2024-04-01 14:00:00
daily health
If your heart beats irregularly, this is a disease worth suspecting.
Reporter Lee Chae-ri
Entered 2024/04/01 23:00
Arrhythmia has no clear symptoms and often occurs suddenly and disappears once more, so it is easy to go unnoticed. However, if you look closely, you can recognize the symptoms./Photo = Getty Image Bank Heart disease does not only include angina (narrowing of the heart blood vessels), myocardial infarction (death of the heart muscle), and heart attack. ‘Arrhythmia’ is also a type of heart disease that you must watch out for. Arrhythmia is a disease in which the heart beats irregularly and deviates from its normal rhythm. It is so dangerous that it can be life-threatening. There are no clear symptoms, and it often occurs suddenly and then disappears once more, making it easy to go unnoticed. However, if you look carefully, you can recognize the symptoms.
Typical symptoms that may indicate arrhythmia are ▲a strong feeling of heartbeat for no particular reason, and ▲dizziness and difficulty breathing due to loss of strength. Specific symptoms may appear differently depending on the type. Patients with ‘tachyarrhythmia’, whose heart beats quickly, may experience heart palpitations, feeling stuffy, dizziness, and nausea, while patients with ‘bradycardia arrhythmia’, whose heartbeat is slow, do not increase their heart rate much even with physical activity. You feel tired easily and your body feels heavy. In severe cases, vision becomes blurred and you may faint.
If you have the above symptoms, it is best to visit a hospital, undergo a 24-hour electrocardiogram monitoring test, and receive regular checkups. Experts say that if you have experienced a heart attack or fainting in the past or have a family history of arrhythmia, it is safe to get checked even if you do not have any symptoms. Because arrhythmia is a symptom that occurs as the heart ages, it is difficult to completely prevent it. However, you can significantly lower your risk of arrhythmia by avoiding things that worsen your heart health. It is good to reduce alcohol consumption and prevent obesity. A Swedish study found that drinking just one glass of alcohol increases the risk of atrial fibrillation. If you gain a lot of weight, your blood pressure rises and your heart muscle becomes thicker. Then, the heart’s relaxation function is impaired, increasing the risk of arrhythmia. If possible, it is best to avoid these arrhythmia risk factors from a young age.
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