Heart care – Signs of an Unhealthy Heart:

“Heart” the one which works all time when starts to fail show up some symptoms in many parts of the body which are easily ignorable, and are often times discounted. Your heart needs a check up if you get to experience some of these symptoms.
Sexual problems
Today an average guy coming up with Erectile dysfunction (ED) is considered to be a cardiovascular patient as those with no sexual issues.
The connection between Erectile dysfunction and heart is the arteries get narrow, smaller and hardened than the ones leading to the heart, thus restricting blood flow to the penis which causes pain when the penis is erected while lack of oxygen lead to weakness and interrupt desire for sex.
Do you Snore loud??
Loud snoring and people with sleep apnea and other breathing problems during sleep are at risk and are linked up with various cardiovascular diseases. What happens is when you are sleeping the heart works too hard to keep oxygen flowing to your body parts leading to cardiovascular diseases.
Bleeding gums
Sore, swollen and bleeding gums has bacteria that not only pull away your teeth but also leads to an early sign of cardiovascular disease due to the poor blood circulation and the bacteria involved in gum diseases has commonality with plaque buildup inside coronary arteries which blocks the arteries that feed the heart, prevents the heart from getting enough oxygen.
Swollen feet or legs
Do your ankles, feet, wrist, or fingers swell at times or experience a deep pressure marks or indents?? Then you have fluid retention problem which is an early sign of coronary artery disease which occurs when the heart does not pump enough blood to carry waste products off the tissues which leads to improper blood circulation in the places farthest from the heart like wrists, fingers, fee, ankles and legs finally leading to heart failure and other forms of cardiovascular diseases.
Do you feel your heart is beating fast and hard??
It is a sign that something is wrong with the cardiovascular system which may even lead to sudden death. The electrical system which keeps the heartbeat in synch with other functions restricts the blood flow to heart and causes this problem of skipping of heart beat (arrhythmias) leading to over compensation of heart beat.
Chest pain
An intense pain in the right side of chest is a sign of cardiovascular disease which is often felt during a heart attack. Please don’t confuse if you have heartburn, indigestion or a pulled muscle problem.
Dizziness
Shortness of breath or if you feel like you can’t breathe, or you might feel dizzy or faint, or can’t catch your breath while walking upstairs or after minimal activity or at rest which previously caused you no trouble is a sign of weak cardiovascular system.When there is no enough blood getting through the arteries to carry sufficient oxygen and when you take a deep breath it causes heart muscle pain (angina).
Jaw and ear pain
Jaw pain is one of those inexplicable symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD) and impending heart attack. A deep pain travels along the jaw line way to ear where the damaged heart tissue sends pain signals up and down the spinal cord to junctures with nerves that radiate from the cervical vertebrae out along the jaw and up to the ear.
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