Heart—the nucleus of the body—emotionally and physiologically—is more than just a pump. It’s a poet, a warrior, and sometimes, a drama queen.
Welcome to the confusing crossroads of heart attack and heart failure. When your heart hurts, is it a call to your cardiologist or your best friend? When it pains, is it love or is it life-threatening? Chocolate or stent? Chocolate assuages a broken heart, and a stent mends the broken heart.
HEARTATTACK HURTS, BUT HEART FAILURE KILLS
It is easy to brush off chest pain as “just emotional,” but never ignore the real chest pains that come from poor health choices like that fast-food comfort binge or those late nights and stress-overdrive work schedules. These seem glamorous in the twenties, but they come back with a vengeance later.
Welcome to the confusing crossroads of chest pain and heart failure. Let us untangle the wires between the emotional and the physical
- We say ‘my heart hurts’ far too casually — sometimes for lost love, sometimes for lost beats. But while chest pain and heart failure both sting, one needs urgent care, the other a lot of TLC (tender loving care)
- The heart is more than just a pump because when it pains, it could be for love or a life-threatening condition.
- “Chest pain breaks your spirit, heart failure breaks the body — but both make you clutch your chest and wonder, ‘Am I okay?”
- “You can treat a broken heart with love and chocolate. You cannot fix heart failure with chocolate and rom-coms. But knowing the difference might just save your life.”
- “When your heart hurts, is it a call to your cardiologist — or your best friend?”
CHEST PAIN: THE EMOTIONAL TSUNAMI
This is the kind of pain that does not show up on an ECG, but shows up in your playlist and late-night snack choices. From breakups and betrayal to watching your favourite character die again and again in that series finale, chest pain is the unofficial global epidemic.
SO, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE?
Both kinds of heart trouble deserve attention. One needs tissues and Netflix; the other needs a stethoscope and a serious commitment to health.
Both kinds of heart trouble deserve attention. One needs tissues and Netflix; the other needs a stethoscope and a serious commitment to health.
If you experience chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting, it would be a good idea to call the doctor, not your best friend.
Take care of your emotional heart, but don’t forget the one beating inside your chest. After all, one pumps tears, the other pumps blood—and we kind of need both to function properly
WHY STAR HOSPITALS?
Star Hospitals, the best multispecialty hospital in Hyderabad, has a state-of-the-art health centre with world-class facilities in every department, OTs, Out and Inpatient wards. Experienced and humane medical staff manage the departments to provide the best treatment, care and follow-ups. So, heart attack or heartbreak, Star Hospitals is the “go-to” place.
