Pericarditis: Inflammation of the Heart Lining and Its Underlying Causes
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 09 November, 2025 [caption id="attachment_43570" align="alignnone" width="1200"] The heart is a complex, pumping organ that is composed of 3 different layers- the innermost endocardium, the middle myocardium and the outer epicardium. The pericardium is a covering or sac like structure
Myocardial ischaemia: Why Reduced Blood Flow Can Damage the Heart
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 07 November, 2025 [caption id="attachment_43562" align="alignnone" width="1200"] The heart is a fist sized organ that keeps beating rhythmically, in your chest cavity, all day, every day- to ensure that blood gets pumped all over your body. All of this pumping
Takayasu Arteritis: The Rare Vascular Disorder Affecting Young Adults
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 02 November, 2025 [caption id="attachment_43545" align="alignnone" width="827"] [/caption] We all know that the heart is necessary to pump blood to all parts of the body and that when this does not occur due to some reason, cell and tissue death can
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD): Early Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 01 November, 2025 [caption id="attachment_43530" align="alignnone" width="1200"] The human heart is a wonderful organ that keeps working throughout your life and never stops at all, unless there is some problem. It pumps blood all over the body using specialized blood
How Air Pollution Impacts Your Heart, Lungs, And Brain Over Time
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 21 October, 2025 Air is an essential element required by all living beings for the purpose of survival. Worsening air pollution in countries like India has dangerous ill effects on healthy individuals. Heart, lungs and brain require maximum amount
Endocarditis: How a Simple Infection Can Turn Life-Threatening for the Heart
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 05 October, 2025 The heart is composed of three distinct layers of cells- called the inner endocardium, middle myocardium and outer epicardium respectively. There is an additional layer of tissue for greater protection - which is the thick pericardium.
Pulmonary Hypertension: Why High Pressure in the Lungs Affects the Heart
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 04 October, 2025 We all know that hypertension is a condition where blood pressure is high and the heart and arteries work overtime to ensure that blood reaches all parts of the body. Pulmonary hypertension is more local and is
Heart Valve Regurgitation: When Your Heart Valves Leak Blood Backward
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 03 October, 2025 There are 4 important valves or delicate tissue like structures in your heart- that are designed to help blood flow in one particular direction only. When these valves leak, blood can flow backwards and this can cause
Aortic Dissection: The Deadly Tear You Shouldn’t Ignore
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 02 October, 2025 An aortic dissection is a dangerous condition where the aorta- the main artery that supplies the oxygen rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body gets torn, causing blood to leak or even gush
Myocarditis: Inflammation of the Heart Muscle and Its Warning Signs
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 01 October, 2025 The suffix “-itis” is used in medical terms to denote some form of inflammation. So, myocarditis means the myocardium or the muscles of the heart are inflamed. This can cause your heart to stop working normally- it
Silent Heart Attacks: Why They Go Unnoticed and How to Detect Them Early
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 26 September, 2025 Silent Heart Attacks are literally very quiet or silent in nature- which means you will not notice any particular symptoms. The problem is that you may have had such a cardiac event, but will not know
Heart Attack vs Cardiac Arrest: Spotting the Difference
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 13 September, 2025 Most of us associate heart related problems with one supposedly universal sign- chest pain that makes you clutch at your chest. While chest pain is a common symptom, it is important to remember that it is
