Kompas, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Jakarta, Kompas - Chest pain is often underestimated by some people. In fact, pain in the chest is one of the symptoms of heart disease and blood vessels. Therefore, a number of symptoms associated with heart problems need to be identified early on patients can be treated quickly and effectively. "There are some symptoms of heart disease that is often neglected communities and eventually the illness got worse," said the heart specialist from Hospital Pantai Indah Kapuk, Linda Lison, Saturday (19 / 7), in a seminar with the theme " Sehatkah Jantung Anda?", in Hospital auditorium Kapok Pantai Indah, Jakarta.
A number of physical complaints should watch out for symptoms of heart disease is chest pain, palpitations, rapid fatigue, shortness of breath, a history of frequent fainting, shortness when sleeping on your back, blue in several organs, and stomach and the legs to swell. Other symptoms experienced when someone is stricken with heart disease is a great pain in the chest accompanied by vomiting. "A sense of distress or as afflicted with the burden, pain, pinched, squeezed, and burning in the chest can spread to the left arm, neck, and back," Linda added.
Rest
Patients with heart disease may also experience shortness of breath or choking, cold sweat, weakness, palpitations, and fell unconscious. Physical complaints would decrease with the rest and the added weight when the patient move. "If there is chest pain condition, then the first aid thing to do is lay people, rest until the pain diminished or disappeared, did the provision of oxygen, then call the doctor, and bring it to the nearest hospital," he said. If the initial help of late, so there are symptoms of heart disease, treatment will not be optimal, even fatal for the patient.
Risk factors
In order not to coronary heart disease, prevention efforts that can be done is to check the levels of LDL cholesterol or "bad" cholesterol and blood pressure regularly. Another way is to apply a healthy diet, including not overeat and avoid foods that contain fat and alcoholic beverages, balanced with physical activity. "The risk factors of heart disease also need to be controlled. If you have risk factors that can not be modified with lifestyle changes, then the heart health checks on a regular basis is the best move, "said Linda.
So far, there are a number of risk factors that can not be modified, namely older age, sex, and no family history of impaired heart and blood vessels. Meanwhile, a number of risk factors can be modified with lifestyle changes is the dyslipidemia, such as high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes or diabetes mellitus, smoking, overweight or obesity, and lack of exercise. "HDL Cholesterol bad cholesterol transfer function of the blood vessel wall. While it damaging LDL cholesterol and clog arteries, "he said.
Jakarta, Kompas - Chest pain is often underestimated by some people. In fact, pain in the chest is one of the symptoms of heart disease and blood vessels. Therefore, a number of symptoms associated with heart problems need to be identified early on patients can be treated quickly and effectively. "There are some symptoms of heart disease that is often neglected communities and eventually the illness got worse," said the heart specialist from Hospital Pantai Indah Kapuk, Linda Lison, Saturday (19 / 7), in a seminar with the theme " Sehatkah Jantung Anda?", in Hospital auditorium Kapok Pantai Indah, Jakarta.
A number of physical complaints should watch out for symptoms of heart disease is chest pain, palpitations, rapid fatigue, shortness of breath, a history of frequent fainting, shortness when sleeping on your back, blue in several organs, and stomach and the legs to swell. Other symptoms experienced when someone is stricken with heart disease is a great pain in the chest accompanied by vomiting. "A sense of distress or as afflicted with the burden, pain, pinched, squeezed, and burning in the chest can spread to the left arm, neck, and back," Linda added.
Rest
Patients with heart disease may also experience shortness of breath or choking, cold sweat, weakness, palpitations, and fell unconscious. Physical complaints would decrease with the rest and the added weight when the patient move. "If there is chest pain condition, then the first aid thing to do is lay people, rest until the pain diminished or disappeared, did the provision of oxygen, then call the doctor, and bring it to the nearest hospital," he said. If the initial help of late, so there are symptoms of heart disease, treatment will not be optimal, even fatal for the patient.
Risk factors
In order not to coronary heart disease, prevention efforts that can be done is to check the levels of LDL cholesterol or "bad" cholesterol and blood pressure regularly. Another way is to apply a healthy diet, including not overeat and avoid foods that contain fat and alcoholic beverages, balanced with physical activity. "The risk factors of heart disease also need to be controlled. If you have risk factors that can not be modified with lifestyle changes, then the heart health checks on a regular basis is the best move, "said Linda.
So far, there are a number of risk factors that can not be modified, namely older age, sex, and no family history of impaired heart and blood vessels. Meanwhile, a number of risk factors can be modified with lifestyle changes is the dyslipidemia, such as high LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes or diabetes mellitus, smoking, overweight or obesity, and lack of exercise. "HDL Cholesterol bad cholesterol transfer function of the blood vessel wall. While it damaging LDL cholesterol and clog arteries, "he said.
