What are the early symptoms of heart disease?

Heart disease poses a great threat to humans, so we need to detect its early symptoms in a timely manner and take treatment measures. Symptoms such as chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, and local purpleness often occur. Some patients may also have problems with coughing and coughing up blood.

1. Chest pain

This is the most common sign of heart disease, often located behind the sternum. It is a tight, squeezing pain that often radiates to the left shoulder, left arm, and even to the left ring finger, and lasts for a short time. Some people have atypical symptoms. Sometimes they just feel short of breath or uncomfortable in the heart. Some have upper abdominal pain, shoulder pain, and lower toothache, which should be taken seriously.

2. Panic and shortness of breath

If you do general housework or climb three floors continuously, you will feel your heartbeat obviously quicken, and have symptoms such as shortness of breath and chest tightness, which are often manifestations of weakened heart reserve function.

3. Cannot lie flat

It is a typical manifestation of heart disease. In the early stage, you may have to raise the pillow to sleep, otherwise you will feel chest tightness. In the later stage, you often cannot lie flat, or wake up at night and have to sit up to relieve the pain.

4. Partial purple

Purple color of the lips, nose tip, earlobes, fingertips and other parts is a characteristic of some heart diseases, such as cor pulmonale and cyanotic congenital heart disease. It is a manifestation of poor blood flow and indicates decreased heart function.

5. Cough and hemoptysis

A prolonged cough, especially one with no known cause, may be a sign of poor heart function.

6. Distended jugular veins

The jugular veins on both sides swell like earthworms, indicating that the superior vena cava reflux is not smooth. If the jugular veins are more distended when pressing the liver, this is called hepatojugular reflux sign, which indicates that the heart disease is serious.