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Heart Disease Problems And Conditions
There are many types of medical problems and conditions that can fall under
the umbrella term of heart disease. Most types of heart disease can be quite
dangerous and life threatening, because of the potential for blood and oxygen
to stop being supplied to your heart, other major organs or extremities. Sometimes blood can even stop flowing to the brain because of heart
related problems.
Heart attacks are the most commonly talked about heart disease problems. The
risks for heart attacks go up for a variety of reasons. Some people have
higher risks of heart attacks due to simple genetics, while other people are
more at risk for having a heart attack because of other health and medical
problems they already have.
Unlike what you see on television, though, a heart attack is not usually sudden or even
obvious. In fact, many heart attacks can happen without a person even knowing
they've had one. True heart attack symptoms often come on slowly. There may be
a tightening sensation around the chest area, or it could feel as if you have
a heavy weight on your chest instead.
Having pain that spreads outwards from your left shoulder, arm or jaw,
particularly combined with chest tightness, pain, or heavy weight feelings.
Also, shortness of breath and sweating or vomiting, particularly when combined
with the other symptoms noted here, are all signs that a heart attack is in
progress.
Not everyone has pain when they have a heart attack, unfortunately, and some
people don't even have these common symptoms. Women, in fact, often have pain
between their shoulder blades on their back, but nowhere else when they have a
heart attack and this makes diagnosis difficult sometimes.
Anther type of heart disease is hardening of the
arteries. This disease progresses slowly, over time, when you haven't been
taking care of your health properly. The veins and arteries in our circulatory
system are supposed to be flexible, strong and elastic. Over time, however,
these veins can start to become thick and lose their elasticity. When this
happens, clots and obstructions can form in the arteries from combinations of
cholesterol, plaque and other debris. These obstructions grow over time to
create blockages of the arteries. When blockages occur, depending upon which
artery they're blocking, various areas of the body can become non functional.
Blood flow may be blocked to the brain for instance, or the heart, or one of
the other major organs. Sometimes blood flow is blocked to various muscles or
extremities too.
High blood pressure is a major contributing factor to heart related problems,
as is obesity, diabetes, lack of exercise and poor eating habits.
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