Sunday, July 19, 2009

HAVE A HEALTHY HEART: Cardiovascular Diseases



For about 42 million people, estimated in the US suffer due to cardiovascular diseases. Almost everyday, a 4, 000 numbered of people suffering from heart attacks and about 1, 000 have strokes. Because of such incident, it causes more than 700, 000 deaths each year.




Cardiovascular illnesses generate when normal flow of blood through the heart and through the body is clogged in the some way. Then as a result, the heart, kidneys and other vital organs may be harm. Heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure, and high blood pressure are just the common forms of cardiovascular diseases.




Heart attack. Like the other body tissues, heart muscle also needs an enough of supply of blood to stay alive. Heart attacks occur when there is a blood clot in a narrowed artery blocking the flow of the blood to the part of the heart muscle. And the section of the blood that does not receive the blood now begins too die. Signs of heart attacks include the following: uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest, and often in the arms and shoulders, lasting for almost two minutes or more. And treatments for this illness are drugs, surgery, and physical therapy.


Strokes. As mentioned above, if the brain tissues do not receive adequate oxygen and nutrients, it begins to die; resulting to a stroke, the major cause of strokes is blood clot lodging in one of the arteries to the brain. Signs of small stroke include sudden, temporary dimness of the face, arm and leg on one side of the body. The remedy for stroke requires surgery, drugs, and physical therapy.


High blood pressure. The force of the blood against vessels walls as the heart pumps is what you call the blood pressure. Hypertension then maybe defines as blood – pressure levels consistently above 140/90. It is often called as the silent disease since there are no real warning symptoms of hypertension. Proper diet along with cutting amount of salt used is a necessary ways to take control blood pressure.



As of now, there are a lot of major modern health hazards that may begin in young people. Later in life, especially among people who indulge in an unhealthy life – style, these hazards sometimes resulted in the above mentioned diseases. And although there have been major medical breakthroughs in curing these diseases, a better safeguard for your health is the a wellness of life – style.


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