Chest pain
Alternate Names : Chest tightness, Chest pressure, Chest discomfort
Prevention
Make healthy lifestyle choices to prevent chest pain from heart disease: - Achieve and maintain normal weight.
- Control high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
- Avoid cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke.
- Eat a diet low in saturated and hydrogenated fats and cholesterol, and high in starches, fiber, fruits, and vegetables.
- Get at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise on most days of the week.
- Reduce stress.
|