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Prevention is better than cure. This phrase is very popular to explain how important health is for everyone.
SuaraMalang.id – Prevention is better than cure. This phrase is very popular to explain how important health is for everyone.
Well, speaking of health, it’s good to recognize some of the symptoms of the disease first so that you can do early detection so that it can be handled properly. For example for heart disease.
Someone who feels chest pain should be alert because it is one of the symptoms of heart disease that may be considered as an ordinary disease.
Citing heart and blood vessel specialist Bambang Budiono, chest pain can be a symptom of coronary heart disease (CHD). Chest pain due to a typical heart or stable angina pectoris has characteristics that can be distinguished from chest pain that is not caused by heart disease (non-cardiac).
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The hallmark of angina pectoris chest pain is triggered by physical activity and can be relieved by rest. Pain may also radiate to the jaw, shoulder or arm.
“Chest pain in angina does not have a specific location, it can be on the left or right chest, around the stomach, it can even be felt in the back, so it cannot be determined with the index finger related to the location of the body part experiencing chest pain,” said Bambang, Saturday (2/10). ).
This member of the Indonesian Cardiovascular Specialist Doctors Association (PERKI) said that another complaint of coronary heart disease is the chest feels pressured by heavy objects or tightness when doing activities, especially in people with diabetes mellitus and the elderly where neuropathy or impaired function of the nervous system, including those with diabetes mellitus, has appeared. gives the sensation of pain.
Chest pain arises due to a disturbance in the balance of supply and demand. Heart muscle that lacks oxygen supply will undergo anaerobic metabolism which produces lactic acid. Excess lactic acid production in heart muscle cells is what triggers chest pain.
In general, angina is divided into stable angina, unstable angina, and angina typical of infarction. Stable angina pectoris is a condition in which there is no change in the degree, intensity and frequency of chest pain in the last 4 weeks.
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Unstable angina pectoris occurs if there is an increase in the intensity, duration, and frequency of chest pain in the past four weeks. Meanwhile, angina typical of infarction or heart attack is severe chest pain accompanied by cold sweat and lasts continuously for more than 20 minutes.
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