Symptoms of Various Heart Disease Conditions

Here are some of the symptoms for each heart related disease. If any of these symptoms come up, go see a doctor. These diseases are life threatening and should be taken seriously. If one has questions, got see a doctor as well. Being informed is the first way to prevent these types of diseases.

For Ischemic Heart Disease, there are a couple standout symptoms that should make a patient go see a doctor immediately. Those are fast heart rate, shortness of breath, and chest pain. These symptoms should not be ignored. Some other symptoms include sweating and nausea. For hypertensive heart disease, some symptoms too look out for are chest pain, pain in the neck, arms or shoulders, loss of appetite, and a persistent cough. These signs might come on gradually and when that happens it can be hard to notice them. Also tightness in the chest area, ankle or feet swelling, and heavy sweating can also be signs of this terrible disease.

Rheumatic heart disease has a signs and symptoms that very noticeable and those are a rash with pink rings or lines and multiple-joint inflammation. There is also the pain in the chest or joints, fatigue, fever, inability to exercise, and a fast heart rate. For Inflammatory heart disease symptoms there are only a few those were fever, shortness of breath, an achy feeling in the chest, a fever, and joint pain and swelling.

            Cardiac arrhythmias is also a serious heart disease and the symptoms include pain in the chest, dizziness, fainting, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, and palpitations of the heart. If one does not know what palpitations of the heart means, it is just when it feels like one’s heart is beating too fast or heard, or like it is skipping a beat. Congenital heart disease symptoms include a murmur or abnormal heart rhythm, shortness of breath, and swelling.

            The last heart disease talked about was heart failure. This is the type that everyone assumes with heart attacks. The symptoms include pain in the chest area, dry cough, dizziness, fatigue, water retention, bloating, and excess urination. Again if any of these symptoms occur or if one thinks they are occurring, don’t hesitate and go see the doctor. These symptoms might not sound serious but they certainly can become very serious. Below is a picture of a map of the United States and it shows that throughout the years, some states have been reducing heart diseases while others like the southern states have had an increase in the number of heart diseases.