Chest Pain Not Always Means Heart Disease
Surely it would be facilitate anticipating a disease when we know the symptoms of the disease first. Prevention for not making it more complicated might be done when symptoms are light. Not only for minor ailments but also for diseases such as coronary heart disease classified as severe. But what would happen if there was also no symptoms of heart disease.
As narrated Dr. Ari Fahrial Sham, Head of Advocacy PB PAPDI, a friend who is a physician died of heart disease. In history, the doctor had never previously had a heart attack, coronary evaluation last year was no problem. But because of diabetes and obesity (obesity), weight> 100 kg, an interruption in the heart pumps so that the pump function of heart on the downside.
Ari explains this case shows that heart disease is not always due to coronary disorders, heart disease can be a variety of reason. Could be due to chronic hypertension, valve disorders, cardiomyopathy and heart disease thyroid. Due to diverse causes, symptoms also vary, particularly regular exercise to prevent coronary heart disease.
For coronary heart disease, said Ari, symptoms that often arises is chest pain, usually pain radiating to his left hand and penetrating into the back of the chest. Such as pressure and chest pain lasting more than 10 minutes. However, chest pain itself is not always caused by heart disease. In addition to chest pain patients may experience shortness of breath, shortness of breath will increase if the climb stairs or exercise hard.
Further, the Staff Department of Medicine Faculty of medicine-RSCM describes chest pain itself was not only belong to heart disease, chest pain can be caused by disorders of the gastrointestinal tract of the esophagus. In medical language is called GERD (gastroesofageal reflux disease), patients with GERD can come because of chest pain and could feel a burning sensation in the chest like a burn (heart burn) chest pain usually is followed also by bitter mouth because there is a rise of acid.
In addition to GERD chest pain can be caused by abnormalities of the lung, chest muscles and joints in the sternum. A heart attack itself was not always started from chest pain due to heartburn can be an early symptom of a heart attack. This can only happen if the narrowing of the coronary blood vessels that supply the bottom of the heart muscle, which are located closer to the solar plexus.
“Chest pain is not always caused by heart disease and heart attacks are not always preceded by chest pain because it was heartburn can be an early symptom of heart attack,” he said.
Ari called on to prevent heart disease by reducing risk factors such as weight control, control blood pressure, blood sugar levels if you suffer from Diabetes Mellitus, control cholesterol levels, reduce fatty foods, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, stop smoking and alcohol, and of course regular exercise.
Posted: October 8th, 2010 under Tips Health.
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