Zistboom:�Symptoms of blood vessel blockage are more intensive among the youth than the elder and can appear in the form of the heart stroke, said the head of Iranian Heart Association.
Fereidoun Nouhi told Mehr News Agency that old people find the symptoms of this complication lighter and its outbreak different.

He listed severe sweating, decline of blood pressure, pain in ribcage, unrest and nausea as the most common symptoms of vessel blockage complication among the youth which can be interpreted as an alarm for heart stroke.

Nouhi noted that pain in the ribcage, particularly while working is prevalent among the elder, adding sometimes such pains transmit to the left hand, jaw as well as mouth which is called �typic pain�.

Pointing to the possibility of diagnosing vessel blockage, he added, "When you cardiovascular disease.�

The head of Iranian Heart Association said sometimes vessel blockage is accompanied with some vague symptoms, including heaviness of the ribcage without pain, intensive breathlessness as well as early and excessive tiredness, which can divert people from awareness about the danger of heart stroke.

Nouhi suggested that all symptoms like those mentioned above must be taken seriously to prevent cardiovascular disease.

"About 5-8 percent of the Iranian adult population suffers from cardiovascular disease,� he said. "Existence of some danger factors among the youth, including use of tobacco, high fat blood rate, high blood pressure, diabetes and avidity will intensify cardiovascular disease with severe symptoms in the young adults.�

It has been said that some factors, including lack of mobility and exercise, use of tobacco, unhealthy food and air pollution are among the intensifying factors of the heart disease among the Iranian youth.

According to the latest WHO report, heart disease deaths in Iran reached 137,970 or 37.12 percent of total deaths, which it ranks the heart disease in the first place among the Iranian death causes.

Given the amount of Iranian deaths caused by heart disease, the heart disease kills Iranians 4-5 percent more than other countries population.

By Zistboom�

 

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