Beware Of 12 Symptoms On The Skin Can Be A Sign Of Heart Problems

A sign on the skin that characterizes heart disease. (Freepic/Lifestyle memory)

JAKARTA - The heart and blood vessels work non-stop every day, but early symptoms of heart problems often appear secretly. Skin doctors from a Harvard-affiliated hospital say if you want to know your heart condition from an early age, you can see it from the skin.

This statement is supported by the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), which noted that there are about 12 signs on the skin that could appear for months, even years, before the appearance of chest pain or shortness of breath.

These signs include changing the color of the toe to blue, wax bumping on the eyelids, changes in the nails, unusual rashes, to changes in the skin color on the feet that never disappear. Although it cannot be immediately concluded as a heart disease, these signs should encourage a person to immediately get a doctor to get treatment early on and prevent more serious complications.

The skin has many small blood vessels that drain blood throughout the body. When blood flow slows down, blood pressure increases, or blood vessels are clogged with cholesterol, changes often appear on the skin's surface. For example, fluid can accumulate on the ankle, skin tissue lacks oxygen can turn blue, or fat deposits appear in thin skin areas such as petals.

Skin doctors are often the first to realize these symptoms during routine examinations, even before patients feel symptoms such as shortness of breath while climbing stairs.

Here are 12 skin signatures that can be a sign of heart problems, as reported by the Times of India page.

1. Swelling continuously in the legs and ankles

This can indicate the heart does not pump blood well, so the fluid accumulates.

2. Blue or purple skin that does not return to pink when it is warmed

Called cyanosis, showing blood does not bring enough oxygen.

3. Pattern of blue-length nets on the arms or legs

Known as livedo reticularis, it can be a sign that small blood vessels are clogged with cholesterol.

4. Collision yellow-oranges around the eyes or joints

Called xanthelasma or xanthoma, indicates very high cholesterol levels.

5. A lump like acne that appears suddenly

Called eruptive xanthomas, often related to very high triglycerides or uncontrolled diabetes.

6. Nails curling down accompanied by fingerprints growing

Called clubbing, it generally occurs in chronic heart or lung disease that interferes with oxygen supply.

7. Thin red lines under nails like pieces of wood

Called splinter hemorrhages, it can be a sign of infection in heart valves (endocarditis).

8. Smooth and shiny lumps on the skin

It could be a sign of amyloidosis, a buildup of proteins that makes the heart muscle stiff.

9. Small lumps that hurt your fingers or feet

Called the Osler nodules, the classic symptoms of infection in the heart (infective endocarditis).

10. Bintik merah-cob in the palms of the hands or legs that are not painful

Called Janeway lesi, also related to heart infection but without pain.

11. Ring-shaped flats with fever in children

Called erythema marginalitum, it can indicate a meretic fever due to streptokocus infection that can damage heart valves.

12. Lips ruptured and bleeding as well as rashes in the body in small children. Usually this condition is referred to as Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki disease is a rare disease that mainly attacks children, and causes inflammation of the walls of blood vessels throughout the body (vasculitis).

This disease is also known as lymphodular mucocofut syndrome. A distinctive sign of Kawasaki disease, inflammation of blood vessels that can raiseteten arteries.