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Written By: Admin | Published : September 16, 2013 10:01 AM IST
Yesteryear actor Dilip Kumar was hospitalised on Sunday evening after suffering a heart attack. Sources in Lilavati said that he had complained about pain in the chest and was feeling breathless. Kumar was wheeled into the intensive care unit (ICU) of Lilavati Hospital in Bandra West at around 9 pm. 'He is ageing and has suffered from massive heart attack of the inferior wall,' said a source in the hospital.
The actor has been admitted under the care of cardiologist Dr Nitin Gokhale on the 6th floor in the Intensive Care Unit. 'He is not on ventilator and is conscious,' said the source.
'Inferior wall heart attacks are of severe type, said a doctor. The inferior wall of the heart is above the diaphragm and close to the spine.
'The attack happens when a portion of the heart is cut off of blood supply. Blood supply to the arteries supplying blood to inferior wall can occur due to deposition of fat plaque. Inferior wall is smaller in size hence the impact is huge. Such attacks happen due to multiple reasons including ageing. Surgery might not be a viable option at such an old age and therefore treating doctors might opt for conservative treatment with drugs,' said Dr Narendra Bansal, head of cardiology at state-run JJ Hospital in Byculla.
Dilip Kumar was born Muhammad Yusuf Khan on December 11, 1922, in Peshawar (now in Pakistan) and his acting career spanned six decades and over 60 films.
He was the first to receive Filmfare Best Actor honour when the awards were started in 1954 and, with eight wins, shares with Shah Rukh Khan the record for the most number of Filmfare awards won in that category.
He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. He was also nominated to Rajya Sabha for a term from 2000 to 2006. In 1998, he was awarded the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, the highest civilian award conferred by the government of Pakistan.
Common signs of a heart attack
Dr Vijay Surase, interventional cardiologist at Jupiter Hospital, Thanetells us about some classic symptoms of a heart attack that we should watch out for:
Common signs of a heart attack:
Some women and people with diabetes do not have classic symptoms. Women usually have no severe chest pain, but a general weakness and discomfort. This leads to women ignoring the problem until late. Mostdiabetics develop atypical symptoms like profuse sweating or loss of consciousness during a heart attack which may be misinterpreted as symptoms of low sugar in the body. Sometimes heart attack is diagnosed during investigations like ECG or echocardiography even though you may not have had any history of chest pain. Such silent heart problems are a major challenge because they progress rapidly towards heart failure.
Other signs and symptoms of a heart attack include:
Women too have to be on the watch out because they don't experience the 'classic' symptoms of a heart attack. Some common symptoms in women are:
With inputs from DNA
