What are the symptoms of heart disease in the elderly

Update Date: 2021-11-10 Source: Network

summary

When people step into the old age stage, different organs of the human body may appear failure, the degree is different, so the disease also began to appear, many old people just appear some small diseases, the treatment is very simple, but if there is a heart disease, it needs to be well treated. Let me talk about the symptoms of heart disease in the elderly.

What are the symptoms of heart disease in the elderly

After suffering from heart disease, the initial symptoms are not obvious. Some elderly patients with chronic myocardial ischemia for a long time can cause extensive myocardial fibrosis, or coexist with myocardial hibernation to form ischemic heart disease. There are some difficulties in the diagnosis of these patients, which should be paid attention to clinically.

Now there are many elderly people with angina pectoris, and different people have different parts of pain. Some people can show upper abdominal discomfort, upper abdominal pain, or sense of esophageal obstruction and burning, and they are wrongly diagnosed as gastritis, esophagitis or cholecystitis; Some elderly heart disease may also be manifested as pain in the radiation site, such as pain in the left shoulder and arm, numbness, toothache, jaw patency or neck tightness, headache, etc.

There are many ordinary elderly people who find that they have symptoms of fatigue and shortness of breath, which may be related to the old people's dull pain, or may be covered up or confused by the old people's combined disease symptoms. But this symptom is likely to be a precursor of heart disease, family members must pay attention to it.

matters needing attention

Usually in the diet should pay attention to, eat more good food for the heart, protect the heart, the elderly should avoid strenuous exercise, appropriate exercise can achieve the effect of exercise, and will not cause burden to the heart, at the same time, the elderly should also avoid being stimulated, avoid heart disease recurrence..