The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has led to increased awareness about heart health. Over the years, Google has become the go-to place for all health-related searches.
Over the past seven days, people has extensively searched for “Heart health” as a fluctuating with multiple highs and lows were seen on Google Trends. According to 7 days data available on Google Trends, “Heart Health” as most searched term on October 12 and October 14.
With respect to Interest by Subregion, “Heart Health” was most searched in subregions like Nagaland, Goa, Manipur, Telangana, and Karnataka.
According to Google Trends, people also searched for related topics like Health, Heart, Heart Health, Good, disease etc. Meanwhile, some related topics that were searched like Machine Learning-Field of Study, ICD-10-Topic, Mediterranean Fruit-Food, Fatty Acid-Topic, Apple Watch-Watch showed a rising trend.
Other top related queries include heart health test, heart disease, heart attack, health insurance, heart health insurance etc.
What are the symptoms of heart diseases?
Symptoms of heart disease varies from disease to disease.
Symptoms of coronary artery disease can include:
- Chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure and chest discomfort, called angina.
- Shortness of breath.
- Pain in the neck, jaw, throat, upper belly or back.
- Pain, numbness, weakness or coldness in the legs or arms if the blood vessels in those body areas are narrowed.
Heart arrhythmia symptoms can include:
- Chest pain or discomfort.
- Dizziness.
- Fainting or almost fainting.
- Fluttering in the chest.
- Lightheadedness.
- Racing heartbeat.
- Shortness of breath.
- Slow heartbeat.
Symptoms of cardiomyopathy may include:
- Dizziness, lightheadedness and fainting.
- Fatigue.
- Feeling short of breath during activity or at rest.
- Feeling short of breath at night when trying to sleep, or waking up short of breath.
- Rapid, pounding or fluttering heartbeats.
- Swollen legs, ankles or feet.
How to keep your heart healthy?
To help prevent heart disease, you can:
- Eat a heart-healthy diet
- Get active
- Stay at a healthy weight
- Quit smoking and stay away from secondhand smoke
- Control your cholesterol, blood glucose (sugar), and blood pressure
- Drink alcohol only in moderation
- Manage stress
- Get enough sleep
