Heart problem: Do not ignore these early signs of heart issues

Before it needs serious medical help, the heart always sends out signals and warnings. A good heart is the key to a healthy life. Hence one should be aware of the risk factors and the warning signs of a heart condition so that it may alleviate a growing complication with timely medical intervention.

The common problem with heart issues is that people do not recognise the warnings before it is too late.

One of the leading causes of death globally, heart ailments claim close to 18 million lives each year. More than four out of five cardiovascular disease deaths are due to heart attacks and strokes, and one third of these deaths occur prematurely in people under 70 years of age, a WHO report says.

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There are several reasons why people get heart disease. While unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use and excessive consumption of alcohol are the major reasons behind it, raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose, raised blood lipids, and overweight and obesity are the potential risk factors.

Here are the common signs of heart problems, which should never be ignored:

If you are someone who experiences this regularly but ignores it assuming it to be gas or heartburn, then you are wrong. Few minutes of chest discomfort, which gets overlooked many times, is actually a bad omen for heart health.

There are several ways you can feel this discomfort. Sometimes it would seem like something heavy like a big boulder is sitting on your chest and sometimes it would seem like something is pinching you inside there.

Whatever may be discomfort, if it bothers you or lingers for a longer duration or happens frequently, then take help from a doctor.

This is a typical sign of heart attack. If for no reason, all of a sudden a strong pain radiates down your body on the left side, there is a higher chance that it is not a normal pain and it is a heart attack.

Do not ignore this sign and take medical help immediately.

How often do we ignore this sign saying it's just a mere exhaustion! Well, it is not when it comes to heart.

While a number of reasons can make you lose balance or feel dizzy for a while, the possibility of heart issues can not be ruled out completely.

This is another important sign of heart disease which not many know or even if they know they associate it with dental issues.

Pain in the jaw or sometimes throat region in heart attack is mainly due to the pressure that passes on to these areas from the heart.

Snoring is considered to be normal. But when it becomes louder, you need to be aware that it might be sleep apnea, in which the person gasps for breath during sleep. In this potentially lethal sleeping disorder a person's breathing repeatedly pauses and starts.