After surviving a heart attack, you probably have to be more concern about your health. you must start to be careful about your health from today onwards to improve your health and prevent yourself from another heart attack. Taking medicine regularly and on-time along with it making necessary lifestyle changes can help you prevent from another heart attack. A healthy lifestyle modification means planning active day, including a healthy and a proportionate diet, controlling blood pressure and cholesterol level.

Your doctor will recommend you a cardiac rehabilitation program, which will help you to recover and will rapidly improve your health. By making use of this program, you will earn how to exercise safely, effective change your diet plan, able to handle stress effectively, and will be able to quickly resume to your daily schedule.

Medication

There are certain helpful and effectual medications available in the market that can be useful to lower the risk of suffering another heart attack. Your doctor will be the best person who will decide which medicine will be right for you.

•    Beta-blockers, helps to lower blood pressure and prevent from another heart-attack.
•    Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors controls blood pressure also reduces the risk of another heart attack.
•    Aspirin and clopidogrel prevents from blood clots and reduces the risk of heart attack or stroke.
•    Statins lowers the level of bad cholesterol, which is helpful to prevent from heart attack.
•    Take medicines as prescribed to you and consult with your doctor before you make any changes in the prescription or in case if you are facing any difficulty.

Keep a proper track of the readings.

If you are already suffering from high blood pressure or high cholesterol, then it is important for you to keep a track of it. And make sure that you are getting it often checked.

Lifestyle modifications

•    Taking up a healthy lifestyle change can be very helpful to prevent you from another heart attack.
•    Quitting smoking is the best thing that you can do for your heart and the overall health benefits.
•    Spend an active day by doing various physical activities such as walking, cycling, going to the glossary store, trekking, etc. These can help you lose some weight, lower your blood pressure and improve your cholesterol level.
•    Before you begin with any of them make sure that you are talking with your doctor and taking his permission.
•    Eat a healthy diet that will be that will be proven to be very healthy for your heart. For this your diet must include plenty of fruits, vegetables, fish, high-fiber, whole grains, breads, etc.
•    Eat food that is low in sodium content, saturated fats, trans-fats and cholesterol.
•    Reduce the level of stress. It damages greatly damages your heart and triggers heart attack.
•    Prevent yourself from getting sick from flu. For this get a flu vaccination every year.
Anytime of you experience or notice any symptoms of heart attack then you should always be preparer with an emergency number and seek for a instant help.

Commonly noticed symptoms of heart attack are as follows

•    Severe chest pain or pressure on heart
•    Excessive sweating
•    Shortness of breath or breathlessness
•    Nausea or vomiting
•    A Pain, pressure, or a strange feeling in the neck, back, jaw, or abdomen or in one or both shoulders and arms
•    Dizziness, faintness or sudden weakness
•    Sudden increases or decrease in heartbeat