Someone very important me has always been a healthy person and suddenly, my sister just told me that he has a weak heart. I was shocked and I wanna know what is the cause that made a kind and healthy person's heart weak. Please tell me!
2006-06-28 06:40:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Men's Health
He doesn't drink or smoke.
2006-06-28 07:10:34 · update #1
Not much info to go on, but here's a couple of guesses.
When you say weak, I will assume that you refer to the ability of the heart to pump (such as ejection fraction). There are a number of things that can affect this ability to pump. In america the number one cause is coronary artery disease, decreasing the blood supply to the heart.
Cardiomyopathy, a general term that refers to a problem with the muscle itself can be caused by a viral infection, ischaemia, or the cause can be unknown. In any case the heart again doesn't pump well. As cardiomyopathy worsens the ability of the heart to pump decreases leading to weakness and inability to do any exertion. In severe cases, they require transplant
2006-06-28 07:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by Bufford M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it is a long term high blood pressure condition. This may be itself caused by many things. Obesity, not enough exercise, wrong diet, etc. You had better tell him to have a medical checkup and then the doctor will tell you the real answer. It is impossible to diagnose someone without seeing him.
2006-06-28 08:27:07 · answer #2 · answered by Olga 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heart is a pump ... a mechanism for pumping blood around the body. as long as we are alife, it is pumping blood, whether we are asleep or awake. human beigs, like all creations are not perfect systems. our hearts, like all pumps can fail suddenly like our car pumps do all the time. the pump of a new car fail, so can the blood pump we call heart. diseases that weaken heart muscles or overload them with work, like hypertension, make them fail.
2006-06-28 07:03:51 · answer #3 · answered by ozoigbo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we have two types of heart. physical and mental! if you mean the first, i can say hypertension and angina/infarction are the two common causes responsible for some 70% of cases with weak hearts.
2006-06-28 08:09:55 · answer #4 · answered by sshahraz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a blockage, angine, the person is surely obese! or is diabetic
2006-06-28 06:50:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
smoking
2006-06-28 06:54:52 · answer #6 · answered by kzzxguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heart disease honey. LDL cholesterol.
2006-06-28 06:45:35 · answer #7 · answered by carolinagrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋