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What is Palpitation?
Palpitation is a feeling of awareness of your own heart beat. It is usually described as heart rate being either too fast (racing), too slow or a sensation of missing a beat.
Types of palpitations?
Normal (Benign):
These palpitations occur as a response to physical or mental stress like exercise, fever, pain, fear, anxiety etc.
They are harmless and settle on their own once the precipitating factors disappear. They do not require any medic...more
Palpitation is a feeling of awareness of your own heart beat. It is usually described as heart rate being either too fast (racing), too slow or a sensation of missing a beat.
Types of palpitations?
Normal (Benign):
These palpitations occur as a response to physical or mental stress like exercise, fever, pain, fear, anxiety etc.
They are harmless and settle on their own once the precipitating factors disappear. They do not require any medic...more
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We all know about the heartbeat, which is produced by the opening and closing of the valves in the heart, which in turn controls our blood flow. There is a regular pattern to this beat, and when, due to various reasons, it becomes irregular, it is known as arrhythmia. Atrial fibrillation, known shortly as AFib, is one of the common types of arrhythmia.
Why AFib: The heart has an electrical impulse system, which controls the opening/closing of its valves. Due to various changes, be it li...more
Why AFib: The heart has an electrical impulse system, which controls the opening/closing of its valves. Due to various changes, be it li...more
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The amount of salt you eat has a direct effect on your blood pressure. Salt makes your body hold onto water, this extra water stored in your body raises your blood pressure, the higher your blood pressure, the greater the strain on your heart, arteries, kidneys and brain which can lead to heart attacks, strokes, dementia & kidney disease.
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As the nomenclature appears to indicate, Arrhythmia is a condition where the heartbeat of the affected person does not conform to the rhythm it is designed for. But there are cases of Arrhythmia where the normal heartbeat is available as well. The underlying causes of the condition can be many, including a disorder in the coronary artery and the person having suffered a heart attack or undergone heart surgery. The irregular heartbeat is medically referred to as fibrillation.
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The number of people affected by hypertension is constantly on the rise. The most important concern with people developing hypertension is that it is not an isolated issue. It brings with it a host of problems, including higher chances of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and kidney diseases. While there is no definite cure for hypertension, it is definitely possible to control it using the following measures.
Weight control: Greater the body mass index (BMI), higher is the chances of de...more
Weight control: Greater the body mass index (BMI), higher is the chances of de...more
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Hypertension during pregnancy can be a problem for both baby and the mother. Thus it is of utmost importance that during pregnancy a good health should be maintained along with controlled blood pressure and cholesterol levels. With an increase in multiple births and women of older age the risk of hypertension during pregnancy has increased. But if proper care is taken it can be avoided.
Types of Pregnancy Hypertension:
There are three prominent forms of hypertension that can be...more
Types of Pregnancy Hypertension:
There are three prominent forms of hypertension that can be...more
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Maintain a healthy weight. Strive for a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 24.9.
Eat healthier. Eat lots of fruit, veggies and low-fat dairy, and less saturated and total fat.
Reduce sodium. Ideally, stay under 1, 500 mg a day, but aim for at least a 1, 000 mg per day reduction.
Get active. Aim for at least 90 to 150 minutes of aerobic and/or dynamic resistance exercise per week and/or three sessions of isometric resistance exercises per week.
Limit alcohol. Drink no more t...more
Eat healthier. Eat lots of fruit, veggies and low-fat dairy, and less saturated and total fat.
Reduce sodium. Ideally, stay under 1, 500 mg a day, but aim for at least a 1, 000 mg per day reduction.
Get active. Aim for at least 90 to 150 minutes of aerobic and/or dynamic resistance exercise per week and/or three sessions of isometric resistance exercises per week.
Limit alcohol. Drink no more t...more
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The Homeopathic medicines have been made use of even before the 18th century, but the systematic investigation and thorough study on these medicines were carried out by the German physician Samuel Christian Hahnemann. Homeopathic medicines are very useful in strengthening the resistance of an individual to an illness and medications are provided after studying the sick patient and not the disease. The medicines prescribed do not mainly depend on diagnostic testing or blood chemistry analysis. Th...more
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Hypertension during pregnancy can be a problem for both the baby and the mother. Thus it is of utmost importance that during pregnancy good health should be maintained along with controlled blood pressure and cholesterol levels. With an increase in multiple births and women of older age, the risk of hypertension during pregnancy has increased. But if proper care is taken it can be avoided.
Types of Pregnancy Hypertension:
There are three prominent forms of hypertension that can...more
Types of Pregnancy Hypertension:
There are three prominent forms of hypertension that can...more
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