Many times heard and read in the news that a person has had a heart attack or heart failure. In such a situation, many times the question arises in our mind that what is the difference between these two? Both of these are such medical conditions that if not treated at the right time, they are very dangerous for your health.
What is a heart attack
Heart attack is also called ‘myocardial infarction’. The main reason for heart attack is the lack of adequate supply of blood to the heart. This means that the heart muscle is not getting the oxygen it needs to survive.
What is heart failure
Heart failure is a condition in which the heart does not work properly. To put it in other words, there is a decrease in the ability of our heart to pump blood. The work of the heart is to carry the supply of blood to the different parts of our body.
Major Causes of Heart Attack
- decreased physical activity
- Bad eating habits
- high blood-pressure
- sugar
- Coronary diseases
- Family history of heart attack
Causes of heart failure
- damaged heart valves
- Sleep apnea
- diabetes
- blood clot in the lungs
- inflammation of the heart muscle
- Cigarettes and alcohol
Is treatment possible?
When a heart attack comes, doctors immediately clear the blockage by doing angioplasty, due to which the circulation of blood to our heart gets cured. Due to this, the flow of oxygen to the heart muscles is good and some special medicines are used to cure heart failure, with these medicines our blood pressure is controlled and reduced and medicines are given to cure blood circulation. Which are called ACE inhibitors. Due to which the person does not die.