What Does a Senior Heart Attack Look Like?

Vancouver Senior Home Care  |  March 31, 2020

What Every Senior in Vancouver, BC Needs to Know About the Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack

Senior Heart Attack | When someone clutches their chest due to strong pain, most people immediately suspect that they are having a heart attack. However, some heart attacks don’t happen suddenly. A person can have symptoms for hours before realizing what is happening.

Every year more than 150,000 people in Canada suffer from a heart attack. Fortunately, healthy lifestyle choices such as regular physical activity, good nutrition, and stress-free life can minimize the risk of having a heart attack or help those who are recovering after one.

Heart Attack Symptoms

Memorizing the most common symptoms of a heart attack can be a real lifesaver.

#1. Chest discomfort:

While some people experience discomfort in the form of squeezing, others have a feeling of fullness.

#2. Pain or discomfort throughout the body:

Heart attack doesn’t only cause chest pain. In fact, a person who is having a heart attack can feel pain in the neck, arms, jaw or back.

#3. Shortness of breath:

Most people do not recognize this as one of the symptoms, but it can be a sign that a heart attack is occurring.

#4. Nausea:

Vomiting, cold sweats and nausea can also signal the onset of a heart attack.

Types of Heart Attacks in Seniors:

#1. NSTEMI:

When blood flow to the heart through a coronary artery is severely restricted it causes this type of heart attack.

#2. Demand Ischemia:

This type of heart attack can happen when the heart needs more oxygen than the body can provide.

#3. Silent Heart Attacks:

A silent heart attack occurs without the patient’s knowledge.

#4. Coronary Artery Spasm:

This heart attack happens when the artery wall tightens and blood flow through the artery becomes restricted.

#5. Cardiac Arrest:

This is a term used when a patient’s heart stops beating.

Recognizing the symptoms as early as possible and seeking medical attention on time can save your life and drastically prevent damage this condition can cause.

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Trained caregivers help provide senior clients with the highest quality of life possible to keep them happy and healthy at home. Our Interactive Caregiving™ delivers a system of care that addresses safety, nutrition, mind, body, and activities of daily living (ADLs).

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Senior Homecare in Vancouver, BC

Learn more about our unique service which offers personal care, companionship care, palliative care, and end-of-life care by contacting the Comfort Keepers® Vancouver office.

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