Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world and it is necessary to be aware of prevention, which is based on healthy lifestyle habits and learning to identify warning signs and symptoms to consult early and reduce the likelihood of complications.
You should consult a professional if you present the following:
- Chest pain, oppressive type, intense, radiating to the neck, jaw, shoulders, or arms, associated with choking, sweating or nausea.
- If you have chest pain with physical activity and it improves with rest.
- If you notice a decrease in your usual exercise capacity.
- If you have a sudden loss of consciousness.
- If you experience choking with daily activities, swelling of the legs, rapid increase of the abdominal perimeter, need to put more pillows at bedtime or if you wake up choking in the middle of the night.
- If you have rapid, intense palpitations of long duration (more than 15 minutes), associated with dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath or loss of consciousness.
- Neurological alteration due to loss of strength in some extremities, speech difficulties, deviation of the corner of the mouth, double vision, and sudden disorientation.
The fundamental axis of prevention lies in healthy lifestyles, which involve regular exercise, maintaining an adequate diet and weight, quitting smoking, and having adequate control of diseases such as hypertension and diabetes and low cholesterol levels.
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