Suggest Lifestyle Changes To Be Made For Prevention Of Heart Attack

Brief Answer:
Below are some generalizations to decrease the risk of heart attack

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Here are some generalizations which will help you to reduce the risk for a heart attack. They may or may not apply to you as they are subjective.

Foremost of the risk factors that make young people susceptible to heart attack is smoking. It is the most common risk factor and most common modifiable risk factor in young people which would certainly decrease the chances of heart attack.

Next is a family history. If any of the first degree relatives had a prior heart attack, it is more likely for their progeny to have one too. Of course it is non-modifiable, but such a person needs to take extra care to reduce the risk of recurrent attack.

Lipid abnormalities: A study done in the young population who had MI had found that most of them had a lower good cholesterol and higher percentage of bad cholesterol. This bad cholesterol accelerates the deposition of cholesterol plaques on the arterial walls, thus hastening the process of a heart attack. More care should be taken when these risk factors are compounded with those of Diabetes, high BP or hypertension, and sedentary lifestyle.

Obesity too certainly plays an independent role in the progression into heart attack.

Psychosocial factors such as anger too play an important role in its progression.

So to surmise, if you are smoking; stop, if you have any lipid abnormalities and a high BP and Diabetes, you need to start working out daily for an hour at least for 6 days a week, involve more of cardio and resistance training, follow these for two months and recheck the values, if they haven't dropped you need to be started on medications. Exercise should be a routine even if these abnormalities are absent. If you have any psychosocial issue like highly temperamental behavior you should seek counselling.

Hope this suffices, if you don't have any risk factor and are already exercising, please don't lose sleep over this. You most probably won't be getting a heart attack.

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