Heart Failure vs Heart Attack: What's the Difference Between the Two? Learn the difference from the experts

People are often found to be confused between a state of heart failure and a heart attack, but it is a different state of heart.In fact, heart attack is a risk factor for heart failure.  You should take certain precautions after a heart attack to reduce the chances of heart failure.  

The incidence of heart failure is increasing rapidly worldwide, with an estimated 26 million cases of heart failure reported worldwide and 8-10 million patients in India alone.Although this problem affects most of the population of the country, there is very little awareness about it.There is a great need to raise awareness about this situation.

        Heart Failure?  Heart failure is a complex condition in which the heart gradually weakens and its ability to pump enough blood decreases day by day.  However, the problem of heart failure is not the end of life.Despite the seriousness of the condition, it can be effectively controlled with proper treatment and regular cardiologist's advice.

Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist from Kolkata, Dr. of Medica Institute of Cardiac Sciences.Dilip Kumar says, 

"We have seen 20% patients in different stages of heart failure in our hospital on a weekly basis.In addition, most heart failure patients are hospitalized at an advanced stage of the disease.Therefore, it is important to better manage heart failure through continuous treatment and by faithfully following the treatment schedule and implementing holistic lifestyle changes in your overall life."

        Are Heart Failure and Heart Attack Same?  Dr. Kumar explains that a heart failure and heart attack are both heart disease, but they are not the same. Most of the heart attack is a sudden occurrence.When the blood supply to the heart due to clotting in the coronary artery, the heart muscles die and in this case the heart gradually becomes inactive.

The ability to pump the blood of the heart decreases and becomes unable to meet the needs of the organs around the body.In fact, 1 out of every 4 people who suffer from a heart attack eventually fall prey to a heart failure in four years.

How to manage heart failure?  Some of the positive changes in your lifestyle such as reducing fluid intake, controlling salt intake, maintaining a healthy diet, quitting smoking, limiting alcohol consumption and including moderate physical activity etc.  These actions can reduce the risk of heart failure in your body. 

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           In India, the incidence of smoking is on the rise and especially among the youth, the first step in reducing the incidence of heart failure is to divert the youth from this habit and only then the incidence of heart failure will come down in the country.