Pay attention to the following symptoms to detect coronary heart disease early:
- Chest oppression or tightening pain behind the sternum or in the anterior region of the heart, radiating to the shoulder arm, lasting 3-5 minutes and subsiding spontaneously after rest.
- Chest stuffiness, palpitations, and shortness of breath during physical activity, subsiding spontaneously after rest.
- Headache, toothache, leg pain related to exercise.
- Chest pain, palpitations when full, cold, or watching suspenseful films.
- Feeling of chest oppression and breathlessness when sleeping with a low pillow, needing a high pillow to feel comfortable. Sudden chest pain, palpitations, and shortness of breath during deep sleep or when lying on your back, needing to sit up or stand up to alleviate the symptoms.
- Palpitations, chest oppression, and shortness of breath during sexual intercourse or forceful bowel movements.
- Feeling of palpitations and chest oppression when hearing surrounding drums, gongs, or other loud noises.
- Repeated irregular pulse, unexplained rapid or slow heartbeat.