CHEST pain and palpitations are two of the more obvious signs there might be something wrong with your heart. But some symptoms can be a lot more subtle , and easily mistaken for other conditions. Singer Max George was rushed to hospital last week after feeling generally unwell.
The Wanted star, 36, later revealed he has been diagnosed with a “2:1 heart block” — where the heart beats more slowly or with an abnormal rhythm because of a problem with the electrical impulses. He now faces a “pretty scary” wait for surgery . Experts have since warned that potentially life-threatening heart issues can strike anyone at any age, and there are 7.
6million of us living with a heart or circulatory disease in the UK. READ MORE ON HEART HEALTH Emily McGrath, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, tells Sun on Sunday Health: “Your heart keeps you alive. Every day, it beats around 100,000 times, which means about eight pints (five litres) of blood is being pushed around your body through a network of blood vessels.
“This delivers oxygen and nutrients to all parts of your body to help your organs and muscles work properly. “Sometimes, this system doesn’t work as it should, causing heart and circulatory conditions like coronary heart disease, heart attack, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest and heart block. “The types of conditions are vast, so their symptoms are too.
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