Silent Medical Killers 10: breathlessness on exertion....

in health •  7 years ago  (edited)


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Hello steemians,
Welcome back to this endless series of knowledge on your health

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Today we look at a sinister cause of breathlessness on exertion i.e.

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HEART FAILURE occurs when the heart fails to pump blood at a rate sufficient to meet up the bodies requirement. The breathlessness occurs at previously normal activity like walking. It is categorized into four scales based on the limitation experienced by the New York Heart Association
I. No limitation
II. Slight limitation
III. Marked limitation
IV. Limitation even at rest

Breathlessness worsens as the disease worsens in this order

  1. breathlessness on activity
  2. breathlessness at rest
  3. waking up at night breathless
  4. breathlessness on lieing down flat

Other signs and symptoms of this limitaion include

  1. chest pain
  2. awareness of heart beat
  3. fatigue and weakness
  4. frequent urination at night
  5. loss of appetite, weight loss and nausea
  6. neck vein distention
  7. swollen abdomen
  8. swollen legs

Uncontrolled chronic high blood pressure is a major cause of heart failure
Other causes/risk factors include

  1. inherited or acquired heart defects
  2. Diabetes
  3. Infection and inflammation of the heart
  4. Anaemia
  5. Pregnancy
  6. Obesity
  7. Nutritional deficiencies etc

Don't ignore that breathlessness of whatever degree.
Visit a doctor today
Other causes/risk factors include

  1. inherited or acquired heart defects
  2. Diabetes
  3. Infection and inflammation of the heart
  4. Anaemia
  5. Pregnancy
  6. Obesity
  7. Nutritional deficiencies etc

Don't ignore that breathlessness of whatever degree.
Visit a doctor today

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Queen Latifah agrees and has started a campaign in the US since her mum developed heart failure

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Oga Doctor, your post dey scary sometimes but we need pieces of information like this, a constant reminder that the doctor is your friend and not the police lol!!! I lost a cousin to heart failure a month ago. I wish he had access to a valuable information like this maybe he would still be alive today !!

Thanks for your post. But I thought putting on weight was a dangerous factor!

I think weight also plays a role on the blood pressure but let the good Dr @drepo15 to weigh in.

obesity is one of the risk factors

Hmmm, scary. And there is no cure for heart failure i presume?

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

it can be managed properly with medications
and the earlier the better

Ok. Noted.

Hearing one's heart beat? I had experienced that sometime. It's gone

its called palpitation
a sign of stress on d heart from various causes
its normal to feel it after exercise
if u feel it at rest again, give ur doctor a call for a simple check

So wen i feel like blood aint pumping well to my heart during exercise i shoukd stop?

I usually experience somthing similar to this but on a minor scale though and when I sprint hard for quiet some time. What's the possible cause?

we all feel it after exercise
very normal but its transient

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Ok thanks doc

Hmmmm this is good in format ion

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Does exercise help?