Poor sleep makes my heart uncomfortable

Many people experience poor sleep and heart discomfort. People always wonder if there is something wrong with their heart, but after going to the hospital for a check-up, no problems are found. If people are afraid that they have heart problems, they can learn about the symptoms of heart problems. This way, they can discover the problem in time and receive treatment in time without delaying the best treatment time. Here are some symptoms of heart disease. Let’s take a look.

What are the symptoms that indicate you have a bad heart?

1. If I have symptoms such as chest tightness, palpitations, and chest pain, does that mean I have a heart disease?

uncertain. Common symptoms of heart disease include chest tightness, palpitations, and chest pain, but the presence of these symptoms does not necessarily mean heart disease. They may also be caused by an imbalance in the regulation of nerve function. In addition, chest tightness and palpitations may also occur during strenuous exercise or excessive fatigue, but it should be noted that chest tightness and palpitations caused by non-organic heart diseases will not last long and may improve after rest, while the discomfort of patients with heart disease will be aggravated when they are active. Therefore, it is recommended that, to be on the safe side, people who experience this symptom should go to the hospital for further diagnosis to determine whether they have heart disease.

In clinical practice, we often see symptoms of heart disease caused by neurosis. That is to say, after examination, the patient has no organic heart disease, but always feels very anxious, or has chest tightness, discomfort, and difficulty breathing. This is more common in women. This is because under the influence of anxiety, tension, emotional excitement, mental trauma and other factors, the excitation and inhibition processes of the human central nervous system are disturbed, and the cardiovascular system regulated by the autonomic nervous system also becomes disordered, causing a series of symptoms of excessive sympathetic nerve tension. People of this type should learn to reduce stress, relax, exercise moderately, and receive psychological treatment if necessary.

2. Some young people often have accelerated heartbeats. Is this a sign of heart disease?

Most young people who experience this condition may not have heart disease, especially young women. In addition, people without underlying diseases may experience an accelerated heartbeat when they are emotionally unstable, nervous, frightened, after exercise, excessive smoking, or drinking. If these symptoms occur under the above conditions, there is no need to worry too much. But a fast heart rate is definitely not good. If an adult's heart beats more than 100 times per minute, it is considered tachycardia, which can easily increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, we should learn to control our emotions, exercise moderately, quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption.

3. My heart often skips a beat and it feels like it has stopped beating. Is this a heart attack?

This problem should be taken seriously, it may be premature beats. The incidence of premature beats is very high, and it can occur in both healthy people and people with heart disease. Factors such as mental stress, drinking alcohol, drinking coffee, and poor sleep are the contributing factors. Premature beats can be divided into benign and malignant. Premature beats without heart disease are benign. If the symptoms are not obvious and have no impact on your life, no treatment is needed. However, if the premature beats are caused by coronary heart disease, hypertension, etc., they should be given sufficient attention. Therefore, if you find premature beats, you should go to the hospital and let the doctor check whether you have any underlying heart disease.

4. I feel uncomfortable when I catch a cold, with palpitations, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Is this related to the heart?

There is a certain relationship. If you experience symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath after a cold and fever, it is recommended that you go to the hospital for an electrocardiogram. If premature beats, conduction blocks, etc. are found, you should be alert to viral myocarditis. But there is no need to be nervous, because most people's discomfort is transient and only a few people actually develop severe viral myocarditis. In life, we should exercise more to prevent colds.

5. What symptoms should indicate a heart attack?

There are many manifestations of heart disease. For example, patients with coronary heart disease and angina pectoris may have atypical manifestations of angina pectoris such as stomach pain, abdominal pain, dizziness, and abdominal distension in addition to symptoms such as chest tightness, heart pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, and tightness of throat. Pain and edema in both lower limbs may also be manifestations of heart failure. It is best to go to the hospital immediately to detect the disease in time.

6.What is the most effective way to prevent heart disease?

Simply put, there are two types: one is to change your lifestyle, quit smoking and drinking, exercise appropriately, eat regularly, combine meat and vegetables, and eat less greasy food; the other is evidence-based medication for high-risk groups. For example, people with high blood pressure must take antihypertensive drugs regularly as prescribed by the doctor, patients with diabetes must control their blood sugar, and people with high blood lipids must manage their blood lipids.