Showing posts with label preventing heart attacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preventing heart attacks. Show all posts

Friday, May 2, 2014

Heart Disease: The Dangers Of Coronary Heart Attack And How To Avoid It

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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.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

How to survive a heart attack when alone

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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.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

What Causes Heart Disease? A List of Some Top Factors

6:03:00 AM
What causes heart disease may be a burning question in many minds. With more and more people dying each day from heart attacks and cancer, it is only natural that you want to know what is going on, what is causing your or a loved one's poor health, and how to change it.
Heart disease is a fairly loose phrase used interchangeably to describe a broad range of heart problems. Some of the illnesses that fall under the heart disease category are high blood pressure, strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, and coronary artery disease. Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women all over the world. 40% of all deaths in the U.S. are related to heart disease! So what causes heart disease?
Heart disease is caused by a range of factors including, but not limited to:
1. Poor diets full of saturated fats and not enough fruits and vegetables. Vitamin D is also important according to recent health news reports.
2. Poor exercise habits, or no exercising at all. The heart is a muscle and needs exercise in order to maintain proper and healthy functioning.
3. Smoking is a leading cause of heart disease in both men and women.
4. Being, becoming, and remaining overweight are other major factors, especially if your weight tends to be over the "belly" area.
These above four points are primary contributors and are lifestyle habits that you can change! If you choose not to change the way you live, then these habits can create atherosclerosis, which means your arteries are hardened.
When your arteries harden, this places restrictions on blood flow to organs and tissues, which is what causes heart disease. This deprives your body's organs of vital oxygen and nutrients needed to function properly.
It should be noted that what causes heart disease isn't always hardening of the arteries. Some forms of heart disease are caused by other genetic/and or heredity diseases, such as heart valve diseases, congenital heart defects and disease, heart infections, and cardio myopathy, which is a disease of the heart muscle.
While some heart problems you may not be able to control, most are acquired over a lifetime of unhealthy habits and unhealthy living. Now that you know what causes heart disease, you can be well on your well to doing something about it and turning your life around for the better!
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