in the night and they took some antacid medication and the chest pain subsided . But next day morning when they were tested with ECG it showed a massive heart attack . Now coming to the video and the doctor's advise whatever he has said is right. These are the medicines which will give some benefit during heart attack but again stressing you that after taking these medicines the patient should immediately reach the hospital and get checked . The medicines advised are brand names , these are the medicine names 1. Aspirin = Dispirin. 2. Clopidogrel = Clopitab 3. Atorvastatin = Atorvastatin. In addition to this I advice one more tablet called Sorbitrate . Hope this information was useful to you. Any clarifications feel free to ask . Regards.