Heart block is caused due to disruption in the electric conduction system of heart. This electric conduction system of heart is responsible for beating of heart. This result in missed heartbeat and in some cases heart may stop up to 20 seconds.
This may be due to some blockage of blood vessels, or injury or damage of heart muscles. Nevertheless, there are various other factors such as lack of proper exercise, stress and high blood pressure that also result in heart blockage.
Normally, no heart blockage symptoms are observed. Heart block is of three types namely – first degree heart block, second degree heart block, and third degree heart block.
Common Heart Blockage Symptoms In Men
Some of the most commonly found heart blockage symptoms in men according to the type of heart block are included below:
First Degree Heart Block
Skipped heartbeat is one of the most common symptoms of first degree heart blockage. These are referred as minor heart disruptions, which are least serious and even do not require any immediate medical attention.
Second Degree Heart Block
Fainting and dizziness are commonly found second degree heart blockage symptoms in men. Men, who seem to fainting, feeling dizziness, and experiencing nausea while doing little physical work or without any kind of possible cause, might diagnose themselves for heart blockage.
When some of the electric signals from heart’s natural pacemaker do not reach heart, drop in heart beat is observed resulting to fainting, dizziness, etc. In this condition, person may need artificial pacemaker for treating.
Third Degree Heart Block
Third degree heart block is known as complete heart block. In this condition, the electric signals completely stop between upper chamber of heart and lower chamber of heart. This condition requires immediate medical attention, and if left untreated can result in serious heart attack. It can be treated with artificial pacemaker.
Commonly observed third degree heart blockage in men include
- Bradycardia, which means experiencing slower heart beat (less than 60 beats per minute)
- Hypotension, which means low blood pressure (BP < 90/60)
- Hemodynamics Instability, which means instability in flow of blood in our body.