DON’T IGNORE THESE HEART SYMPTOMS

Our Heart literally runs us. The day our heart stops beating, we are no longer there. Maintaining our heart health is our utmost priority. India is the capital of heart diseases as genetically our population is prone to heart diseases and our lifestyle choices add fuel to the fire. In India, Ambulatory medical care and emergency medical care is gaining ground. Many patients lose their lives to heart attacks due to delay in first aid treatments or delay in reaching the hospital or failure of doctors to detect the onset of a heart attack, especially in the rural areas. Hence, we must educate ourselves to prevent heart attacks.

Not all heart attacks come with a warning sign or signal, they might just occur out of the blue. The Main indicators, however, or potential heart risk is:

• Being overweight or obese or having a body mass index of over 25 points
• High waistline
• Diabetes
• Blood Pressure
• Vascular Problems
• If you are aged above 50 years
• Chain smoker
• Alcohol abuser
• Lead a sedentary lifestyle without exercise

These are definitely potential factors for a heart attack, which need to be immediately addressed. Reducing your weight, exercising helps combat build-up of cholesterol in the heart. Cycling, walking or jogging improvises our heart health. Quitting smoking helps the heart consume more oxygen leading to a supply of healthy blood to the heart. High blood pressure is a potential risk for stroke and clogging of arteries. Exercises keep our blood pressure in good control preventing heart attacks. Maintaining our diabetes helps good functioning our kidneys, liver, and heart. Diabetes is a condition that can be easily managed with proper diet and exercise. Cricketers like Wasim Akram have managed diabetes in a phased manner and continued to play cricket, so can you too. Manage your weight it manages your heart. Consume alcohol in limited proportions, the moment you exceed take care, it damages you.

SYMPTOMS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT IGNORE AS THEY MAY SIGNAL A HEART ATTACK

1. Chest discomfort or pain: Unexplained chest pain or discomfort may signal a heart attack. You might feel very heavy in the chest, unable to talk or breathe, the pain may be gripping you, just don’t panic but ask for help to be transported to the nearest hospital where ever you are. It can also be a pain for a brief period especially when you touch it or bend down or lift something heavy. Don’t ignore it you must get it checked up.
2. Nausea, indigestion or heartburn: A vomiting sensation, or feeling heavy in the stomach may trigger a heart attack in certain cases and not always. Especially, women have these symptoms before the onset of a heart attack.
3. Radiating pain from the chest to the left arm: The pain begins in the chest and usually moves upward to your left arm. This pain may be heart attack signal sometimes, or it may be due to a muscle catch, however, don’t neglect it.
4. Feeling dizzy or light-headed: You might feel dizzy or may start to faint, it can be a sign of heart attack or a brain stroke, seek help immediately. It can be on account of low sugar too, however, seeking assistance will always do well.
5. Radiating pain to the throat or Jaw: Pain that begins in the chest and radiates to your throat or jaw and the intensity that increases the pain may signal a potential heart attack.
6. Extreme exhaustion: If you start to get exhausted while climbing stairs or walking a brief distance, it might signal an inherent heart problem.
7. Snoring loudly may be a sign of sleep apnea condition which can be managed by using a CPAP machine. Sleep apnea increases the risk of sudden heart attack by three-folds.
8. Sweating profusely for no reason may signal a heart attack. You may start sweating for no obvious reasons which a symptom of a heart attack.
9. Swelling in the legs, ankles or hands may indicate poor blood supply to heart mainly due blocks in the heart.
10. Coughing constantly and bringing out sputum that contains pink or white mucus indicates heart failure.

These symptoms must be reported immediately. Any negligence may cause substantial damage as every passing minute is important for your heart.

HEART CARE AT KIMS HOSPITAL.

Be sure that the best cardiologist in Hyderabad is treating you for your heart condition. KIMS is a renowned heart care hospital with the best cardiothoracic surgeons, heart specialists and Heart specialists in preventive heart medicine as well as juvenile heart diseases. KIMS hospital, Secunerabad is the best heart care centre and emergency and critical heart care services provider in Hyderabad. Our Preventive heart care specialists advise you and treat you to minimize the potential risk of a heart attack by addressing your risk factors carefully. Many patients were attended to in emergencies and critical situations by our well-experienced team of cardiologists and staff with successful outcomes. We provide emergency support for heart attacks and our fully equipped to handle any unwarranted or emergency situation at all times. Cardiologists at KIMS are the best and provide the best care and support for your heart conditions and work with you to improve your heart health.

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