Feeling Some Pain in Your Chest?

“One of the most common early warning signs of heart problems is chest pain,” said Tushar Acharya, MD, a cardiologist with Banner University Medicine. Dr. Acharya said. “You can feel pain, pressure, tightness or squeezing in your chest or a feeling of fullness.” Chest pain can be a symptom of poor blood flow to the heart or a heart attack. This type of chest pain is called angina. The symptoms tend to last more than a few minutes or go away and come back. Sometimes, chest pain can be mistaken for heartburn or indigestion. Pain might also be felt in your neck, jaw, back, stomach and arms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. The most common type of heart disease is coronary artery disease (CAD), which is the narrowing of your heart’s blood vessels due to fatty deposits in the arteries. Another form of heart disease is heart attack which happens when blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked, causing damage to the heart muscle. Another form of heart disease is heart failure. The heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs, leading to fluid buildup and other symptoms. Then there is arrhythmia which is a problem with the rate of rhythm of your heartbeat. And also stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel in the brain is blocked, causing damage to brain tissue. When your heart isn’t working well, it has trouble sending enough blood, oxygen and nutrients to your body. In a way, your heart delivers the fuel that keeps your body’s systems running. If there’s a problem with delivering that fuel, it affects everything your body’s systems do. Symptoms of heart disease include chest or upper body pain, pressure, heaviness or discomfort, pounding or racing heart, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, dizziness, neck pain, heartburn or indigestion, nausea or vomiting, swelling in your lower body, exhaustion, difficulty sleeping and inability to handle exercise. Sometimes heart disease may be silent and not diagnosed until a person experiences serious signs or symptoms. Silent heart disease is a dangerous condition that can happen when you develop coronary artery disease (CAD) without noticing any symptoms. Because you don’t have any signs of a heart problem, you might not realize you have a heart condition at all until you have a heart attack or stroke. “With silent heart disease, you can have major blockages in the arteries of your heart without typical symptoms like chest pain or discomfort, shortness of breath or decreased endurance,” said Sahil Agrawal, MD, a cardiologist with Banner Health. “Blockages develop in the arteries of the heart from a buildup of plaque or cholesterol deposits,” Dr. Agrawal said. Those blockages mean your heart doesn’t get enough blood flow. With silent heart disease, your heart works harder to make up for the reduced blood flow.. And if you have subtle signs like fatigue or mild discomfort you might mistake them for aging or stress. HijamaEnergetics sessions done on a regular basis can serve as a preventive measure against serious ailments. At HijamaEnergetics, we only use natural healing modalities such as Hijama, herbs, nutritionals, emotional healing, microcurrent therapy and bioenergetic remedies.