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| Sign or Symtoms | Cause | Additional Symtoms |
Dyspnea otherwisw known as shortness of breath often accompanied by coughing or wheezing |
Blood backs up in the veins which flow from the lungs to the heart, this causes blood to leak back through to the lungs. | Breathlessness when lying down, which may occur when sleeping. The coughing may cause the patient to cough up a white or pink colored mucus. |
| A build up of excess fluid in the tissues otherwise known as edema. | If the blood flow to the heart slows down this will cause a buildup of fluid in many of the tisues, ie kidneys etc | This my cause the person to feel lethargic or tired all the time |
| Increased heart rate | Since the effectivenes of the heart is reduced, the heart increases its beats per minute | Heart palpitations which cause the heart to throb |
| Confusion | Since there are changes in certian substances in the blood such as sodium this can impair thinking. | The individual may feel disorientated and may have memory loss. |
Ischemnia is a condition that is caused when blood flow is kept from a certain part of the body. There are many kinds of ischemnia whereby the different kinds correspond to the different parts of the body targeted. For example cardiac ischemnia is when there is blockage of blood supply to the heart. The blockage of the blood supply often caused by a narrowing of the arteries, if the arteries are narrowed there will be a less amount of oxygen able to reach the heart. This condition is called heart disease and heart disease can lead to heart attack.
A common symptom o ischemnia is is angina pectoris or chest pain.
Concerning heart ischemnia, there can be silent ischemnia, in which case various medical tests may be used to diagnose the disease such as an electrocardiogram whereby a monitor is used to monitor the heart.