Heart disease is the disease that causes most death in this world. Through years the numbers of death caused by heart disease have increased numerously. The reason why heart disease becomes the number 1 killer is usually that people ignore the symptoms that arise. In this article, I want to discuss how to recognize heart disease symptoms and what to do to reduce the risk of getting a heart disease.
The Symptoms
To know the symptoms early is very important. These are few of heart disease symptoms for you to recognize. People with heart disease symptoms usually always sweat on their palms and feet. They easily get tired. They feel pain in their chest also known as angina. They suffer shortness of breath, numbness or weakness in their legs and arms, pain in their neck, tachycardia, bradycardia, dizziness, syncope etc.
The symptoms are different depending on what causes the heart disease. As you know heart disease can be caused by a lot of things such as a heart defect, an infection, a narrow heart blood vessel, etc. But there are 12 symptoms that you must never ignore. Those symptoms are
1. Anxiety
Anyone who suffers from a heart attack before would suffer from anxiety. Their fear of death has increased too. It is important for them to share it with a medical provider and others that have the same experience.
2. Chest discomfort
When you feel a chest pain, you should not ignore it. Contact your doctor as soon as possible and get examined. The pain in the chest usually centered at the left chest.
3. A cough
If you cough and you have drink medicine but a cough is persistent and you wheezing too, you must start to be aware.
4. Dizziness
Dizziness is a general symptom of many diseases including heart disease.
5. Fatigue
Feeling tired all the time even you did a small work especially if you are a woman can mean heart disease symptoms.
6. Nausea or lack of appetite
When you have a heart failure usually you abdominal will be swelling and it could affect your appetite.
7. Pain in other parts of the body
If you suffered a heart attack you will not only feel pain in your chest but another part of your body as well. The pain usually spread from your chest to your left shoulder, arms then go to your back, neck, jaw or even your abdomen.
8. Rapid or irregular pulse
If you are having rapid pulse accompanied by weakness or shortness of breath this could mean heart disease symptoms.
9. Shortness of breath
Shortness of breath could indicate a heart attack and it is followed by chest discomfort.
10. Sweating
The sweating usually from the palm or feet. Beside of that, you could be sweating even though it is cold.
11. Swelling
The swelling happens on your feet or abdomen can be caused by a fluid that accumulates in the body.
12. Weakness
There is a strange weakness even though you rest all day if you got a heart attack.
The Risk
The way you live your life could be a determining factor whether you got a risk of heart disease or not. If you loved to eat junk food, not a sports fan, sit all day at your work, drink alcohol well you probably have a high risk of heart disease. So back again it’s all about the way you lived you’re lived. But then again there is a heart disease caused by genetics. So that’s a brief explanation about heart disease symptoms. Just change your lifestyle to a healthy lifestyle and you’ll maybe you can be able to avoid the risk.
