Sunday, 6 November 2011

Heart Health - Know The Signs Of Carotid Artery Blockage

By Christopher Maamor


Are you worried that you have artery blockage symptoms? How will you know that disease have strike you? Symptoms like left chest pain may indicate this disease. I will teach you how to learn and recognize coronary artery blockage and its management in this article.

Heart diseases are the topnotch killers worldwide. They can strike any age especially those who are high risked. Risk factors include sedentary lifestyle, obesity, smoking and caffeine, nutrition, congenital illnesses and family history with heart problems. The most common heart disease is arteriosclerotic heart disease. It involves calcification of fats in the arterial walls that causes myocardial ischemia or the decreased in oxygen of the heart muscles. It may produce symptoms like angina or left chest pain, chest congestion, difficulty breathing, palpitations and feeling of fatigue.

Angina chest pain if becomes severe could indicate a pending heart attack. This condition must always be managed and should not be taken for granted to prevent complications. Thorough monitoring of blood pressure and assessing signs and symptoms is a must. Management for arterial diseases is mainly focused on modifying the risk factors involved like lifestyle, obesity, exercise and diet. Having a sedentary lifestyle could contribute to the progression of the disease. Eating too much salty foods could also worsen the condition. It could result into heart enlargement.

The surgical procedure for arterial disease is done by making a cut in the arteries and removing the build-up. Sometimes, the doctor may do a bypass for the blood to flow around the blocked artery so that it can reach the heart. There are a lot of risks for having a surgical procedure. Surgery is only done when no other option is possible.

Always monitor your left chest pain whenever it strikes you. Just be aware of the warning signs so that you, yourself could save your own life. Seek early treatment or prevent coronary artery blockage as early as you can.




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