How to improve heart function?

The main function of the heart is to provide pressure so that blood can flow to every part of the body. However, some people have poor heart function due to congenital or acquired reasons, and experience palpitations, coughs, chest pains, and difficulty breathing, which have a certain impact on their physical and mental health, so they must be improved in a timely manner. So how can we improve heart function? Let’s look at the following method.

1. Improve living environment. Places with severe pollution and high noise levels may induce heart disease. Therefore, improve the living environment, expand the green area, reduce noise and prevent various pollution.

2. Quit smoking. The nicotine in tobacco can increase the heart rate, blood pressure (excessive smoking can also lower blood pressure), increase cardiac oxygen consumption, cause vasospasm, abnormal blood flow, and increased platelet adhesion. These adverse effects make the incidence of coronary heart disease in male smokers aged 30-49 three times higher than that of non-smokers. Smoking is also an important cause of angina attacks and sudden death.

3. Quit drinking. An experiment conducted by American scientists confirmed that ethanol is toxic to the heart. Excessive ethanol intake can reduce the contractile ability of the myocardium. For people with heart disease, excessive drinking will not only increase the burden on the heart, but may even cause arrhythmia, affect fat metabolism, and promote the formation of arteriosclerosis.

4. Eat a balanced diet. There should be reasonable dietary arrangements. Hyperlipidemia, unbalanced diet, diabetes and obesity are all related to dietary nutrition, so nutritional factors are very important from the perspective of preventing and treating heart disease. In principle, the "three lows" should be achieved, namely: low calories, low fat and low cholesterol.

5. Control your weight. Studies have shown that when the body weight increases by 10%, the average cholesterol level increases by 18.5, and the risk of coronary heart disease increases by 38%; when the body weight increases by 20%, the risk of coronary heart disease increases by 86%. The incidence of coronary heart disease in hypertensive patients with diabetes is 100% higher than that in hypertensive patients without diabetes.

6. Exercise moderately. Actively participate in moderate physical exercise. Maintaining regular and appropriate exercise is beneficial to enhancing heart function and promoting normal metabolism of the body. It is especially important for promoting fat metabolism and preventing the occurrence of atherosclerosis. For patients with heart disease, they should engage in appropriate amounts of physical activity based on their heart function and physical condition to help improve blood circulation, enhance resistance, improve the function of organs throughout the body, and prevent thrombosis. However, overly strenuous activities should be avoided, and the amount of activity should be increased gradually without causing symptoms.

If you often experience symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, coughing, chest tightness, and arrhythmia, you should go to the hospital in time to see if your heart function is declining. If this is the case, you can follow the methods described above to strengthen your heart function. Of course, if the situation is more serious, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for treatment.