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How To Get Rid of Chest Pain? Home Remedies and More
What is chest pain? Causes and alarm symptoms Chest pain occurs in the thorax area (commonly known as rib cage or chest area), which can be sharp or dull, sudden or progressive onset, lasts from minutes to hours, and can radiate to other places like your arm, neck, and jaw. It all depends on the […]
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Average Heart Rate While Running: Normal Heart Rate, Heart Rate Zones
Average heart rate while running: What is good and bad? When we start running, our heart begins to work harder, increasing blood flow to keep up with the demands of our muscles in motion. The resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute (1), which causes the heart to pump approximately 5 […]
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What Causes Heart Murmurs? Symptoms and When To Worry
Heart murmur sound Murmurs are often unexpectedly found during auscultation, which means listening to sounds in your body, often with a stethoscope, a key part of examining the heart (1, 2). Irregular heart sounds can also be detected with a manual or electronic stethoscope (3). What does a normal heartbeat sound like? Your heart consists […]
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How To Get Rid of Chest Pain? Home Remedies and More
What is chest pain? Causes and alarm symptoms Chest pain occurs in the thorax area (commonly known as rib cage or chest area), which can be sharp or dull, sudden or progressive onset, lasts from minutes to hours, and can radiate to other places like your arm, neck, and jaw. It all depends on the […]
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Average Heart Rate While Running: Normal Heart Rate, Heart Rate Zones
Average heart rate while running: What is good and bad? When we start running, our heart begins to work harder, increasing blood flow to keep up with the demands of our muscles in motion. The resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute (1), which causes the heart to pump approximately 5 […]
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What Causes Heart Murmurs? Symptoms and When To Worry
Heart murmur sound Murmurs are often unexpectedly found during auscultation, which means listening to sounds in your body, often with a stethoscope, a key part of examining the heart (1, 2). Irregular heart sounds can also be detected with a manual or electronic stethoscope (3). What does a normal heartbeat sound like? Your heart consists […]
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Chest Pain and Jaw Pain: Are They a Sign of Heart Attack?
Chest pain radiating to the jaw: The link to heart attack Cardiovascular diseases, particularly heart attacks, are among the top three leading causes of death worldwide. In the United States, a heart attack occurs every 40 seconds, affecting approximately 805,000 people each year (1). A sedentary lifestyle, obesity, fast food consumption, smoking, and stress stand […]
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How To Get Rid of Chest Pain? Home Remedies and More
What is chest pain? Causes and alarm symptoms Chest pain occurs in the thorax area (commonly known as rib cage or chest area), which can be sharp or dull, sudden or progressive onset, lasts from minutes to hours, and can radiate to other places like your arm, neck, and jaw. It all depends on the […]
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Average Heart Rate While Running: Normal Heart Rate, Heart Rate Zones
Average heart rate while running: What is good and bad? When we start running, our heart begins to work harder, increasing blood flow to keep up with the demands of our muscles in motion. The resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute (1), which causes the heart to pump approximately 5 […]
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What Causes Heart Murmurs? Symptoms and When To Worry
Heart murmur sound Murmurs are often unexpectedly found during auscultation, which means listening to sounds in your body, often with a stethoscope, a key part of examining the heart (1, 2). Irregular heart sounds can also be detected with a manual or electronic stethoscope (3). What does a normal heartbeat sound like? Your heart consists […]
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Chest Pain and Jaw Pain: Are They a Sign of Heart Attack?
Chest pain radiating to the jaw: The link to heart attack Cardiovascular diseases, particularly heart attacks, are among the top three leading causes of death worldwide. In the United States, a heart attack occurs every 40 seconds, affecting approximately 805,000 people each year (1). A sedentary lifestyle, obesity, fast food consumption, smoking, and stress stand […]
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How to Reduce Plaque in Arteries? Vascular Cleansing Naturally
Remove plaque from arteries: Understanding atherosclerosis Before discussing how to remove plaques from the arteries, we need to understand some basic concepts that will help us understand how our body works. What is arterial plaque? An arterial plaque is a buildup of substances, such as cholesterol, fats, and other elements, that is deposited on the […]
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171/101 Blood Pressure: What Does It Tell About Your Health?
171/101 blood pressure: Is it dangerous? Blood pressure has two components: systolic, the higher number or top number, and diastolic, the bottom number. Systolic occurs when the heart contracts and pumps blood with force, while diastolic is the pressure during the resting phase between the heartbeats (1). Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury […]
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153/97 and 142/79 Blood Pressure: Good or Bad News?
142/79 blood pressure and 153/97 blood pressure: What do they indicate about your health? When evaluating blood pressure values, physicians focus on more than just the number to establish a diagnosis or assess cardiovascular risk. A value such as 153/97 can have very different meanings depending on the context. For example, a measurement of 153/97 […]
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119 Over 77 Blood Pressure: What It Says About Your Health?
119 over 77 blood pressure: Is it good or bad? Before discussing the meaning of 119 over 77 blood pressure numbers, we should start with what is blood pressure. What is blood pressure? Blood pressure is the force that your blood is applying against your blood vessels. There are two numbers: systolic and diastolic. Systolic […]
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Heart Palpitations and Headache: Connections and Treatments
Heart palpitations and headache —Causes and treatments? Sometimes your heart might start racing when you have a headache. Many conditions and lifestyle factors could cause these two symptoms. A fast heartbeat and headache may not be a big deal, yet sometimes they can be your body’s alarm bells. Let’s explore the possible reasons and how […]
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Can Dehydration Cause Rapid Heart Rate and Chest Pain?
Dehydration and heart rate: Exploring the connection Our bodies are made up of around 55%‒65% water. Our hearts, particularly, contain a remarkable 73% water content (1, 2). However, per the lay press, over 75% of Americans face chronic dehydration, though this is not fully supported by medical literature, in which their bodies lose more water […]