A little stroke: symptoms and treatment

A little stroke of the heart is called the small focal necrosis of heart muscle due to insufficient blood supply. Although a mild heart attack affects only a small area of the lesion, there is a risk of dangerous irregularities in the heart. You need to quickly recognize disease symptoms and to begin treatment.

Symptoms of mild heart attack heart

The symptoms are similar to symptoms in large-focal infarction of the heart. This is a strong pinching pain in the chest, pressing pain in the heart that is given in the left shoulder, the neck and under the left shoulder blade. Pain persists for more than 10 min and do not pass after taking nitroglycerin medications. Patients often feel a lump in the breast that compresses everything inside.


There is a category of people who have a reduced pain threshold. Elderly people, diabetics and people who abuse alcohol and drugs. They have the disease is without symptoms. To identify the disease is possible only with appropriate examination.


The little stroke in humans can occur as a cold. The disease manifests itself in the form of enhanced shortness of breath. There is a feeling of acute lack of air — intercepts throat, it becomes difficult to breathe. This can happen with any person, in spite of healthy lungs and regardless of whether he smokes or not. Shortness of breath after rising body temperature. These symptoms resemble asthma, so many are not paying attention and thus missing a heart attack. Severe weakness, loss of consciousness and the rhythm disturbance can also be signs of disease. You should know that when mild heart attack pain does not go below the navel.


Those at risk include people with impaired function of fat metabolism, poor health, suffering from arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Accurately diagnose the disease will help EKG and necessary tests.

Treatment of mild heart attack

Treatment of the disease is in the hospital, as is the risk of expanding the zone of infarction. Patients are prescribed strict bed rest and medical therapy. If necessary, carry out surgery. The medication is recommended koronarolitiki that expand the blood vessels of the heart, medicines that dissolve the clot, painkillers and means to improve the fluidity of blood.


First aid before the ambulance gets to the patient, who suffered a mild heart attack, is to maximize the relief activities of the cardiovascular system. This requires the patient to give a steady body position — sitting or lying down, provide fresh air, give nitroglycerin tablets every 20 min. and one tablet of aspirin. Also you should give full emotional and physical rest.


Symptoms of mild heart attack can manifest and go, but this does not mean that the disease has receded and it is not necessary to treat. Treatment of mild heart attack leads to great complications and brings a threat to the health and life of the patient.