The American Heritage Dictionary defines a risk factor as, "a
characteristic, condition, or behavior, such as high blood pressure or
smoking, that increases the possibility of disease or injury." Basically
the more heart disease risk factors you have, the more likely you are
to develop a health condition like coronary heart disease. While the
list of risks is long, we will be discussing three of the top major risk
factors which include: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and
tobacco smoke.
High Cholesterol
Higher cholesterol
levels increase the risk of developing cardiovascular heart disease. One
of the strongest drawbacks of having high cholesterol is that having
other risk factors such as hypertension or smoking doesn't just add to
the risk, it multiplies it. Your cholesterol level is affected mostly by
heredity and diet while age and sex also have influence.
Hypertension
High
blood pressure is harder on the heart which can cause it to condense
and harden. Not only does it contribute to heart disease risk, but it
also causes other diseases and problems like congestive heart failure
and even stroke or kidney failure. Once against, hypertension also
multiplies when combined with other risk factors.
Tobacco Smoke
While
tobacco smoke is normally associated with lung cancer and other
problems, it still poses a major threat to cardiac health. In fact, the
assessment of the American Heart Association is that it increases the
risk by 2 to 4 times over nonsmokers. After you calculate that, you
might be wondering why anyone would want to risk so much for just a
cigarette.
These are just three factors of many that can really
destroy your heart, decrease your quality of life, and ultimately
increase your health insurance premiums.
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
Heart Disease: The Dangers Of Coronary Heart Attack And How To Avoid It
2:03:00 PM
What is a coronary heart attack?
Are you at the risk of a coronary heart attack?
Here are some insights to help you...
A
heart attack happens when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle
itself (the myocardium) is severely reduced or even stopped entirely.
The medical term for a heart attack is myocardial infarction.
The
reduction or stoppage of blood supply happens when one or more of the
coronary arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle is blocked.
This may be caused by the buildup of plaque (deposits of fat-like substances), also known as atherosclerosis.
The plaque may eventually burst, tear or rupture, creating a "situation" where a blood clot forms and blocks the artery.
This may lead to a heart attack.
A heart attack is also sometimes known as a coronary thrombosis or coronary occlusion.
It is a medical fact that heart disease is among the most dangerous health hazards facing people 50 yrs and older in America.
Clinical
studies, laboratory investigations and a number of surveys show that
certain personal characteristics and lifestyles can lead to increased
dangers of a heart attack (coronary heart disease).
These danger
signs are called "risk factors". The well established risk factors are
high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, cigarette smoking and
diabetes mellitus.
Other risk factors that may increase or lead to
the risk of having a heart attack are obesity, a sedentary life-style,
an aggressive response to stress, and certain drugs.
In the past
two decades, millions of Americans have learned about these risk factors
and have tried to decrease them by seeking medical attention and by
changing their lifestyles.
Many adults have stopped smoking. The medical control of high blood pressure has greatly improved.
The
average cholesterol level of the population has decreased continually
over the last two decades, probably due to changes in dietary habits and
increased exercise.
This attempt to modify risk factors almost
certainly has contributed to the declining death rate from heart disease
in the United States.
Overall, heart-related problems have declined about 25 percent in the last decade.
Some
of this decrease undoubtedly is due to better medical care of heart
attack victims, but it is likely that a sizable percentage is related to
modification of risk factors.
The entire population has become more aware of the seriousness of heart disease and coronary heart problems.
CPR
training is offered in schools, places of business, and church and
community functions, and everyone seems to recognize that prevention of
coronary heart disease is a partnership between the public and the
medical community.
There are a number of factors implicated in
coronary heart disease. Some of these may raise coronary risk by
accentuating the major risk factors already discussed.
Others may act in ways not understood. Still others may be linked mistakenly to coronary risk.
Obesity predisposes individuals to coronary heart disease. Some of the reasons for this are known, but others are not.
The major causes of obesity in Americans are excessive intake of calories and inadequate exercise.
When
caloric intake is excessive, some of the excess frequently is saturated
fat, which further raises the blood cholesterol. Thus, obesity
contributes to higher coronary risk in a variety of ways.
Most of
the major risk factors are silent. They must be sought actively, and
much of the responsibility for their detection lies with each of us as
individuals.
Regular checkups are particularly necessary if there
is a family history of heart disease, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol levels or diabetes.
May these health insights into heart disease help you to live a healthier and happier life.
By
I-key Benney
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
How to survive a heart attack when alone
7:19:00 AM
Let's say it's 6.15pm and you're going home (alone of course),
after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't kno
w if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..!!
NOW HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.
The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
Rather than sharing jokes please.. contribute by Sharing this which can save a person's life!!!
after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't kno
w if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..!!
NOW HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE..
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.
A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.
A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.
The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
Rather than sharing jokes please.. contribute by Sharing this which can save a person's life!!!
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