Heart Disease
April 8th, 2010 | 
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The heart is a muscle that pumps blood throughout the body. In an attack the heart (myocardial infarction), part of the heart muscle to die while not getting blood. To stay healthy, the heart requires oxygen and other nutrients carried by blood. This is obtained through the artery (blood vessel) disease, which wrap the outside of the heart.
Heart attack
These diseases can affect any part of the heart. However, the most common disease is a chronic disease in which coronary artery is called atherosclerosis. Therefore, heart disease commonly known and most common is coronary heart disease or coronary artery disease. This disease most often causes a heart attack in someone who can cause death. The cause is narrowing of the coronary arteries, where the vessel serves to provide blood to the heart muscle. Constriction caused by a pile of cholesterol or other proteins derived from food that enters the body. This buildup causes the coronary arteries become stiff. Stiffness is called atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis occurs if there is plaque buildup or deposition of fat on artery walls. After a time, plaque can accumulate, harden and narrow the arteries, and inhibit blood flow to the heart. Coronary artery disease, or coronary artery disease (CAD) is that basically leads to most heart attacks.
Blockage in one or more coronary arteries can cause a heart attack suddenly. The reason for asking the heart exceeds the available oxygen so that trigger heart attacks. Why? If the heart muscle does not receive oxygen for a long time, can damage surrounding tissue. Unlike other networks, the heart muscle does not regenerate. The longer the attack, the more damage to the heart and the more likely dead.
Even in the arteries that are not too narrow because of plaque and fatty timbungan, accumulation of plaque can rupture and form a crust of blood or thrombus. In addition, the diseased arteries also tend to experience sudden muscle contractions. Thus, a piece of crust in the blood can form a contraction, releasing chemicals which then result in narrowing the artery wall, triggering a heart attack.
If the working system of the heart is damaged, the normal rhythm of the heart can become chaotic and the heart began to tremble with erratic or experiencing fibrillation. This abnormal rhythm known as arrhythmia is a deviation from normal heart rhythm. This will cause the heart loses its ability to effectively pump blood to the brain. Within ten minutes, the patient is brain dead and did not help.
In addition to coronary heart disease due to fat deposition in the arterial wall, there are also other heart diseases caused by abnormalities at birth. Example of an imperfect heart, heart valve disorders, weakened heart muscle. Other causes are bacteria that cause infections of the heart.
Symptoms of Heart Disease
If symptoms of heart attacks happen to you:
Recognize any of these symptoms if there was chest pain, shortness of breath, or palpitations.
Immediately stop all work no matter what you are doing and sit or lie down while you draw a deep breath.
If you are alone while these symptoms last more than a few minutes immediately contact the local emergency phone number and say you had a heart attack. Or contact the people around you by giving the same information.
If anyone can take you to the hospital faster than the arrival of paramedics, immediately asked for help going to take you to the emergency room at the hospital. Faster would be better handled.
But if you wait for the paramedic team arrived, and so while waiting, you can loosen tight clothing, including belts or ties. Create yourself in a position that feels comfortable.
Remain calm, no matter you are the victim or his salvation. Panic can increase the likelihood of arrhythmia or heart rhythm irregularities that threaten life.
Perceived symptoms of coronary heart disease if you have such pain or pain in the chest where most people thought it was just as indigestion. Then other symptoms of feeling depressed in the middle of the chest for 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Another was a cold sweat, pounding, dizziness, and felt like fainting. These symptoms are not always felt by the sufferer. Another warning sign is gasping for breath when exercising.
For several months before the heart attack patients with cardiovascular disease usually often feel very tired. Do not consider these symptoms caused by lack of sleep and stress from work.
Pain or feeling pressured in the chest, called angina, giving a warning to half of those who suffer a heart attack. Some people get breathless or exhausted and feeling limp as the symptoms, indicating that the heart is not getting enough oxygen because of coronary blockage.
Usually a few days before having a massive heart attack, a person will experience muscle contractions suddenly in the chest which is a small attack or a mild heart attack. Generally mild heart attack occurred before the big attack several days later.
Tips to Prevent Heart Disease
Order to avoid coronary heart disease, you can do the following things:
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Healthy eating
Avoid foods that contain lots of fat or that contain high cholesterol. Seafood has a high cholesterol content which may harm the heart. Reduce eating fried foods that contain lots of fat, otherwise the food can be processed by boiling, steaming or baking.
Where possible, the food products we eat low-fat or no fat. Choose milk, cheese, butter or other foods low in fat. Fry using olive oil has less fat content so it can be an option if have to process food in a way fried.
Apart from avoiding fatty foods, avoid foods with sugar content is also high, such as soft drinks. Do not consume too many karbohirat Also, because the body will be broken down carbohydrates into fat. In contrast, consumption of oats or wheat that can help keep the heart healthy benefits.
Keep your diet in moderation to avoid obesity, because someone who has a waist circumference of more than 80 cm, greater risk of this disease.
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Stop smoking
Cigarette smoking is not good for heart health, then immediately stop this habit in order to keep the heart healthy.
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Avoid Stress
Stress is very difficult to avoid when living in big cities like Jakarta is known for its jams and preoccupations. When a person experiences stress, the body will release the hormone cortisol which causes the blood vessels become stiff. Norepinephrine hormones will be produced when the body suffers stress, which will result in an increased blood pressure. So, very good if you avoid the stress both in the office or at home.
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Hypertension
The problem of hypertension or high blood pressure can also cause heart disease. Hypertension can injure the arterial wall and allows LDL cholesterol entering the arterial channels and increase plaque accumulation.
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Obesity
Being overweight or obese increased high blood pressure and lipid abnormalities. Avoiding or treating obesity or obesity is the main way to avoid diabetes. Accelerate diabetes and coronary heart disease increased the risk of heart attack.
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Regular exercise
You can do sports activities such as walking, brisk walking, or jogging. Sporting activities which are neither too much competition and not able to strengthen the work of the heart and blood circulation throughout the body.
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Consumption of antioxidants
Air pollution, smoke or cigarette smoke in motor vehicles to create the emergence of free radicals in the body. Free radicals can cause ulcers or deposits on blood vessels that can cause blockages. To remove the content of free radicals in the body, the need for antioxidants that will catch and throw. Antioxidants can be obtained from a variety of fruits and vegetables.
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Offspring
A person who is a parent or sibling had suffered a heart attack before age 60 have a greater risk of suffering from this disease. Therefore, if you have a relative who had suffered a heart attack, you should be more careful in keeping the dietary and lifestyle you can support a healthy heart.
Overcoming Heart Disease
If you feel the early symptoms of heart disease or had suffered a mild heart attack, do not ignore it. You are in dire need of early treatment by trained medical personnel. This can save the heart from further damage and even be able to avoid more serious consequences such as death.
However, if symptoms of heart attack begins, it is important to seek immediate medical assistance. Greatest risk of death from heart attack is within one hour after a heart attack. Rapid and appropriate treatment from the medical team could save heart muscle from damage that can not be repaired. The more heart muscle is saved, the more effective heart pumping will return after the attack. Do not put off getting medical help because of fear is considered ridiculous.
When a blockage has occurred, the medical action is generally taken by catheterization and installation of the ring that keep coronary arteries are not clogged. However, there is the possibility of another blockage in the arteries.
Looking at the heart of this precious organs for survival, then immediately improve your lifestyle to stay healthy. Start enjoying a healthy diet, nutritious and low in cholesterol. Avoid smoking and stress. And exercise regularly. Start with a healthy lifestyle from this day to love your heart.