Ever felt a pain in the chest? If so, you need to be careful. You could have heart disease. Specialist Doctors Hospital Cardiovascular Section Wahidin Sudirohusodo Cardiac Centre, Dr Bambang Budiono SpJP, FIHA reveals, there are many causes of chest pain, one of which is coronary heart disease (CHD).
Pain in the chest is often considered trivial and ignored some people. In fact, there is a perception that the physical complaints that are signs of a cold that can be solved easily. In fact, chest pain could be a symptom of someone suffering from heart disease.
Bambang revealed, there are few complaints of heart disease that is often overlooked community until finally the disease worse. Complaints that caution must be taken such as chest pain, palpitations, rapid fatigue, shortness of breath, there is a history of frequent fainting, shortness when sleeping on your back, some organs of the body was blue, and abdomen and the legs are swollen.
"Other symptoms experienced when someone is attacked by heart disease is a severe pain accompanied by vomiting," he said. Places pain in cardiac disorders, among others, behind the breastbone, behind the breastbone spreading to the neck, the chest spreading to the shoulders and chest. Other locations are, from the chest spreading to the jaw, then from the chest down in the pit of the stomach accompanied back area between the shoulder blades.
Therefore, early diagnosis is recommended immediately to someone who has a cardiovascular risk factor. A number of risk factors that can not be modified with lifestyle changes is, of having a family history of heart problems and blood vessels, the older the age, and gender. "This is a risk factor that can not be avoided," he added.
According to Bambang, there are a number of risk factors can be modified with lifestyle changes with dyslipidemia, such as high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol and high triglycerides. Another factor is that high blood pressure, suffer from diabetes or diabetes mellitus, smoking, overweight or obesity and lack of exercise.
Cholesterol is associated with high risk of coronary heart disease. Cholesterol is a waxy white substance that can be found in every cell of the body. Cholesterol can help digest fats, strengthen cell membranes, and make hormones. HDL cholesterol remove bad cholesterol from blood vessel walls. While these types of LDL cholesterol stick to artery walls, damaging and clogging of blood vessels.
If cholesterol accumulate in artery or blood vessel wall known as atherosclerosis, it could result in the occurrence of coronary heart disease and stroke. Is the formation of atherosclerotic plaque in a narrowed blood vessel. Then, plaque can peel and cause blood clots that clog or thrombus.
Source: Fajar.co.id
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