11 Early Signs Of An Unhealthy Heart

My Geek Score: The heart keeps our organism alive and ensures that sufficient oxygen and nutrients get into even the smallest corners of our body every day. It is therefore essential that problems affecting the heart are recognized in good time. Heart disease often develops over time. You may have the first signs or symptoms a long time before you have serious heart problems. 

Chest Pain

Not every stitch in the heart area means severe heart disease. If the symptoms appear suddenly, they are usually harmless and usually the result of muscle tension.

 Pain, shortness of breath, and chest tightness during stress or physical exertion can be a sign of a circulatory disorder of the heart muscle.

If the arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood are narrowed, too little oxygen can get into the heart during physical or psychological stress. The primary triggers for narrowing the arteries are high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, and being overweight.

Feeling Sick

High levels of nervous tension are the breeding ground for widespread pain and stiffness in movement. Sleep can be disturbed and energy and desire to go out may drop. Anxiety and stress are the breeding ground of common ailments such as the sore neck, back pain, and other widespread muscle pain.

Stomach Problems

Stomach pain is a classic symptom that should not be underestimated. Dyspepsia is quite common, but if you experience tingling, burning, and a constant annoyance to the side upper part of the stomach, it may be a symptom of a possible infarction.

Excessive Sweating

The sweating occurs when the patient feels the skin suddenly wet and cold, usually also trying chills and tremors. This is a symptom that generally affects the hands, armpits, feet, and back. Cold sweat can be a sign of various conditions and pathologies, which are also associated with potentially fatal events, such as heart attack.

 Leg Pain

Leg pain or difficulty in walking can be a sign that blood circulation is impaired to the main organ behind the bloodstream i.e., your heart.

Arm Pain

When your heart is struggling, it can make other parts of your body scream in pain. Arm pain is a warning heart attack symptom.

Back Pain

It is not normal to suffer from water retention and arrive home with terrible back pain; all this can cause a bad diet or a sedentary life.

So, if you experience other symptoms such as chronic fatigue, tachycardia, or shortness of breath, remember: don’t put off what you can do today until tomorrow!

Choking Sensation

Suffocation refers to a particular sensation of “hunger for air” capable of generating, in the person who feels it, a profound discomfort linked to the inability to enter air into the respiratory system. When the feeling of suffocation corresponds to anaphylactic shock, other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, rash, and a weak or fast heartbeat are produced.

Swollen Ankle

A heart attack can give several signs a few months before it occurs, namely pain in the neck and shoulders. Swelling (edema) in the lower legs is another sign of a heart problem. When your heart doesn’t work as well, blood flow slows and reverses in the veins in your legs. You may also develop a  bloat in your stomach or notice some weight gain. If you feel short of breath and become very tired walking up the stairs, see your doctor.

Fatigue

It commonly shows up when the body needs rest or simply a break. If the tiredness does not persist over a longer time, although you sleep enough and live healthy otherwise, the condition could indicate an illness. Other symptoms often also exist, such as indifference and poor physical and mental performance.

Irregular Heartbeat

If your heart is also unable to pump blood, it may beat fast to catch up. Rapid or irregular heartbeats can also be a sign of arrhythmia.