Contributing Factors to Heart Disease
Every day your heart beats over 100,000 times and pumps 2,000 gallons of blood. Since the day we were born we take the importance of the function of our heart for granted. However, over 50 million American have heart disease that can lead to failure. Most people go there entire lives without ever knowing that the condition exists until that fateful moment right before their death. Together we will explore some of the contributing factors that lead to heart disease in hopes that education will encourage more people to be diagnosed and treated before it’s too late.
Hypertension
Hypertension, or chronic high blood pressure is often associated with heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and kidney disease. Hypertension impacts specific genetic lines more than others. For example, Africans are considered to be of higher risk than whites or Asians. Since the presence of hypertension is difficult to detect by doctors, it’s often considered the silent killer of adults.
Diabetes
People with diabetes generally have other contributing factors like high blood pressure, high triglycerides, and high cholesterol. What happens to people with diabetes is that the body begins to store fat and collect lipids. The lipids begin to harden into arterial plaque which blocks the normal flow of blood pumping through the veins.
Metabolism
In recent years doctors have found that metabolism plays a large role in heart disease. This condition is refered to Metabolic Syndrome and affects over 50 million Americans. Metabolism Syndrome typically includes the following conditions: Tryglycerides level above 150, Blood Pressure of 130/85 or more, Blood Sugar of 100 or more, and patient’s weight. A weight of 250 pounds for men and 200 pounds for women is one of the signs of a metabolism condition that could lead to heart disease.
Blood Pumping Disorder
Blood flow to the heart can become irregular and is often associated with congestive heart failure. This condition occurs any time when the heart does not receive oxygenated blood. This can be brought on by an arrhythmia in the arterial or ventricle parts of the heart.
We have listed just a few of the main issues that contribute to heart failure. We encourage anyone who believes that they have any of these conditions to visit their general practitioner. With diet and drugs many of these issues can be remedy or controlled to prevent heart disease.
