Children have Heart attack…?

Today the adults and older people have a high risk of getting a heart attack. But unfortunately even young children are also having the heart attacks. Not to be every child, heart attack in children is happening very rarely, two pediatricians at Ohio have recently reported that occurrence of heart attacks in 9 young children.

Do you know 9 yrars old Dan..? He has Heart attack, read about him here

I want to introduce a child, who was an example of such a situation Dan, who is a 13-year old boy. He is the son of Beth Meter, is a cardiac nurse and has seen quite a number of heart attacks during her service. One day her son complained of a crushing chest pain that has radiated into his left arm, she immediately recognized that her son was struggling with a heart attack. Check the medical history of Dan, when he was in seventh grade, pain in the chest first occurred, that was in March 2006. Dan’s teacher recognized the uneasiness occurring in Dan as the boy was looking pale and felt a stretched muscle. The pain gradually subsided. However, that day comes; Dan was taken to the hospital with a high forced pain. Concerns of heart attack were ignored at the hospital despite unusual blood tests and abnormal imaging results. He was later referred to Dr Lane, who then confirmed that Dan actually had a heart attack. He is currently being treated with heart medications.

In the view of Drs. John Lane and Giora Ben-Shachar of Ohio, who have treated Dan and eight other children, the cause of heart attacks in children has nothing to do with obesity, high fat diet, family history, high blood pressure and drug abuse. Important thing is, out of the nine children treated, eight were boys and one was a girl, which means young boys are at an increased risk of getting a heart attack compared to girls. Doctors feel that heart attack in children occurs due to a heart spasm that stops the supply of blood to cardiac muscle for a brief period.