male child 13 living in england does not smoke or drink
2007-06-26 04:46:50 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Sorry to say YES, but has the congenital heart diseases have been ruled out. I had a case of 11 years old boy (during last Christmas) who reported in ER shockingly he had severe over dose of heroin and collapsed in an hour due to cardiac arrhythmia. Now a days age is not accounted for Myocardial Infarction.
Best we can do is educate our children against these street drugs.
2007-06-26 06:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People of any age can die of heart attacks. Heart attacks in young people are usually caused by a medical problem with the heart that has been there for a while. It is extremely rare. If you feel your heart is beating faster than normal without drinking coffee, red bull etc you should get it checked out. There is many causes to chest pain so don't panic but get it looked at.
2007-06-28 13:49:46 · answer #2 · answered by wayne a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loving Heart says he/she is a doctor, yet in common with others on this page, doesn't seem to understand the difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest. A 3 year-old could have a cardiac arrest (the heart stops) due to muscle disease, arrythmia, drug toxicity etc. but I have never heard of a child having a heart attack, which occurs when a fatty plaque in the coronary artery ruptures and forms a blood clot.
2007-06-29 08:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by kezza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sadly any age can have a heart attack, but then again anyone can get run over by a bus. if the child had a check up and was given the all clear then enjoy life instead of giving yourself a heart attack worrying, as it is life is too short.
2007-06-26 12:46:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my friend's son died of a heart attack - aged 3. It can happen to anyone at any age. The cause in a young person would often be down to an undetected medical problem - most normally healthy people do not just drop dead of a heart attack.
2007-06-26 11:51:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can, a heart attack can occure at any age, but it is unusual for younger people to suffer a heart attack.
With youngsters there is usually an underlying problem which has caused the attack.
2007-06-26 12:00:38 · answer #6 · answered by Ann D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone can have a heart attack. He might be scared. There is a very less chance of the age but it can still happen.
2007-06-26 11:50:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes even new born babies you don't have to smoke drink alcohol & have bad eating habits to have a heart attack
2007-06-26 13:16:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Babies as young as a week old can have a heart attack happens every day somewhere.
2007-06-26 11:49:54 · answer #9 · answered by bluebadger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because there are two types of heart attack, one of which, a cardiac embolism, can occur at bnirth, and serve as a kind of time bomb, which could occur at any moment during life.
2007-06-26 15:10:34 · answer #10 · answered by anthony h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋