What is a heart disorder?
The term “heart disorder” refers to various kinds of heart conditions. The most common type of heart disease is coronary artery disease. This disease affects blood flow to the heart, decreasing it. Heart disorders include a group of diseases that have an impact on blood vessels and the heart. A person may or may not experience any symptoms. Sometimes people don’t know that they have a heart disorder until they get symptoms of a heart attack, arrhythmia, or heart failure.
What are the symptoms of heart disorders?
Symptoms of heart disorders vary as per the type of heart disorder:
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- Symptoms of blood vessel heart disorder: The heart disease affecting blood vessels is Coronary Artery Disease. It is a very common heart condition. It affects the blood vessels that supply heart muscles. For coronary artery disease, symptoms may vary for a man and a woman. In men, symptoms most likely can be chest pain, whereas women seemingly have more symptoms along with chest pain like shortness of breath, nausea, and extreme fatigue. The symptoms of this disease include:
- Chest pain, chest discomfort, and chest tightness.
- Pain in the upper belly area, back, neck, jaw, or throat.
- Shortness of breath.
- If the blood vessels in these body areas are narrowed, then the legs or arms may experience numbness, pain, coldness, or weakness.
- Symptoms due to an irregular heartbeat: The heart may beat irregularly; it may beat too slowly or too quickly. Its symptoms include:
- Lightheadedness.
- Fainting or near fainting.
- Chest pain or chest discomfort.
- Dizziness.
- Very fast heartbeat.
- Shortness of breath.
- Slow heartbeat.
- Palpitation.
- Symptoms of blood vessel heart disorder: The heart disease affecting blood vessels is Coronary Artery Disease. It is a very common heart condition. It affects the blood vessels that supply heart muscles. For coronary artery disease, symptoms may vary for a man and a woman. In men, symptoms most likely can be chest pain, whereas women seemingly have more symptoms along with chest pain like shortness of breath, nausea, and extreme fatigue. The symptoms of this disease include:
- Symptoms due to congenital heart defects: This condition, if serious, can be noticed soon. Symptoms in children include:
- Pale skin or blue lips.
- Swelling around the eyes, belly area, or legs.
- In an infant, poor weight gain is due to shortness of breath during feedings.
- Getting short of breath easily during any physical activity.
- Getting easily tired during any physical activity.
- Swelling in hands, ankles, or feet.
- Symptoms caused by diseased heart muscle: During the early stages of cardiomyopathy, there are no noticeable symptoms, but as the condition deteriorates, symptoms may include:
- Fainting or lightheadedness.
- Fatigue.
- Feeling short of breath.
- Waking up from sleep short of breath.
- Irregularity in heartbeat and palpitation.
- Swollen legs, ankles, or feet.
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- Symptoms due to heart valve problems: Heart valve disease is a valvular heart disease, and depending on which valve isn’t working appropriately, its symptoms include:
- Fainting.
- Chest pain.
- Fatigue.
- Feeling short of breath.
- Swollen feet or ankles.
- Irregular heartbeat.
- Dry cough.
- Changes in heartbeat.
- Fever.
- Shortness of breath.
- Skin rashes at unusual spots.
- Swelling of the legs or belly area.
- Weakness or fatigue.
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- Chest pain.
- Fatigue.
- Palpitations.
- Feeling lightheaded.
- Shortness of breath.
- Sudden cardiac death, which also includes sudden infant death syndrome.
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- Cardiac Catheterization.
- CT Scan.
- MRI.
- Echo.
- EKG/ECG.
- Stress test.
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- Cardiomyopathy.
- Cardiac amyloidosis.
- Heart arrhythmias.
- Cardiac tumors.
- Heart valve disease.
- Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm syndrome.
- High cholesterol.
- Pulmonary hypertension.
- Autoimmune Disease: A condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body.
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