::--acute myocardial infarction (AMI)--::

Okey...as what i've promise...

ahaks...actually i'm not trying to make a very long posting....but just a short(i try!!), n compact one....

p/s:do correct me if im wrong

Ok....lay man term for acute myocardial infarction just simply "serangan sakit jantung"...

acute: suddenly happen/berlaku dengan cepat [tak mcm Diabetes Mellitus(kencing manis) yg chronic...usually have history of 5-10 years of diabetes mellitus]

myocardial: myo=muscle=otot, cardial=heart=jantung...so myocardial is muscle of heart

infarction: tissue death ; its started with ischaemia, decrease in blood supply to certain organ n if there is blockage in the vessel(salur darah) there will be shortage of blood supply n the tissue will death.

why are we so afraid of tissue death?....because we know some tissue can regenerate(hidup yg baru)...actually....tissue got three type according to regenerative capability...

1. labile cell; continuously dividing e.g: epidermis(kat kulit)
2. stable cell; will devide if got stimulus e.g: liver(hati)....sebab tu org leh derma hati...if part of the liver was donated to someone else, it can regenerate back
3. permanent cell ; nondividing e.g HEART...thats why we are worried for heart attack!!!
   
   

front view of our heart

Heart is the important organ in our body...it function to pump out blood througout our body....without it, we are not here....im not here instead to write this posting....

okey what i want to stress here is the risk factor to have AMI are

• Age, usually more than 45 years old
• Being male and younger than 70 years
• Smoking
• Hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia
• Diabetes mellitus
• Poorly controlled hypertension(darah tinggi)
• Type A personality(people who easily stress out)
• Family history(parent yg ada hypertension)

a little bit on patho...the pathophysiology started with, a block in vessel, reduce blood flow, and lastly lost of blood flow to the muscle. so the heart muscle will infarc(mati)....

so we must wondering....what was the symptom2..

• chest pain(sakit dada) more than 20 minute : reminder, elderly may not present with chest pain
• nausea(loya-loya)
• vomiting(muntah2)
• sweatiness(berpeluh2)
• dyspnoea/shortness of breath (susah nak bernafas)
• palpitation(jantung bergerak laju, rasa berdebar2)
  

Myocardial infarction must be manage fast...because it can case death...

ni as a token for my first write up...siapkan semalaman write up tu bcoz tak sihat seminggu...

Adeiz : byk modifidable risk factor cthnye smoking n etc....so marilah bersama2 mencegah....mencegah lebih bagus dari mengubati...peace =)

p/s: if ada yg susah nak paham....do not hesitate to ask me...i'll answer as much as i can (kite pun tak reti sgt...huhu)