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Many patients who find themselves in the hospital in a serious condition with a heart attack later learn in conversations with the doctor that they could have avoided serious consequences if they had sought help earlier. And this is far from the saddest result.
The very concept of "microinfarction" does not cause as much concern for many as "heart attack". But in essence it is one and the same, the only difference is that the focus of damage in a microinfarction is small and the patient has a much better chance of survival. A microinfarction requires immediate consultation with a doctor, as an extensive infarction can develop against its background, and this is truly life-threatening.
Many people who have suffered a microinfarction learn about it by accident, for example, when they undergo a routine examination. Such patients were very lucky, because the focus and localization turned out to be "successful" and the microinfarction did not lead to any consequences. But this is far from always the case and it is important to know which symptoms to pay attention to.
Microinfarction is often accompanied by blurred or atypical symptoms. Among them are the "classic" symptoms of a heart attack, for example, sharp, severe pain in the chest area, pain radiating to the arm, severe headache, weakness, dizziness, shortness of breath, heart rhythm disturbances, swelling. But often they appear in such a way that the patient easily writes them off as malaise or other diseases that he has already been diagnosed with.
Often a microinfarction is mistaken even for SARS. It can be manifested by severe sweating, weakness, and a rise in temperature. Swelling of the limbs, pain in the joints may also occur. The most important thing that should alert you is the sudden appearance of several of these symptoms. As a rule, if there are no serious consequences, they soon pass by themselves and this is also a reason to immediately consult a doctor.
