Some of the most commonly diagnosed post-COVID symptoms are shortness of breath, fatigue, weakness, and chest pain. These symptoms can be caused due to suffering from a deadly illness such as COVID-19, or it could be related to your cardiac system as an after-effect of your initial COVID infection.

For proper functioning of a human body, regular supply of blood as well as oxygen is of utmost importance, and for that, heart is the biggest role player in the whole picture. However, one can experience some warning signs which indicate that his/her heart is not functioning to the fullest.

Medically known as myocardial infarction, the condition of heart attack is one of the most common ailments, prevalent among the current generation adults, and even many teenagers. While the condition of heart attack among adults occurs prominently in those adults who suffer other medical complications like high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol levels or simply high age, among children and teenagers, it might happen due to bad cholesterol levels and obesity, caused by improper eating habits or even smoking and alcohol consumption.

One of the most common ailments among the people of the modern world, heart attack or heartburn occurs when there is a chance of obstruction of blood flow towards the heart muscle, caused by a possible blood clot in a particular artery or vein.

Novel Coronavirus is not new anymore. The Pandemic has completed a year mark since its inception in Wuhan, China. Commonly known as COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 is known for its deadly infection in the nose, lungs, and upper throat. As the cases increased, there have been reports of the virus affecting different people in different ways, particularly in the lungs, kidneys, and heart. Most people develop mild to moderate illness and recover in time while others suffer calamitously.

With the population and birth rate of India in mind, it might not be shocking to know that the incidence of congenital diseases, or heart problems that children are born with, is increasing at an alarming rate. What is even more alarming is the fact that there is little to no knowledge about these conditions in the populace, especially in urban India.

Heart disease is a broad term, very commonly interchangeably used for cardiovascular diseases. Heart or cardiovascular disease includes coronary heart diseases, high blood pressure, cardiac arrest, heart failure, arrhythmia, congenital heart diseases, peripheral artery diseases, and many other diseases.

For years, medical researchers have been stating that heart and cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world. Not only that; but heart diseases have also been the leading cause of disability and paralysis in the world. With an open war front against heart diseases, the world is slowly moving towards living a healthy lifestyle and ensuring that issues like these do not become the cause of a person’s happiness disappearing into medical bills.

Medicine and healthcare are the sectors that have largely benefitted with the advancement in technology. Technology has not only improved the quality of results in the field but has also accelerated the growth. There are millions of research and development programs undergoing to discover a breakthrough technology that would improve the quality of people’s life. One such discovery that has become a frontier in treatment is Angioplasty.

Inside the human body, the various systems that keep a person alive are interdependent on each other to carry out their functions. But quite often, we witness situations that cause the failure or shortcoming of one of these organs, causing the other to fail as well. This concept sits at the very core of Diabetes, a condition in which the body’s ability to maintain glucose levels (or blood sugar levels) fails.

Congenital heart diseases can risk the physical and cognitive development of a child. Doctors believe CHD occurs during the early stages of pregnancy and its symptoms in infants are difficult to understand. Read this blog to know about some early symptoms and signs of birth-related heart diseases