Heart Disease Is Among The Topmost Killers Diseases Known Today
The sad truth today that people all around the world and more particularly in the United States have to face is that heart disease today has continued to remain among the topmost most dangerous killer diseases in the US, and it is not showing any signs of being brought under control despite conducting the most exhaustive research in finding means to prevent it from happening. Furthermore, when you consider heart disease in total, you will find that there are a number of things to worry about regarding the health of your heart including coronary heart disease, abnormal heart rhythms, heart valve disease, heart failure as well as congenital heart disease, pericardial disease, cardiomyopathy and also vascular disease and even marfan syndrome.
Affects Structure As Well As Functioning Of The Heart
The trouble with each of these types of heart disease is that they all will adversely affect either your heart's structure or its functioning, and thus you need to take a close look at how various things make you more liable to suffer from various types of heart problems. Take for instance congenital heart disease that is believed to affect as many as half a million adults in the US, and though this kind of condition is caused by a birth defect which may only be minor in nature; it still means that a person suffering from it may need to monitor his health all through his life or even resort to taking medications over the long term.
There are also a number of factors that cause heart disease including genetics, substance abuse, chromosomal abnormalities, alcohol use as well as some medications that pregnant women need to take. Also, it is possible for a person to suffer from the more common type of heart disease which is heart failure that can occur due to having high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease and even because of thyroid disease, and they can occur either alone or combined together and will thus cause a person's heart to fail.
Doctors generally break down heart diseases into two categories that are those that can be related to or are caused by or are symptoms of coronary artery disease, and those which are not. What's more, the common causes of heart disease are poor diets combined with lack of exercise, and because in today's hectic times, people cannot spare the time to exercise regularly and in fact are more prone to leading sedentary lifestyles, the risk of contracting heart disease is far greater than was the case a few decades ago.
So, if you want to minimize the risks to the health of your heart, you need to ensure that you take proper care of what you eat and to also take regular exercises and eat a healthy diet.
