Heart disease
is a condition that causes the heart can not carry out their duties
properly. These include a weak heart muscle (congenital abnormalities)
and or the existence of a gap between the right atrium and left the
porch, because of incomplete formation of a separate layer between the
platform when the patient is still in the womb. This causes the blood
clean and dirty blood is mixed.
Understanding of heart disease and heart attacks are different.
If A heart attack is a condition that causes heart was not functioning.
This condition usually occurs suddenly, and often called heart failure.
Causes of heart failure vary, but usually the main cause is impaired
blood supply to heart muscles, because the blood vessels that normally
drain blood to the heart muscles are blocked or hardened, either because
of fat and cholesterol, or because the substance chemical substances
such as excessive use of drugs that contain Phenol Propano Alanine (ppa)
are mostly found in drugs such as Decolgen, and nicotine. (Source:
wikipedia).
However, heart disease is one disease that dangerous
and cause a lot of death to the sufferer. Not infrequently, the patient
is too late to know that he was suffering from heart disease so it's too
late for diatasai. For that, knowing the symptoms of heart disease or
trait you need to know in order to be done immediately follow the
treatment as soon as possible.
Symptoms of heart disease (source: wikipedia)
- Pain. If the muscles are not getting enough blood (a condition
called ischemia), then the inadequate oxygen and the metabolism of
excessive causing cramps or spasms. Angina is a feeling of tightness in
the chest or squeezing chest feeling, which arises when the heart muscle
not getting enough blood. The type and severity of pain or discomfort
varies in each person. Some people experience a lack of blood flow could
not feel any pain at all (a condition called silent ischemia).
- Shortness of breath is a symptom commonly found in heart failure.
Shortness is a result of the entry of fluid into the cavity of the air
in the lungs (pulmonary congestion or pulmonary edema).
- Fatigue or tiredness. If the heart is not pumping effectively, blood
flow to the muscles during activity will be reduced, causing the
patient to feel weak and tired. These symptoms are often mild. To
overcome this, the patient usually is gradually reducing its activity or
thought these symptoms as part of aging.
- Palpitations (heart palpitations)
- dizziness & fainting. Decreased blood flow due to rate or
abnormal heart rhythm or because of poor pumping ability, can cause
dizziness and fainting.
Other sources (vivanews.com) said the typical symptoms of heart disease as follows:
- Sudden pain in the chest behind the breastbone or as chest tightness.
- Chest pain can be repeated a few minutes (20 minutes or more).
- The pain can be a pressure in the chest, and neck as if choking, causing cold sweat
- Suddenly passed out, but could come back unconscious. This occurs because there is disturbance of heart rhythm
- Feel like stomach ulcers, but had not previously been suffering from stomach disorder
In some people, symptoms can be similar to normal colds. If you
experience symptoms similar to those mentioned above, do not hesitate to
contact your doctor immediately in order to get proper medical care.
Tips Preventing heart disease
- A healthy diet, Avoid foods that contain fat and high cholesterol. Also avoid foods with high sugar content such as soft drinks, for example.
- quit smoking, In the pack of cigarettes already explained
that "Smoking can cause cancer, heart attacks, impotence, and
disturbances of pregnancy and the fetus".
- Avoid stress, When someone is stressed, the body will release the hormone cortisol, which can cause the blood vessels become stiff.
- Reduce excess weight (obesity), Obesity has a major risk of
heart left atrial enlargement. This cardiac enlargement will increase
the heart rate abnormalities, stroke, and death.
- Exercising regularly, Exercise such as walking or jogging can strengthen the heart and blood circulation throughout the body.
- Consumption of antioxidants, Antioxidants Important to Prevent Heart Disease. This can be obtained from a variety of vegetables, fruits, and drinking tea.
- Descent, If you have close relatives who have had heart
attacks, you should start now to be more careful in maintaining the diet
and lifestyle. Heart disease is not hereditary diseases, but if there
is a family (parents, grandparents, siblings, uncles, aunts, etc.) who
are suffering or have suffered from heart disease, you have risk factors
for heart disease. So, need to watch out!
- etc.
How to cope with heart disease
In this world there is no
better than the first drug prevention. So, as much as possible reduce or
eliminate unhealthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle is a necessity if you
want to avoid this disease.
However, there are some substances
that are believed to be able to reduce or increase the risk of disease
and heart attacks, among others: (source: wikipedia)
- Some researchers say that the substance allicin found in garlic may
help maintain heart health. Research shows that by virtue substance
allicin, the tension of blood vessels is reduced 72%. But some other
researchers have also stated that there was no association between
garlic to heart health. In a study conducted on 90 smokers body fat,
European researchers found that the addition of garlic powder for 3
months showed no change in their cholesterol levels or some other signs
of heart disease risk.
- Studies show that reducing smoking does not reduce risk of heart
disease. To truly reduce the risk of heart disease, one should really
quit smoking.
- The discovery, published in the Journal of the American College of
Cardiology reveals consumption of Vitamin C supplements may reduce the
risk of heart disease.
- Research shows that reducing salt intake can reduce the risk of
heart disease. Consumption of salt can increase blood pressure. In
low-salt diet experiments show the risk of heart disease by 25% and the
risk of heart attack by 20%
- Consumption of foods that can maintain heart health such as Salmon, Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Wheat, Almond, and Apple