Jeremiah M. Gelles

He may have long qt syndrome. If lucky, he will be diagnosed because a family member has had syncope or sudden death. Then he will be evaluated with an ekg and hopefully his untimely demise can be prevented. A number of other conditions are similar. Brugada Syndrome. Severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are two that come immediately to mind but there are others.

If lucky, the affected person will be diagnosed in a screening program pursuant to athletic participation or because a family member is identified with the condition.

Hard to imagine that a fish bone you swallowed just started causing symptoms after 48 hours. However, to be sure you would have to see a gastroenterologist.

Depends mainly on if you are in heart failure and how bad that is. You would have to ask your cardiologist.

This is a neurological issue not a cardiac issue. You should see a neurologist.

If this is different from what you have experienced in the past you need to see a physician. There are a lot of possibilities of what might be causing this and it could be normal. But get it checked out.

It’s a different medication.

You should see your pediatrician.

See a neurologist.

It should not be painful. You should be sedated. You may feel a small needle prick for the IV line and for the insertion of the catheter.

Very very unlikely that it is a heart attack. Almost certainly a gas bubble from the carbonated beverage.

Absolutely there is treatment for heart attacks! The most important part of the treatment is prevention, but that is not an answer to your question. You should be sure to go to your doctor and make sure you are doing everything possible to avoid a heart attack. Textbooks have been written about treating heart attacks, and I can hardly write a textbook in answer to your question. Let's talk about what CAN and should do if you think you might be having a heart attack. The doctors should know what to do once you get to see them.

1. Let someone know and they should call 911.

2. Chew and swallow an aspirin. Lie down and try to relax. Don't eat or drink.

If you are experiencing a cardiac arrest, hopefully someone will be around who knows what to do and, if you are lucky, you are near a defibrillator. Once you get to an appropriate medical facility, they will take care of the rest. There is a great deal they can do. The death rate from heart attack patients who reach a facility is quite low. It is the out-of-hospital cardiac arrests that stubbornly resist an improvement in the outcomes, to some extent because our streets are so congested that ambulances can't reach a victim and cannot get a victim to an emergency room quickly enough.

They are genetic to some extent. After all, everything is but they are mainly a result of lifestyle and medical issues such as smoking, cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, exercise, diet, stress, and so on. Family history plays a role but since you can't pick your parents you better concentrate on optimizing these other risk factors.

Yes. Open heart surgery can cause/precipitate depressive symptoms. If that has happened to you or someone you know, seeking help from a mental health professional is an excellent idea.

The first thing you have to do is see a cardiologist and get a monitor so you and your doctor will know what is the nature of the palpitations that occur after you eat.

If the blockage in the artery is significant and your heart is not getting enough oxygen when the demand for oxygen increases, you should not feel the symptoms you are feeling now if they are due to the blockage which is to be stented. In fact, for the vast majority of blockages, that is the main reason for stenting them. Presumably your cardiologist has recommended coronary intervention because he/she believes that whatever your complaints are they will be relieved by opening an obstructed coronary artery with a stent. If you have any doubts regarding this you should seek another opinion. There is a lot of data that shows that stenting a coronary artery in the absence of an acute event does not save lives. It relieves symptoms. So unless you are having an acute or subacute coronary syndrome (severe symptoms related to a blocked artery), you should only have a stent if the blockage or coronary artery stenosis is affecting your quality of life.

Garlic does not remove plaque from arteries.

Get 8 hours a night.

It all depends what is the cause of your irregular heartbeat. Generally, if you go to a cardiologist and the doctor is able to determine what is the cause of your irregular heart beat and is able to correct the problem (if it needs correcting), then your lifespan should be normal.

1) Find your optimal weight and stick to it.

2) Exercise regularly.

3) Get enough sleep.

4) Reduce the stress in your life.

5) Eat a heart-healthy diet, e.g., the DASH diet.

6) Don't smoke.

7) Check your lipid profile. If you need to take medications after doing as well as possible with the quality of life recommendations, take them. If you have no evidence of cardiovascular disease, make sure your LDL is under 100. If you have evidence of vascular disease, it should be under 70.

8) If you have diabetes, get it treated with diet, exercise, and medication, if needed.

9) If your blood pressure is above 130/80 even after all the lifestyle changes, take medications for it.

In order to do all of the above, you will need to see a physician regularly and maybe a cardiologist and other specialists occasionally.

The symptoms of heart muscle damage depends on the severity of the damage. Severity is based on the amount of muscle that is damaged, how badly damaged, and where in the heart the damaged muscle is. How badly damaged is based on the kind of damage. The damage can be due to lack of oxygen, due either to blockage of the arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle or a demand for oxygen that is so excessive that the arteries cannot supply it. (Don't forget, the heart is the only organ whose energy supply is dependent on its own activity.) The damage may also be due to tumors in the heart, inflammation in the heart due to infections or noninfectious inflammatory disease. The damage may be due to damage to the nerves supplying the heart.

Almost any disease that occurs in the human body can affect the heart and may damage heart muscle. Various nutritional/vitamin deficiencies can affect the heart. Emotional and psychological issues can have a very damaging effect on heart muscle mediated through the nervous system. Hormonal diseases such as hyperthyroidism can affect the heart. The list is endless and embodies that entire field of medicine and cardiology.



You can see that you have asked a very complicated question for which there is no simple answer. I will assume the most general interpretation of your question: when you say "damaged" you mean weakened. Then the symptom would be shortness of breath on exertion. That is the most straightforward answer to your question. Other symptoms that could occur depending on all the factors I mentioned above are palpitations, lightheadedness, chest pain, sudden blacking out. I hope this is at least a start to the answer of your question.