Al-Marsad newspaper: Emergency medicine consultant Dr. Tariq Al-Thubaiti revealed the most important causes of a heart attack and the signs of the disease.
He said during an interview with Al-Ikhbariya channel: “The causes of heart attack are chronic diseases, obesity, psychological stress, high cholesterol, diabetes and drug abuse.” Emphasizing that all of these causes lead to strokes and clogged arteries.
He added: “There are precursors before a heart attack, which is angina pectoris, where there is incomplete blockage of the arteries, and it is stable angina, where the person feels chest pain, for 5 minutes, and it is unstable, when the moment of rest comes and the period is prolonged and the person feels pain in the center of the chest.” And moving to the shoulders and jaw with a feeling of vertigo, emphasizing that these are introductions before the complete blockage of the arteries, and most patients have these symptoms and end up with a heart attack.
