Burning in the heart is a dangerous symptom and it is necessary immediately to see a doctor.

According to the sad but truthful statistics, mortality from cardiovascular disease ranks first among other causes of premature departure from life associated with the disease. The most terrible and often leading the patient to a sudden and rapid death of the heart disease - a myocardial infarction. It is based on a spasm or blockage of blood vessels that feed the heart muscle (coronary arteries) and, as a consequence, the death of a certain area of the heart tissue.

One of the signs of an impending or already happened myocardial infarction can be a burning sensation in the region of the heart - left in the chest. And it can even arise in people who are absolutely healthy in appearance, whom the heart has never bothered before. The fact is that some states, resulting in a violation of blood circulation in the myocardium, can develop imperceptibly until the time, and only in the final stage, suddenly, the pain of the heart is given. Such, for example, arteriosclerosis of the vessels, which arises from an elevated level of cholesterol. The person does not feel the increase in the figures of cholesterol, but his vessels, including the heart arteries, in which this harmful cholesterol is deposited on the walls in the form of "plaques", are felt. While their sizes are small, the process proceeds imperceptibly. The danger is that cholesterol plaques can suddenly be injured and come off, causing thrombosis - and this is already the onset of myocardial infarction. And one of the first manifestations of an impending catastrophe is burning in the heart. This is especially true for men over 45 years of age, since they often have such a "hidden" development of the pathological development of the process. This is due to certain hormonal changes that occur in the body at this age.

If plaques grow gradually, then the lumen of the vessels also overlaps gradually. In this case, the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease (IHD) is usually exhibited. The insidiousness of this disease lies, first of all, in the fact that it can be complicated at any time by myocardial infarction, which causes acute burning in the heart and sudden death of the patient.

So, if suddenly there was a burning sensation in the region of the heart, giving in the left hand (irradiation of pains), numbness of the fingers of the left arm, general weakness and dizziness, profuse sweat, it is urgent to take 1-2 tablets of nitroglycerin under the tongue and take a half- Upper body and urgently call an ambulance.

If a person complained of burning sensation in the heart, and then suddenly suddenly lost consciousness, then the surrounding people should be ready to give him all possible help, because in its place can be everyone. In the absence of a pulse on the carotid artery, which is determined on the front surface of the neck on the left or right and wide pupils not responding to light, simultaneous with the call of the "first aid" it is necessary to do indirect heart massage. Even one person, who does not own any technique, can easily carry it out. The main thing is not to get lost in such a situation. Lying on the back of a person just pressed on the left edge of the chest, approximately 2-3 cm to the left of the sternum so that the chest is compressed by 5-7 cm. After every 16-18 strokes, it is necessary to do two breaths of artificial respiration to maintain the minimum level of oxygen in the blood . Better, of course, if you carry out resuscitation (namely, this is called in the language of medicine) there will be two people, but one can cope with the possibility of such an opportunity. Resuscitative measures should be performed either before the appearance of the pulse and narrowing of the pupils, or before the arrival of the team of physicians.

Accurate implementation of such an algorithm of actions can save a person's life, in such a situation it is the first minutes of assistance that are important, when a person can still be removed from the state of clinical death, and he has every chance of life.