subject: The Heart Beat as the Indicator of Your Health [print this page] The Heart Beat as the Indicator of Your Health
In your whole life, your heart beats once in a second and it will beat more frequently when you do physical activity. You surely have ever felt to be checked by stethoscope. However, do you know the sound of heart beat that is heard by the doctor through the tool?
When the doctor will hear your heart beat, he will ask you to inhale and exhale your breath naturally or rhythmically. He will move the stethoscope from one place to another place in your breast.
The normal beat of this organ generally has the sound pattern like "lubb" and "dubb". These sounds are related to the closing of heart valve. "Lubb" is followed by the short respite, while "dubb" is followed by longer respite.
The intensity difference of the heart sound is the key for a disease that is associated with heart and lungs. Obesity, emphysema, or liquid around heart can muffle the sound of heart beat.
In addition, using stethoscope, you can detect other sounds. You can hear the noise of heart because of turbulence while your heart pulses. Then, based on the location and the noise characteristic of the heart, and related to the sound of lubb-dubb, the doctor is able to identify the structural change of heart.
In this case, the noise of heart can be the sign that you have anemia, leak valve, or other problems. However, there is also the noise of heart that is not associated with the heart condition and this is not dangerous problem.
