WHAT IS HEART DISEASE ?
You will be quite surprised to know that heart disease is wrongly named. Heart disease is actually arterial or circulatory disease, but the term ‘heart’ is so widely used and understood that even the medical profession continue to use it. Whatever the term used, the disease covers a wide range of complaints, including :
• angina (chest pain on exertion or stressful experience)
• intermittent claudication (pains or cramps in the leg on walking or hurrying)
• dizziness, throbbing or tightness in the head
• confusion, difficulty in concentrating
• increasing breathlessness on exertion
• increasing coldness, weakness or heaviness of the extremities
• general feelings of tension, throbbing or fullness when under pressure
• ringing in the ears (tinnitus), problems with vision or hearing
• swelling of the ankles, unrelated to injury or other causes
• high blood pressure
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