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Long QT Syndrome is an inherited defect which is likely to affect the rhythm of the heart. In the U.S., it is said to be affecting around 4000 children and young adults; and what makes the situation even grimmer is the fact that this condition is fatal. It is said to be one of the major causes behind the death of athletes; as well as the culprit behind the unexplained drowning.
The first sign of this syndrome might be cardiac death. When a person suffers from Long QT, his heart might abruptly go into fibrillation. This would mean that the heart will begin beating at an abnormally rapid pace and this will become so ineffective that blood circulation to and from the heart will cease completely. In such cases, then, the heart will have to be defibrillated – a medical procedure where the [...]
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Sep 1st, 2010 |
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It doesn’t take a genius to guess that heart diseases and heart health has a lot to do with high cholesterol, which is medically called, hypercholesterolemia. If you’ve recently been diagnosed with this condition, it would mean that you might need to take charge of your life and you’d have to keep an eye on your lifestyle. Your lifestyle and the choices you make might be the actual culprits behind your poor health. If you do get prescribed drugs by your doctor, it would mean that you would still be expected to put down your levels by becoming more active and changing your diet.
Use these simple tricks to help you out.
Cholesterol – the Good and the Bad:
All cholesterol is not bad for your body. Your body wouldn’t be able to survive if it was stripped of all the cholesterol [...]
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Aug 30th, 2010 |
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Atrial fibrillation is caused due to the irregular and rapid electrical discharges of the heart. This condition is known to b the most common form of abnormal rhythm of the heart.
The Complications –
Heart Failure:
When a person is affected by atrial fibrillation, the heart might be incapable of pumping out the right amounts of blood to the body. The body will then begin compensating for this lack of blood by retaining fluid. When this condition occurs, it might lead to a heart failure.
A heart failure might result in further accumulation of fluid in the lower region of the legs; this condition is called edema. In the case of this condition occurring in the lungs, it is called pulmonary edema. Pulmonary edema is said to [...]
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Aug 27th, 2010 |
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Doctors are also humans after all. They might, in some cases, miss the subtle signs that indicate that you’re headed down the road to heart diseases. Even if they miss the signs, make sure that you don’t.
It is a known fact that smoking and an increase in a high fat diet could lead to a lot of problems for your heart at a later stage; but very few people suspect the fact that their mood swings and faulty sleep patterns could also have a role to play here. These seemingly unrelated factors might actually have a lot to do when it comes to showing you that heart trouble is just a step away.
According to Nieca Goldberg, the author of The Women’s Healthy Heart Program, most women do not equate their heart with their reproductive organs. They miss the link because they’re unaware [...]
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Aug 25th, 2010 |
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Kawasaki disease comes under the category of rare childhood diseases. It is an offshoot of a disease called vasculitis.
What happens during Kawasaki disease is that the walls of the person’s blood vessels will get inflamed. This disease is known to affect any type of blood vessel that is present in the body, and it will include veins, capillaries and arteries.
In most cases, Kawasaki is known to affect the coronary arteries, and in doing so it will affect the flow of the oxygen-rich blood to the heart. Due to this, children suffering from Kawasaki disease might be susceptible to heart problems.
What causes the disease?
The exact cause of this disease isn’t known till date. The body responds to various viruses and infections and when this response gets combined with certain [...]
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Aug 23rd, 2010 |
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Heart murmurs are those sounds that make your heartbeat sound unnatural or unusual. Murmurs might range from anything to a rather faint to a very loud swooshing noise. A normal heartbeat will sound like ‘lub-DUB’, and this is the sound of the valves closing while the blood moves through the person’s heart.
A heart murmur isn’t necessarily a disease, but it is generally the sound heard by the doctor, when he checks you using a stethoscope. In some cases, it might be perfectly normal, but in others, it might be a sign that something is utterly wrong. In most cases, a heart murmur will be harmless; and in others, it might be an indication of a heart problem. This becomes even truer if there are other signs and symptoms of a heart problem that are present.
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Aug 20th, 2010 |
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Pregnancy is that time of any woman’s life that might end up making her squeal with joy. The joys of having that little embryo turn into a fetus inside you, or the joys of that first ultrasound which gives you the first ever picture you’re going to have of your baby.
But did you know what is the one thing that most women say was the best moment of it all? It was the second they heard their child’s heartbeat. That, they claim, is the biggest blessing of them all. To feel that life inside you when you actually get to hear the little heartbeats, thudding away inside you – they claim that is, the biggest joys of them all.
Over the years a number of different devices have been created to make this special moment even better. Look at some of these devices that are used when the doctor [...]
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Aug 18th, 2010 |
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Do this – Take a tennis ball in your hand (that is, in reality, the size of your heart). Squeeze at it hard; and try to mimic the contractions that your heart experiences every time it is ready to pump some blood out of it. Now repeat this action around 100,000 times. That’s the number of times your little heart has to contract and expand to pump blood throughout the circulatory system of your body.
When everything seems to be in order, the heart is one real powerful machine. But unfortunately, some conditions can alter the power machine and make things go kaput.
Read on to learn about some of the biggest heartbreakers there are; and know your enemies.
Blood Clot –
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Plaque gets built up along the inner walls [...]
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Aug 16th, 2010 |
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If you’ve happened to experience any form of abuse, squalor or isolation in your childhood, you might want to sit down and brace yourself before we give you this particular piece of news. If you do fall into the above mentioned category, you could be at a higher risk of getting a cardiovascular disease of some sort as compared to others as a result of this.
It is normally the case that most diseases that ail people have their roots in the past, especially childhood and the poor health habits that we follow in your youth and 20’s are a large part of the reason we are lumbered with some disease or the other later on in life, but this isn’t always entirely the case as some psychiatrists will tell you. There is evidence collected by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh that connects [...]
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Aug 13th, 2010 |
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Elvis caterwauled about a long time ago, and now several moons later doctors seem to have a fix for the broken heart. A synthetic structure called a “scaffold” has been devised to grow fully functional heart cells within the confines of a Petri dish. While this idea has no real application as of now, with time it will developed enough to heal the human heart of any degradation and wear and tear it experiences over time.
As of today, there is nothing that can be done medically to cure the damage wreaked by a heart attack but bioengineering discoveries such as this holds out hope that the curing powers of the heart can be enhanced for maximum healing effect, rebuilding healthy new tissue to replace damaged ones. Steps such as these can help prevent heart failure and lead to a better quality [...]
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