Some times the best cure is prevention. So know and understand the signs of heart disease and do something about it - here are common symptoms to look out for:

1. Chest pain that feels like pressure, fullness, or a squeezing pain in the centre of your chest. The pain might be present for several minutes or it comes and goes.

2. You experience shortness of breath without necessarily having done exercise. There may or may not be some chest pain.

3. Pain in your chest that seems to travel to other parts of your upper body, for example your arms, back, neck, stomach, teeth, and jaw.

4. Other symptoms with no obvious cause such as cold sweats, nausea or vomiting, dizziness, anxiety, indigestion, and unexplained fatigue.

A simple check up should tell whether the symptoms are nothing - or something - to worry about.

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