ECG Test: This one test will tell how healthy your heart is, know how ECG is done and its benefits

 If you want to know whether your heart is working properly or not, the first and easiest test is ECG test. Through this test, all the diseases of the heart can be easily detected.

'World Heart Day 2022' i.e. 'World Heart Day' is celebrated every year on 29 September. Heart is the most important part of the body. If your heart does not work properly, your breathing will also become difficult. You will be vulnerable to heart diseases, due to which you can die at any time. Cardiovascular disease is considered the number one killer today. According to the World Heart Federation, 17,900,000 people die each year from cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease and stroke. In such a situation, it is very important that you take care of your heart properly, keep getting it checked. To diagnose heart diseases, it is very important to have an ECG test for heart. Through ECG test, you can easily know how healthy your heart is. Along with this, you can also avoid heart diseases by including good habits like taking a balanced diet every day, exercising regularly, reducing alcohol consumption, quitting smoking.

Test is also necessary to know heart health

If you want to know whether your heart is working properly or not, the first and easiest test is ECG test. Through this test, all the diseases of the heart can be easily detected. ECG is also called electrocardiogram.

What do ECG Test Do

ECG test (What is ECG) is done through lack of oxygen, problems in blood vessels, blockage in heart arteries, any blockage in nerves, chest pain, burning sensation, trouble in breathing, symptoms of heart attack and anything related to heart disease. ECG is the first step to diagnose the problem. In this test, doctors detect heart diseases through the heartbeat. Everyone should get an ECG test done in a year so that you can stay away from heart diseases. Through this, it is known in time that which heart-related disease you have or may have in the future. With this, by getting your treatment in time, you can avoid untimely death due to heart attack.

ECG test is cheap

Often people think that electrocardiogram or ECG test is very expensive, but it is not so. Neither it is very expensive nor does it cause any physical pain while getting the test done. You can get this test done in any hospital within about 100 to 500 rupees.

When these problems are seen, then definitely get the ECG test done

• When the blood pressure keeps on fluctuating, that is, sometimes it becomes high and sometimes it becomes low blood pressure.
• Heart beats become abnormal.
• If you have trouble breathing or feel heaviness in your chest, then get an ECG test done.
• Feeling nervous and sweating profusely.
• There is blockage or any kind of obstruction in the arteries that carry blood to the heart.
• The heart cannot properly return the blood to the body or the blood does not reach the heart.
• This test is necessary even if there is any problem with the heart valve.
• If symptoms of heart attack are seen, then get this test done first.
• Feeling of constant burning or pain in the chest.

How is ECG done?

The electrocardiogram is a very safe and painless test. If you see any of the above symptoms, then definitely get this test done. During the test (How to do ECG test), small electrode patches are placed on your chest, arms, and legs. The electrical activity of the heart is recorded through these electrode patches. With this you can also get your regular physical health checkup, but this is the best and first test to detect heart disease.