05/18/2022
It was a very scary experience. Leading up to my heart attack, I had been under a lot of stress working the third shift and planning a surprise birthday party for my sister. I had a headache for a few days that I thought was a migraine and attributed it to this stress. I even took migraine medications to see if that would help. Looking back, I know that my body was trying to tell me something..
The day after the surprise party, we had a cookout with friends and family. While I was cleaning up and mopping afterward, I felt a very sharp pain in my chest. I ignored that pain, but it woke me up around 3:30 a.m. and I was rushed to the emergency room..
Once I was in the emergency room, I didn’t have to wait after explaining my symptoms to the triage nurse. I was rushed to the back for treatment and was then told that I was having a heart attack. .
A surgeon performed an angioplasty, which means that a thin tube with a tiny balloon on the end was threaded through a blood vessel near my heart and inflated to widen the artery and restore blood flow to my heart and body. .
When I was released from the hospital, part of the diagnosis was high blood pressure........( Link to the continuation of the story would be at the end of this post ).
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High blood pressure is often thought of as a men’s health concern, but that’s not the case. High blood pressure can impact anyone, and gender doesn’t increase or decrease your risk.
High blood pressure often has no symptoms at all and is thought of as a “silent condition.”
This is true for everyone, regardless of age or gender. But that doesn’t mean it’s not serious. If left untreated, high blood pressure can lead to strokes, heart attack, dementia, kidney failure, and more.
That’s why it’s important to have your blood pressure checked regularly.
Sources: * http://www.measureuppressuredown.com/Find/stories_find.asp
* https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/high-blood-pressure/the-facts-about-high-blood-pressure
* https://www.healthline.com
