Heart attacks (not the lovey dovey kind)

The heart is a critical piece of the body as it pumps blood into the body and lungs. Unfortunately the body has to make things difficult by giving us heart attacks. If you don't know what a heart attack is when something is stopping blood from flowing through coronary artery such as a blockage or narrowing of the artery. This causes a blood clot to begin forming which will prevent blood and oxygen flowing and result in either the damage or death of the heart muscle. You can also have a heart attack due to a tear in the coronary artery, small blood clots, fat particles from other parts of the body, or when the blood in general is reduced such as when the body goes into shock from trauma, heatstroke, or blood loss. Risk factors include age, genetics, smoking, high blood pressure,  high blood cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, physical in-activeness, and stress.

Symptoms
Symptoms of a heart attack include nausea, shortness of breath, sweating/cold sweat,
feeling faint/dizzy, feeling of impending doom, weakness or tiredness, and commonly pain in the left arm such as tightness, pressure, aching or a burning sensation.
How to prevent one
There are multiple ways to prevent the chance of a heart attack which are mainly doing the
opposite of what causes a heart attack, so things such as staying active, eat healthy, limit alcohol intake, maintain a reasonable weight for your age/height group,  avoid over stressing yourself, manage diabetes, stay updated on blood pressure, and another way is to actually sleep instead of binge watching the umbrella academy on netflix.

What treatment is there?

There are a variety of treatments that are available to victims of heart attacks, such as aspirin, thrombolytics (dissolve blood clots), anitplatelet agents (prevent clots from becoming larger), pain relievers, nitroglycerin (widens blood vessels), beta blockers (relax heart muscles and decreases blood pressure which makes the heart's job easier), ACE inhibitors (reduce stress on the heart), and Statins (control blood cholesterol). There's also surgeries such as Coronary angioplasty and stenting, which includes sting a tube up your wrist or groin to a blocked artery, once there they inflate a small balloon and expand a metal casing which will cause the artery to remain open either temporarily or long-term. There is also coronary artery bypass surgery which involves sewing your veins/arteries in place beyond a blocked/narrow artery which will then allow blood to flow through easily.