Often ce It happens that when people have a heart attack, they hear it from the doctor after ce undergo some tests and examinations, that they have already had a heart attack. Tests performed to assess heart damage reveal part of the dead muscle that is the result of a heart attack that we performed "on our feet".

Doctors call it a "silent myocardial infarction" and the symptoms ce either so mild or non-specific enough that we do not notice them.

Thousands of people around the world experience a silent heart attack every day without knowing it, unaware of the fact that increase the risk of subsequent and more serious heart attacks that can cause severe heart damage and eventual death.

Most people think that a quiet blow is less dangerous than the usual one, because "what we do not know does not harm us." Unfortunately, this is not true, doctors warn. This kind of ignorance can have much more serious consequences, because people who have had a heart attack usually bring to life the changes that will improve their condition.

On the other hand, anyone who has suffered a heart attack without knowing it does not change anything in their life - it continues with the same amount of stress, work, eating habits and life.

Specific cramps

Research conducted in Iceland and Finland, which have an excellent system of medical documentation for all citizens, has helped to ce determine how often ce silent heart attacks occur.

The study included more than 1.000 people between the ages of 67 and 93 years, which were monitored more than 13 years. They initially underwent non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging, which is the most reliable indicator of a quiet heart attack. It was found that 17% of them had a heart attack, but only 10% of them knew it.

After the first three years monitoring, there was no difference in mortality rates between those who had a silent heart attack and those who did not, at about 3 percent. But as as time went on, patients with silent infarction had worse health - 10 years later, more than half of them died.

People with a silent heart attack also had an increased risk of heart failure, which prevents the heart from pumping, so ce reflected in shortness of breath and collecting water in the legs and around the heart.

It affects men more often

The symptoms of a silent heart attack can be very mild and last for a very short time, which is why we often replace them with some common, less serious problems and, as a rule, neglect them. For example, You may feel tired or physically uncomfortable, which can be blamed on a busy work week, sleep problems, or some general aging-related symptoms.

Other typical symptoms of a silent heart attack are as which is a mild sore throat or chest, may ce replaced by symptoms of gastric reflux, indigestion, and stomach acid, doctors warn.

The number of people who experience a silent heart attack without even being aware of it is alarming, experts claim, and myocardial scarring ce five times more common in men than in women.