When sodium quietly strains your heart
Salt intake rarely comes up at a general check-up unless your blood pressure is already high. But excess sodium causes the body to retain fluid, and that extra fluid volume means the heart has to push harder with every beat, even at rest, even without any symptoms you'd notice day to day.
Over months, that added load can widen the left chambers and gradually reduce the heart's ability to relax properly between beats. A Cardiologist In Bhosari like Dr. Prashant Shinde looks at this early, through echo findings and BP patterns together, before any structural change becomes difficult to reverse.
Shwaas Cardiac Clinic is in Bhosari, near the Bhosari MIDC stretch. If your sodium intake has never been reviewed alongside your heart readings, calling to ask what that check involves is a useful starting point.
