Early Signs, Symptoms of Future Heart Attack

In order to keep safe our family members and our self, it is very important to know the signs of heart attack.

It can be dangerous if you don’t know the symptoms of heart attack. The people that never suspected a heart attack will wait for very long time to seek medical help when they experience it.

So if you are educated on the symptoms and signs you can help others.

All the people that have heart attack may not experience unbearable and sudden pain. Some attacks are unexpected and powerful, but most are slow and mild, that cause minimal pain.

As per David Brongo cardiologist, Nyack Hospital, Columbia Doctors of the Hudson Valley, the signs of heart attack are:

In the middle of the chest you feel discomfort, which stays for some minutes, or goes away and comes back.

1. Discomfort felt on both or one arm, neck, jaw, back OR stomach.
2. Breathing shortness and can be without or with chest pain.
3. Light headedness, cold sweats or nausea.

If you are experiencing this signs more, than there are more chances that you are getting a heart attack. Women as compared to men will experience more signs as jaw or back pain, breath shortness or vomits and nausea.

Heart Medications

Women may experience a heart attack without any chest pain. Hence the attack can be misinterpreted with acid reflux or flu which is less severe.

If you think that you are getting heart attack you must call the emergency helpline. In a heart attack situation every minute is important and so it is smart to call 911, if there are any signs related to heart attack.

Don’t drive yourself to the hospital, but please ask somebody to drive. Once you call 911 life saving treatment in the journey to emergency room can be started by medical emergency people.

It is very important to get the signs and not ignore chest pain. Getting an immediate treatment is like being alive or it can cost your life.

Unknown Eating Disorders List

Eating disorders are not limited to just eating too much food or gorging and overeating. It goes way beyond and there are have been many more such syndromes which haven’t got the limelight that they deserve and before it becomes grave issue, it is vital to know them to ensure that you are not facing any of these or if you do then take right step to stop it now.

Night Eating Syndrome: The name explains itself. Person suffering from this disorder will never ever eat in the morning due to the guilt of over eating the previous night. They may wake up in the middle of night feeling awfully hungry and would eat anything that they can lay their hands on. It is said to be the biggest culprit behind obesity which is like a red carpet for all the life style syndromes.

Orthorexia Nervosa: This one is an abnormal obsession with eating healthy and good food. They worry about how the food was made, is it high in nutritious value and how much to eat, etc. When you become a healthy food addict then it becomes an issue of concern. Everyplace that you go would definitely not be as hygienic such apprehensions and obsessions may create problems in your personal life.

Pica: It is about people having craving for some weird food items that one would otherwise think as gross.
Acuphagia – Yearning to eat sharp things
Amylophagia – Yearning for eat washing powder
Cautopyreiophagia – Yearning for eat burnt matches
Coprophagia – Yearning to eat faeces
Geophagia – Yearning to eat soil
Lithophagia – Yearning to eat stones
Mucophagy – Yearning to eat mucus
Pagophagia – Yearning to eat ice
Plumbophagia – Yearning to eat lead
Trichophagia – Yearning to eat hair
Xylophobia – Yearning to eat wood
Hyalophagia- Yearning to eat glass
Saponaceous- Yearning to eat soap

Nocturnal Sleep Eating:
Nocturnal Sleep Eating is to do with people who it in semi conscious state of mind thinking where they are simply not aware about have they eaten in the last meal or have they eaten a meal at all. It is commonly found in people who have high intake of sugar and fats and suffer from severe anxiety and anger pangs.

Symptoms of Arthritis at a Glance, a Summary

It is a chronic, inflammatory type of arthritis. It is also classified as an autoimmune because certain immune cells malfunction and attack a person’s own body. Rheumatoid arthritis typically begins in middle age, but children and young adults can also develop the disease. RA is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the joints and may cause inflammation of other tissues in the body.

The immune system consists of the cells and proteins in our bodies that fight infections. An autoimmune disease occurs when our immune system doesn’t recognize part of our body and attacks it as if it were an invader such as a bacteria or virus.

People of all races and ethnic backgrounds can develop RA. Symptoms which are commonly associated with this disorder include: Joint pain, Joint Swelling, Joint Stiffness and warmth around the affected joint. Morning Stiffness which lasts for one or more hours. Symmetrical pattern of affected joints, meaning the same joint on both sides of the body is affected (e.g., both knees). Small joints of the hands & feets are characteristically involved, although any joint can be affected. Rheumatoid Nodules (firm lumps under the skin), found on elbows and hands of about one-fifth of rheumatoid arthritis patients Fatigue and noticeable loss of energy.

Flares & remission of disease activity is characteristic of this disease. Most people who develop RA are between the ages of 20 and 60, if you fall outside of this age range it makes the diagnosis less likely. The most common joints to be involved are the fingers, hands, wrists, and feet.

Often, people with this disorder may also complain of general fatigue, weakness, low-grade fever without an obvious source of infection, decreased appetite, weight loss, and/or muscle pain.  People with RA typically will complain of difficulty performing tasks of daily living such as writing, preparing food, grasping a cup, getting dressed, and turning a doorknob.
Oral arthritis drug and celebrex

HIV Infection Treatment During Pregnancy

What can be done to help prevent HIV infection during pregnancy? Many couple are worried about this situation. If not worried for them self then for their coming child. Most latest research study says treating HIV during pregnancy is good for both mother and child.

A research study concluded that taking HIV medicines during pregnancy by HIV positive (and Hepatitis C Virus or HCV) woman reduces risk of transmitting both HIV and hepatitis virus to baby. This is quite relieving result for women who are HIV positive and also pregnant. The study result presented at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, America. read study details here.

HIV Pregnancy Treatment

ARV therapy or Antiretroviral therapy (anti HIV drugs are called antiRetroviral drugs) reduces Mother-to-child transmission of HIV virus. In past, research studies on mother to child transmission, showed that 19% babies born with HCV to mother infected with both HIV and HCV viruses. 2% to 5% babies born with HCV to mother with HCV infection only. It is not known whether modern HIV treatment prevents MTCT for HCV virus. Past studies on transmission of virus to child from mother were conducted when ARV therapy was not widely used in women with HIV and HCV viruses.

The study has been conducted by Dr Claudia Checa Cabot and her team members. Dr Cabot is an MD at National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Treating HIV infection in women with hepatitis C and HIV virus may reduce transmission of both viruses in baby.

Dr Cabot took data from another study conducted between 2002 to 2008 called 'Perinatal and Longitudinal Study in Latin American Countries'.

Clinical Trial on Heart Risk Required for Obesity Drug

In a meeting on Thursday, drug review panel of FDA has announced that studies for heart safety would require for approval of obesity drug.

Regardless of whether an obesity drug pose heart risk, pharmaceutical companies would have to conduct trial to demonstrate effect of obesity drug on heart, said USA FDA advisory panel. Majority of the members voted in favor of this regulation.

Most of the obesity drugs have history of posing heart risk, according to Dr. Marvin Konstam - one of the member of advisory panel who voted in favor.

FDA is not bound to follow recommendations given by advisory panel, however, FDA does follow most of the time.

Several pharmaceutical giants have been bracing hard to acquire approval for first weight loss drug in a decade. Vivus and Arena are two companies ahead of other drug manufacturers. In past, FDA had sought clinical trial data on heart risk for the drug Contrave.
Demand for current weight loss drug (such as Xenical) is going to be high following this regulatory guidance as new weight loss drug would take several years to reach market.
Experts are eying on what companies would do next in order to pass the new obstacle; would they conduct entirely new trial on heart risk? or they would just submit analytical data of existing trial. Needless to say, conducting clinical trial is super expensive. Drug companies recover the trial cost from consumers by increasing drug cost. So, even if a company manages to acquire approval for obesity drug, price of the drug would be too high to purchase for obese patients.

This is the second time FDA asked for clinical trial on heart risk, first time it was for diabetes drugs of type two diabetes. Apart from proving efficacy of drug in treatment, manufacturers of obesity drug and diabetes drug have to prove that their drug do not pose risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Some Quick Facts on Cancer & Its Type

Mouth cancer, breast cancer, blood cancer (Chronic leukaemia) are some of the types of cancers we have heard of. The fact is, there are more than 100 types of cancers. Cancer can develop to any part of the body. No body part is above cancer. HIV positive patients may catch skin cancer known as kaposi's sarcoma, liquid secretion cancer, cervical cancer. Six different types of cancers can occur in eyes. There are two types of breast cancer.

Types of Cancers

Thyroid Cancer

There are four types of thyroid cancer. 1) papillary 2) medullary 3) anaplasticand 4) follicular. High cholesterol, 40+ age, first six months after pregnancy, severe depression, continuous contact with litium can cause thyroid cancer.

Appendix Cancer

Appendix Cancer (Appendiceal Carcinoma) found in rare cases. In most cases \n appendix cancer spreads out of the appendix. Surgry is very difficult and its \n treatment is rare too. 10 cms long appendix is believed to be almost useless organs in body. Five types of cancers can develop in appendix.
Malignant Carcinoid, Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, Adenocarcinoma, Adenocarcinoid, \n and Signet Ring Adenocarcinoma. Surgery is the only well known remedy for appendix \n cancer.

Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is fastest growing cancer in the world. Can be found in both \n male and female, yet rare in male. Surgery, chemo therapy, radiation therapy and \n vaccine therapy have been used so far to treat this cancer. Female death toll caused by breast cancer is the second largest in the world.
Not necessarily develop in breast only but can also develop outside of breast. Breast cancer can infect lungs which may result into lung cancer.

Lung Cancer

Unwanted formation of lung cells or tissues causes lung cancer. Tobacco intake for long period of time, constant company of smoker, interaction with radon gas (very rare case) and pollution also leads to develop lung cancer. Genetic factors plays important role for those who have taken tobacco for short period of time.
Two basic types of lung cancers are seen: 1) Small cell cancer also called \n oat cell cancer 2) Non-small cell cancer (most common lung cancer, with 70%).
Non-small cell cancer has been divided into five category depending upon appearance of cells

• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Large cell carcinoma
• Adenosquamous carcinoma
• Adenocarcinoma
• Undifferentiated carcinoma

According to World Health Organization estimates 1.4 millions (and growing) death each year by lung cancer.

Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is believed to 'totally male' cancer. Prostate cancer surviving person feels pain during urination or sexual intercourse. This cancer poses danger to the born of new baby.
Vitamin E and celenium deficiency or excess of vitamin D may invite prostate cancer. Nickol masa was the first to identified this cancer in 1536. Other family members must be wary if any of the members found this cancer.

Kidney Cancer

Kidney cancer starts within any of the artery or vein in kidney. Mostly found \n in small children. Kidney cancer develop before age of five.

Fact File about Cancer

58 millions people were reported died in 2007, out of which 13% i.e 7.6 millions deaths were because of cancer.
Lung cancer, Intestine cancer and liver cancer are the top three cancer causing death in male.
Breast cancer, lung cancer and intestine cancer are most deadly for fmale.
Cancer is treatable if diagnosed early.
Tobacco is number one reason to cause cancer.