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| Recognize the Symptoms of Heart Disease |
A number of physical complaints that warrant concern as a symptom of heart disease is chest pain, palpitations, fatigue, shortness of breath, there is a history of frequent fainting, shortness when sleeping on your back, some organs of the body was blue, and the abdomen and the legs swell. Other symptoms experienced when a person develops heart disease is a severe pain in the chest accompanied by vomiting.
Rest
Patients with heart disease may also experience shortness of breath or choking, sweating, weakness, palpitations, and fainting. Physical complaints would be relieved with rest and the added weight when the patient move. "If there is chest pain conditions, then first aid that must be done is to lay the sufferer, rest until the pain is reduced or lost, do the administration of oxygen, then call the doctor, and take it to the nearest hospital," he said. If the initial rescue late, so there are no symptoms of heart disease, the treatment will not be optimal, it can even be fatal for patients.
Risk Factors
In order not to coronary heart disease, prevention efforts that can be done is to examine the levels of LDL cholesterol or "bad" cholesterol and blood pressure regularly. Another way is to implement a healthy diet, including not overeat and avoid foods that contain fat and alcohol, balanced with physical activity. "Risk factors for heart disease also need to be controlled. If you have risk factors that can not be modified with lifestyle changes, then the examination of heart health regularly is the best step.
So far, there are a number of risk factors that can not be modified, ie the older the age, sex, and no family history of heart problems and blood vessels. Meanwhile, a number of risk factors can be modified with lifestyle changes is the dyslipidemia, such as high LDL cholesterol levels, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes or diabetes mellitus, smoking, obesity, and lack of exercise.
