NEW DELHI, Nov 6:
With heart diseases being one of the major causes of death in India, it is perhaps not surprising that most people presume any pain in the chest area to be an attack.
As a result, in a large number of cases a patient is rushed to the hospital, only to find that it is a mere heartburn.
To prevent the panic following a presumed attack, the victim and the people around him must exhibit the capacity to use the resources at their disposal and differentiate between the two.
According to Dr Vijay Kundal, HoD Medicine, GMC, Jammu, “The majority of victims who make it to the hospital are of non-cardiac origin.”
One of the earliest distinguishing symptoms between a heartburn and a cardiac arrest, doctors say, is that the latter is often acompanied with breathlessness.
“Heartburn does not cause symptoms such as breathlessness. On the other hand, a cardiac arrest does not cause bloating or belching, which are common in case of a heartburn,” says Dr Piyush Jain, Head Preventive Cardiology, Fortis Escorts institute here. (PTI)
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