Symptoms of cardiovascular disease

   Symptoms of cardiovascular disease

Here you get an overview with These  symptoms of cardiovascular disease. The most important thing is the dialogue you have with your own doctor.
If you experience a serious and life-threatening situation or get more of the symptoms listed below, you should take it seriously and call 1-1-2.

Chest pain

Chest pain is a typical sign of a blood clot in the heart. If the chest pain has occurred suddenly and with persistent pain, it is important to seek immediate medical attention and call 1-1-2.

Chest pain can also be a sign of lack of oxygen to the heart, which is typically triggered by physical activity and decreases again if one slows down or stops altogether. Breast pain associated with breathing movements is, in fact, rarely associated with blood clots in the heart, but may include, for example, is caused by a blood clot in the lungs or inflammation of the heart sac and should therefore also be considered a danger sign.

If the chest pain comes into contact with physical activity and goes over when you stop, you should contact your doctor for safety. The pain may be a symptom of atherosclerosis in the vessels supplying the heart with blood.


If your pain is due to a blood clot in the heart, most describe it as a burdensome, tightening (like a belt that tightens the chest) or depressing chest (like an elephant sitting on the chest) rather than outright pain.

Stingy chest pain is the most common form of chest pain but is most often related to quite harmless muscle pain, especially if it is felt in a localized, tender point of the chest, or if you can even press the same pain - symptoms related to a heart disease can never be pushed.

Suddenly severe chest pain with radiance to the back may be a sign of a hole in the main artery (aortic dissection) and should be immediately examined at the nearest hospital. This is especially common in patients with known pulmonary atrophy and patients with high blood pressure and atherosclerosis.

Burning or failing chest pain is most often related to the stomach or esophagus as described below.

If you have chest pain, call 1-1-2 immediately as it requires urgent medical attention.

Abdominal pain and nausea

Pain in the stomach and nausea may in some cases be symptoms of a blood clot in the heart.

Since the esophagus and stomach are close to the heart, it may be difficult for the physician to assess whether your pain and nausea is related to a disease of the stomach or heart.

If the pain is due to a disease in the stomach or esophagus, it usually feels like burning or failing pain or acid reflux, and you will usually be able to push the same pain around the diaphragm.

If you have sudden and severe abdominal pain, call 1-1-2 immediately.

Contact your doctor or call 1-8-1-3 (for citizens of the Capital Region) if you have had pain in your stomach for a long time.

Pain in the legs

Pain in the legs when walking may be a symptom of a narrowed or blocked vessel that supplies the legs with blood. The pain occurs at the same degree of strain and disappears again at rest, after which you can continue walking. Non-healing leg ulcers may also be a sign of reduced blood supply.

Atherosclerosis disease of the legs is typically seen in people with diabetes or in smokers and former smokers.

Contact your doctor if your pain gets worse if it hurts when you rest or if you wake up at night with pain.

Pain in the arms

Pain in the arms can be a symptom of a blood clot in the heart, although many do not associate the two.

If your pain is due to a blood clot in the heart, most describe them as a sleeping, squeezing or tightening pain, typically felt in the left arm. However, if the pain has come into contact with an injury or overwork, it speaks strongly against the blood clot in the heart.

Contact your doctor if your pain does not go over and if they have not occurred in the event of overwork. It can be a sign of a blood clot in the heart.

Jaw pain and back pain

Pain in the jaw and back may be symptoms of a blood clot in the heart, although these are rare. It is known among cardiologists that women, more often than men, differ from the typical signs of a blood clot in the heart - for example, by having jaw pain and back pain.

Contact your doctor if your pain is not over and if they have not come in contact with an injury or overwork. It can be a symptom of a blood clot in the heart.

Sensation of suffocation

The word "angina" means "to choke" and is often related to chest pain. Some will experience a tightening or choking sensation on the neck in connection with chest pain.

Contact your doctor if the feeling of suffocation persists or if you experience it with chest pain and shortness of breath.