8 basic signs of heart disease

The appearance of a variety of signs such as chest pain, difficulty breathing, unexplained fatigue . should be monitored and examined immediately. Because most likely you are carrying a dangerous disease: heart disease.

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Heart disease often comes with the following 8 basic signs:

1. Poor digestion

If the digestive system changes abnormally, such as frequent flatulence, dyspepsia , and a feeling of impatience, frustration, discomfort , think about heart problems immediately.

The disturbances in cardiac activity are the cause of a significant reduction in gastric digestibility.

2. Chest pain

This is the most obvious manifestation of myocardial infarction or coronary insufficiency . Sudden but prolonged chest pain occurs because the heart muscle is not supplied with enough blood by the coronary arteries.

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Symptoms of chest pain are often accompanied by phenomena:

  1. Pain in the middle of the chest or pain on the left breast.
  2. The pain usually lasts about 15 minutes. Stinging pain, or pain, is very uncomfortable.
  3. The pain can spread to the entire arm area, especially the left hand.

3. Tired

If you often feel extremely tired, exhausted , feeling like you have the flu for many days, it is a sign that you are having a heart problem. The process of circulating blood through the heart has a "problem" that directly affects the activity of cells in the body. A serious decrease in the body's resistance increases fatigue.

As a result, even when you do nothing, you still feel tired. Fatigue increases with feeling of chest pain, nausea when you exercise a lot. This is a basic symptom of heart failure.

4. Difficulty breathing

The heart's contractile disorder affects the lungs, causing difficulty breathing. This is also a characteristic sign of heart valve stenosis and heart failure .

The phenomenon of dyspnea often occurs at night, when working hard, stressing the head or when lying down too low.

5. Foot swelling

This is also one of the signs that your heart function is weakened because your heart's ability to pump blood is poor, which causes your legs to swell.

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Michael Miller, MD, professor of cardiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said that edema may also be due to heart valves not closing normally. Some medicines can also cause leg edema such as antihypertensive drugs and diabetes medications. If you have leg swelling with tiredness or difficulty breathing, check with your doctor.

6. Feeling painful when walking

If you feel hip pain, get corn cramps when walking, climb the slope and feel better after taking a break. Do not assume that it is because you are lazy or old. This may be a sign of peripheral artery disease - PAD . PAD is an accumulation of plaque in the arteries in the legs, which is closely related to heart disease. If you have PAD, there is a 50% chance that you will also have a problem with a heart artery blockage. Dr. Miller said, PAD is a very difficult disease to cure.

7. Feeling dizzy, dizzy

This symptom may occur when you exercise, exercise strongly. The cause is dehydration or because you stand up too fast. But if this symptom appears regularly, you need to see a doctor. According to Dr. Miller, when the arteries become blocked , blood is not enough to reach the organs in the body, making you feel dizzy.

8. Shortness of breath, shortness of breath when light movement

When riding a bike, when you climb the stairs, you have difficulty breathing, your breathing is hot, coughing. It is a sign that you may have anemia, infection or heart valve problem.