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Complications of Heart Disease
Heart disease is umbrella term, it describes many conditions that affect a person’s heart health. Heart disease conditions that affect a person’s heart muscle, heart valves, And heart rhythm. Each of these components plays an important part in a person’s overall heart health. When a person learns they have heart disease, it’s important for them to make lifestyle changes to slow progress of the disease. Heart disease cause many potentially fatal complications if left untreated.
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Heart failure
Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump blood throughout the body. The heart muscle is very strong. However, over time, the muscle can be affected and have trouble doing job. The heart starts to compensate by beating faster, building up more muscle, or stretching to accommodate more blood.
Over time, these methods of compensating can affect the heart function and result in heart failure. This can cause shortness of breath, confusion, and the buildup of fluid in the body, causing swelling.
Heart attack
A heart attack occurs when the coronary arteries narrow so much that they cut off blood supply to the heart. Often, this is the result of cholesterol buildup in the arteries called atherosclerosis. A piece of the cholesterol breaks off and can block the blood vessel.
The heart Specialist in Chandigarh Advice that The heart cells begin to die as they’re deprived of oxygen. Symptoms include shortness of breath and severe chest pain that may radiate to the back, jaw, or left arm. However, women may experience different symptoms associated with heart attack and heart disease, which are discussed below.
Stroke
When the heart isn’t working effectively, blood clots are more likely to form in the blood vessels. A stroke occurs when one of these clots lodges in a blood vessel in the brain and cuts off blood flow. This is called an ischemic stroke. Ischemic stroke symptoms include:
numbness on one side of the body
confusion
trouble speaking
loss of balance or coordination
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