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Early Symptoms of Heart Disease:

Easy fatigue and shortness of breath are two early symptoms of heart trouble. Get to the doctor for examination.

You get tired easily when doing simple activities, such as climbing stairs or walking a short distance? It could be, that the symptoms of heart trouble or that the medical world is called heart failure. If the symptoms are not ignored, can be fatal and may cause sudden death.

In addition, because the capacity of the heart pumps less blood from the lungs to accumulate in the left heart chambers. The result is shortness of breath. Initially, shortness of breath occurs only during physical activity, because when the body needs more oxygen and the heart must beat faster. At a later stage, shortness of breath felt even at rest.

Difficult breathing can also be felt when lying flat. To measure the degree of severity, doctors often ask how many pillows are used to reduce shortness of breath. The more pillows used, the higher the level of shortness of breath experienced by patients.

Because blood from the lungs to the heart less able to pump around the body, blood accumulates in the blood vessels of the lungs and seeped into aveoli. As a result, an enlarged pulmonary or pulmonary edema (accumulation of fluid in the lungs). Lung function will be impaired and people with breathing difficulties. Patients will often cough, which may be accompanied by bloody sputum.

Blood collection will also result in enlargement of blood vessels in the neck, or the accumulation of fluid between the lung and the chest wall, which is called pleural effusion. This condition will cause chest pain and shortness of breath. While inhibition of blood flow in the stomach causing liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and the spleen may (splenomegaly).

This causes functional limitations organs. Often, obstructed the flow of bile, causing jaundice symptoms. In severe cases, fluid retention occurs in the stomach so bloated. The technical term for this is ascites. Water retention may also occur in the arms and legs, especially the ankle and lower leg, causing swelling or edema in the feet or hands. The doctor will diagnose heart failure based on symptoms and physical examination.

Tests needed to determine the cause and type of heart Diseases. The tests may include:


1. Blood test


2. Chest X-ray


3. Electrocardiogram (ECG) to check the electrical system of the heart


4. Ekhokardiogram to see the size and shape of the heart and how well pumping


5. Cardiac catheterization to examine the heart and coronary arteries.


6. Cardiac stress test to look for coronary artery disease
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