What Happens To Your Body During A Heart Attack? ️️

[00:00:00]What happens to your [music] body during a heart attack?

[00:00:03]What actually happens inside your body during a heart attack? It starts when one of the arteries that supplies blood to your heart becomes blocked. Over time, cholesterol and fatty deposits build up inside the artery walls, making the passage narrower and narrower.

[00:00:22]Then, suddenly, a blood clot can form and completely block the blood flow.

[00:00:27]When this happens, part of the heart muscle stops receiving oxygen.

[00:00:32]Within minutes, those heart [music] cells begin to suffer damage.

[00:00:36]As the damage increases, the heart [music] struggles to pump blood efficiently throughout the body.

[00:00:42]This often causes warning signs, such as chest pain, pressure, tightness, shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, or pain spreading to the arm, neck, jaw, or back.

[00:00:54]Without quick treatment, the affected heart muscle can begin to die.

[00:00:59]In severe cases, the heart's electrical system becomes unstable, causing dangerous irregular heartbeats.

[00:01:06]That's why a heart attack is a medical emergency.

[00:01:09]The faster blood flow is restored, the more heart muscle can be saved.

[00:01:14]Knowing the warning signs could save a life.

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