Common Causes of Heart Disease
Summary: Determining the causes of heart disease helps prevent and may
even stop the development of heart disease.
Our heart is one of the most important
organs that needs a lot of extreme care. Unfortunately, more and more people
suffer from heart disease. At present, heart disease is very common and worse-
it is one of the leading causes of death anywhere in the world. This condition
exempts no one; even a new born baby can have a certain type of heart disease.
How much more the older people who don’t watch what they eat and don’t even
care to exercise.
Heart disease, like any other
medical condition, has causes. Identifying the causes of heart disease will
greatly help in preventing the progression of any heart condition and in giving
the right treatment. The causes of a heart disease maybe very common, but the
consequences and impact of the same are fearfully bad for your health. The
causes of heart disease may include high blood cholesterol, diabetes, obesity
and over weight, smoking, heredity, alcohol, birth control pills, sex hormones,
and more.
High blood cholesterol plays a gigantic role in most types of heart
disease. Cholesterol is a fatty substance which is carried in our blood and is
also found in all our body cells, which causes heart disease. If this fatty
substance may stick in our arteries and builds up to form a plaque, it will
then result to the narrowing of arteries. The narrowing of our arteries
interrupts the blood flow, causing less supply of oxygen and other nutrients to
our hearts and other parts of the body. If worse comes to worst when the
arteries are blocked because of the fatty substance build up, a heart attack
occurs.
Heart problem is one of the
causes of death among the people with diabetes.
If a person is found out to have diabetes, he or she should be under a doctor’s
care to monitor blood sugar levels, and therefore reduce the risk of heart
disease.
Obesity and over- weight are among the causes of heart disease. If
you are overweight, it is likely that you have high cholesterol levels and high
blood pressure resulting to a high risk of heart disease. Obesity increases the
chances of developing heart condition. To know if you are obese, the doctors
are measuring obesity in terms of body mass index (BMI), which is your weight
in kilograms divided by your height in meters squared, [ BMI= W (kg) / H (m²)
]. You are considered over weight if the result is over 25; obese if over 30 is
the result. In addition, people who are obese and over weight are usually
physically inactive. They don’t entertain the idea of a regular exercise, and
if they do, just the thought tires them already (just like me!).
Smoking is one of the causes of heart disease. It greatly increases
your risk of heart disease and peripheral vascular disease, disease in the
blood vessels that supply blood to your arms and legs. Many people die each
year because of illnesses brought about by smoking and some of these deaths are
due to the effects of smoking on the heart and blood vessels.
A heart disease can be hereditary. A heart condition has a
possibility to be passed from one generation to another.
Studies shows that people who
drink moderate alcohol has a lower
risk of having heart disease compared to nondrinkers. A moderate intake of
alcohol averages to one or two drinks a day for men and one drink a day for
women. More than moderate intake of
alcohol, on the other hand, is one of the causes of heart disease.
It’s never too late to take care of your health and your
heart. Do the things which are good for your health and heart, and avoid those
that aren’t. Nobody knows yourself better that you! Start caring for your
health and stop the causes of heart disease