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If there is frequent chest pain, one should consult a cardiologist and get checked.
Sometimes shortness of breath and unconsciousness are also signs of heart disease.
Chest Pain & Heart Attack: In today’s era, the lifestyle of people has deteriorated a lot and they are falling prey to many diseases including high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol and obesity at an early age. If you have any of these problems, then you need to be careful. All these things can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease including heart attack. Often people start having chest pain and they are careless about it. There can be many reasons for chest pain, but one reason can also be heart related problems. If someone has frequent chest pain, it should be examined.
Consultant Cardiologist at Heart Hospital, Patna Dr. Vineet Thakur told AnyTV People often assume that their chest pain is due to gas. Whereas sometimes it can prove fatal. If you are facing the problem of chest pain again and again, then never take medicine on your own considering it to be the cause of gas. If you cannot go to the hospital, then at least take medicine after consulting your family doctor. In today’s time, a new trend is emerging that people are having heart attacks even at the age of 40-50 years. This fatal condition can be avoided by taking precautions.
Dr. Vineet says that chest pain under the age of 30 is usually not a matter of concern. Initially you can take its medicine after consulting a doctor. Even after this, if you do not get relief then consult a cardiologist and get necessary heart related tests done. Generally, in such conditions ECG, Troponin test is done. If the report of this test is fine, then there is nothing to worry about. If there is a wrong report, then consult a doctor and get a city angiogram done. With this you will know the result within ten minutes. After this, you should do as the doctor says.
According to experts, people above 30-40 years of age should be extremely careful about frequent chest pain and should immediately consult a doctor and get checked. According to doctors, symptoms of heart disease may appear different in elderly, diabetics and women. Dizziness, shortness of breath, fainting can also be signs of serious illness. It is often seen that elderly, women or diabetic patients do not have chest pain, but when they walk, they start feeling short of breath. This can also be a sign of heart disease. In such a situation, consult a doctor immediately.
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Tags: health, heart attack, Lifestyle
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 18, 2024, 12:30 IST