This small change will alert you to an impending heart attack.

Every year, 61,000 Russians die of heart attacks, and that’s seven people every hour! Nearly a fifth of the dead (17%) are of working age. And at the same time, deaths from coronary heart disease and heart attacks are preventable.

The pre-infarction period can last from a few minutes to several tens of days. We women have a characteristic that makes it difficult to diagnose a heart attack in time: the first signs appear earlier than in men, but the small vessels are more susceptible to damage, and therefore the symptoms are ” fuzzy”.

Maria Lopukhina, a cardiologist and candidate of medical sciences, told Evening Moscow what changes in the state of the body could be a harbinger of a myocardial infarction. According to her, one should be very careful about shortness of breath and discomfort with usual physical exertion.

In other words, if you used to get up to the fourth floor office with no problem, but suddenly it became a problem, you should beware. Or, say, you were easily running a few kilometers in the morning, then one fine day, for no apparent reason, you began to choke after the first five hundred meters, this may be evidence of the onset of heart problems.

what to do in this situation? Of course, see a doctor as soon as possible – especially if you notice any of the following symptoms yourself.

These include:

Of course, with the help of a healthy lifestyle! Watch your weight, exercise, but do not overdo it with its quantity, regularly check the level of sugar and cholesterol in the blood. Also, meditate – it will help you cope with stress, which contributes to the development of heart disease.