World Heart Day: beware! These are "distress signals" from the heart.
Including heart failure, hypertension, arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy and so on. Chest tightness, chest pain, chest pain are the most common and typical symptoms of heart disease. Palpitation except tachyarrhythmia. Such as ventricular premature, atrial fibrillation and so on will appear palpitation, slow arrhythmia will also appear palpitation. Other types of heart disease can also be accompanied by palpitations, such as poor control of high blood pressure or rapid heart rate, coronary heart disease, heart failure, myocarditis and so on. Dyspnea and heart disease can lead to ischemia and hypoxia, so you should be on guard against heart problems. Edema heart disease will lead to heart failure, there can be varying degrees of edema of the face and lower limbs, accompanied by pleural effusion, ascites, pericardial effusion, oliguria and so on. Back pain back pain occurs during many heart attacks, including hypertension, coronary heart disease, aortic dissection, ruptured aneurysm and so on.
September 29th is World Heart Day. Heart disease is like a ticking time bomb, endangering people's health at any time, but few people pay attention to the "distress signal" from the heart.
"the heart is the 'engine' of the human body and the source of power to maintain blood circulation throughout the body." Professor Huang Rongyi of the Cardiovascular Center of Beijing Friendship Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University introduced in an interview with people's Daily that heart disease is a general term for cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, hypertension, arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy and so on. Once the heart function is abnormal, it will not only lead to a decline in the quality of life, but also affect other organs of the body, even life-threatening.
Professor Huang Rongyi said that if the body shows the following performance, it may be a "distress signal" from the heart and should go to the department of cardiology in time.
Chest tightness and chest pain
Chest tightness and chest pain are the most common and typical symptoms of heart disease. Tightness and pain are often located behind the sternum, in the precordial area, and in the left chest. Need to pay attention to other radiation sites or special locations of tightness and pain may also be related to heart disease, such as the left shoulder, mandible, teeth, throat, left upper limb, upper abdomen, left costal area and so on.
Palpitations
In addition to rapid arrhythmias, such as ventricular premature, atrial fibrillation, there will be palpitations, slow arrhythmias will also appear palpitations. In addition, other types of heart disease will also be accompanied by palpitations, such as poor control of high blood pressure or rapid heart rate, coronary heart disease, heart failure, myocarditis and so on.
dyspnea
Heart disease can lead to ischemia, hypoxia and dyspnea. If you climb a flight of stairs, you are out of breath, and this has never happened in the past, so you should be on guard against heart problems.
Edema
Heart disease can lead to heart failure, there can be varying degrees of edema in the face and lower limbs, and can be accompanied by pleural effusion, ascites, pericardial effusion, oliguria and so on.
Back pain
Back pain occurs during many heart attacks, which can occur at the same time as chest pain or alone. Hypertension, coronary heart disease, aortic dissection, ruptured aneurysm and other symptoms of back pain.
Dumbfounded
Syncope is a disturbance of consciousness caused by insufficient blood supply to the human brain for various reasons. Its causes are various, and the causes of cardiogenic syncope include common coronary heart disease, arrhythmia and so on.
"many people with heart disease may not have any symptoms of discomfort." Professor Huang Rongyi suggested that for the elderly, the early symptoms of heart disease may not be typical, such as unexplained fatigue, sweating, wheezing, coughing, expectoration (pink foam sputum), left upper limb numbness, abdominal pain, etc., we also need to guard against the occurrence of heart disease.
Professor Huang Rongyi said that the occurrence of heart disease is not only related to unchangeable factors such as heredity, age and sex. it is also related to variable factors such as smoking and drinking history, risk factors for heart disease (obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, etc.), mental stress, lack of physical activity, thyroid dysfunction, sleep apnea syndrome and so on.
For the prevention of heart disease, Professor Huang Rongyi suggested that in daily life, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the most important. We should have a reasonable diet, reduce oil and salt, strictly control fat intake, exercise moderately to avoid being overweight or obese, stay up late less and get enough sleep. Quit smoking and drinking and keep a good mood. At the same time, do regular physical examination, pay attention to the high risk factors of cardiovascular disease, monitor blood lipids, blood sugar, uric acid, blood pressure, heart rate and so on, once abnormal, go to the hospital in time. (Yan Yan)
Source: people's Daily online