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Heart failure and heart attack are not the same. While heart attack is a sudden occurrence due to a blockage or a clot that stops blood flow to the heart, heart failure is weakening of the heart muscles over a period of time due to various reasons like bad lifestyle habits, blockage in arteries or due to lifestyle disorders like diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease, obesity, etc. Here are few signs of heart failure that you should know,
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Shortness of breath: If you find yourself huffing and puffing after taking a flight of steps you should be worried about your heart health. This could be due to congestion of lungs leading to shortness of breath a very common and early sign of heart failure.
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Swollen feet and ankles: As the heart muscles become weaker and fail to pump blood effectively it affects other crucial organs and their functions. Like, the kidneys respond by retaining fluid and salt in the body. This leads to fluid build up in the arms, legs, ankles, feet, lungs, or other organs and the entire body becomes congested.
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Unexplained weight gain: Weight gain might not seem like a relevant one related to heart diseases. But remember obese people most of the time end up having a heart condition and there could be a possibility that obesity makes the heart work harder and the muscles weaker with every passing day.
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Increased night time urination: While there could be a lot of reasons that could lead to this symptom, retardation of heart functions is one of them.
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Excessive fatigue: When your heart grows weak its pumping mechanism is disturbed this makes it difficult for one to get going with activities that require more physical labour. You might get tired soon and find it difficult to exercise or even go for a brisk walk.
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Dizziness or confusion: Since the blood circulation in the body slows down this could lead to dizziness due to less blood reach in the brain. At times, this could also make one confused in making decisions.
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Irregular heartbeats: As the heart beats faster to pump enough blood to the body this could lead to irregular heartbeats which could be life-threatening.
