We call cardiovascular diseases those problems that affect the heart and blood vessels. Under this concept we have a wide range of pathologies that negatively affect cardiac function. The main problem is that usually this type of disease does not present very obvious symptoms and this means that the patient does not notice warning signs and does not go to the doctor preventively.
There are many different heart diseases. This is a list of some of the most frequent.
It occurs when the heart’s capacity to pump blood is less than what the human body needs. Some signs that can help us seek medical attention are having a certain feeling of tiredness, fluid retention and a feeling of shortness of breath when doing physical exercise.
Blockage of an artery causes oxygen to not circulate in the proper proportion, which causes the death of some cells. The clearest symptom is very sharp pain in the chest.
Blockage in the coronary arteries limits blood flow and causes it to be insufficient. If the necessary blood flow does not circulate in the heart, angina occurs. The patient notices strong pressure in the chest.
They are anomalies that alter the frequency and regularity of the usual pulse. Having arrhythmias does not necessarily mean that we have heart disease, but often, the alteration of the pulse does indicate the existence of cardiovascular disease. They may be because the pulse is very slow or because it is very fast (tachycardia).
Pericarditis is swelling of the pericardium, which is the thin, sac-shaped tissue that surrounds the heart. This disease can be mild and disappear on its own or it can be life-threatening. The prognosis is usually good if treated early.
Some arteries that are not too large suffer a narrowing that causes a greater risk of suffering a heart attack because the heart is more stressed
Congenital heart disease, also known as a birth defect, refers to one or more problems in the structure of the heart that appear at birth. These abnormalities usually occur when the heart or blood vessels do not form correctly in the uterus.
