Five main symptoms signal possible heart disease, ToDay News Ufa reports.
Therapist and cardiologist Svetlana Zubailova wrote about this on Instagram. The doctor warns that swelling in the legs, heart palpitations, and a feeling of tightness in the chest indicate a sick heart.
Another sign is shortness of breath that occurs during exercise. If the exercise tolerance has sharply decreased for no apparent reason, this is a reason to visit a cardiologist.
“Burning behind the breastbone when walking faster or going out into the cold air in winter, a feeling of tightness in the chest in the morning – all this suggests that the vessels of the heart are clogged with cholesterol,” Zubailova said.
Among the main symptoms is an increased heart rate. If it is more than 90 beats per minute in a calm state, this means heart rhythm disturbances.
It can be a sign when, in the evening, the legs and feet swell from the moisture accumulated in the tissues. Excess fluid trapped in different parts of the body creates the effect of weight gain and increase in body volume.
The stomach may enlarge due to the accumulation of water in the abdominal cavity, pain in the right hypochondrium may occur due to a sharp increase in the liver, appetite decreases, and weakness develops.
In addition, the inability to sleep in a horizontal position indicates trouble with the heart – a person needs his head to be raised. “Sleeping in a half-sitting position is one hundred percent sign of a weak heart,” the cardiologist emphasized. All of these signs should prompt the person to get checked by a doctor. They can be harbingers of thrombosis and heart attack.
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