You Are Not Dying! You May Just Have A Broken Heart Syndrome

It might not look like it but broken heart syndrome is real. And maybe that’s all the heart related symptoms you had when the love of your life suddenly left you. And you wake up sleek with sweat and heart pounding.

Don’t fret, it might not be a heart attack. Maybe its not even your love leaving you, it could be that you have experienced a traumatic event that resulted in emotional trauma related stress. For example, facing bankruptcy, death of your loved one and the universal heartbreak.

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These could trigger broken heart syndrome or what is medically known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. But fear not you are not dying or at least not yet. But it is important to have it checked out in the hospital  because it comess with all the symptoms of heart attack.

The idea is to rule off heart attack and give you the necessary treatment to relieve your stress hormones that’s not letting your heart’s ability to pump blood effectively. Now the question is how will you recognize the ailment when it starts. Early awareness gives you a fighting chance of not being called to glory prematurely.

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If you are having chest pain,palpitations,  difficulty breathing, sncope, fatigue and sweating, and they are severe, then its time to go to the hospital. As stated earlier, symptoms of Broken hearts syndrome resemble that of heart attack. Therefore tests like electrocardiogram (ECG), coronary angiogram, echocardiogram and blood tests may be performed.

Finally, it is important to understand that stress in whatever capacity is not good for the human body. Always give yourself some time to relax a if you are experiencing burnout, get therepy if you are heartbroken and generally be kind to yourself.