Symptoms of heart disease will depend on the particular aspect of the heart disease. For instance, arrhythmias or abnormalities of the heart’s electrical rhythm could result in symptoms of palpitations that can be felt as heart racing or fluttering, or an irregularity of the heart beating. The symptoms that might be related to difficulties with the heart muscle or valves could be things such as shortness of breath, swelling in the legs, or dizziness, severe lightheadedness, or passing out. In abnormalities related to coronary disease, these symptoms might be chest pain or pressure, but often times it could be fairly subtle, like a tightness or burning, or perhaps even a sensation of indigestion that might otherwise be dismissed as something from the stomach or esophagus. In women in particular, there can be variations on this that might not be classical chest pain. There may be discomfort in the shoulder, jaw, or arms. These symptoms related to coronary disease may be more severe or more persistent in the situation of a heart attack. This arises when a coronary artery completely closes and restricts blood flow to the heart muscle.”
www.ihealthtube.com Dr. Owen R. Thompson goes through the symptoms of a heart attack. However, some people don’t experience symptoms. *Rate – Comment – Subscribe*
The future has arrived. Thats good news for Amy Doneen, a nurse practitioner at the Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Clinic in Spokane, Washington. We now have one more tool in the tool belt, says Doneen, whose work at the clinic is geared towards, as the name suggests, preventing patients from suffering from heart attacks, stroke and diabetes. The tool Doneen has added to her tool belt is deCODEme, a genetic screening test conducted by deCODE genetics. The deCODEme test, which requires patients to simply swab saliva from the inside of their cheek and then send it off to deCODE for DNA analysis, scans an individuals genome for genetic markers linked to 30 different diseases, such as heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
Prairie Heart Institute at St. John’s Hospital is encouraging the public to know and recogtnize the signs of a heart attack. Symptoms can include pressure, squeezing or discomfort in the chest; shortness of breath, jaw pain, nausea, heartburn, arm pain or a vague feeling of illness. To learn more, visit www.prairieheart.com