Watch Out ! Causes of heart attack
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If we have a heart attack once can
cause death. Therefore alertness to heart health is the most important factor
to prevent from heart attack.
Quoted from nhblbi.nih.gov about the cause of heart attack, that A heart
attack happens if the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of heart muscle
suddenly becomes blocked and the heart can't get oxygen. Most heart attacks
occur as a result of coronary heart disease (CHD).
CHD is a condition in which a
waxy substance called plaque builds up inside of the coronary arteries. These arteries
supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart.
Therefore, we must know what
causes heart attacks. Including in terms of the food we consume and the
activities we do daily. The following will be discussed good habits that we
must do to maintain heart health and bad habits that we must avoid so that our
heart does not hurt.
Causes Of Heart Attack
from medicalnewstoday.com The following are possible factors associated
with increased risk of heart attack.
- Age: Risk increases when a man is over 45, and a woman is over 55.
- Angina: An illness where not enough oxygen reaches the heart, causing chest pain resembling a heart attack, but it resolves after taking medication. Angina raises the risk of a heart attack.
- High blood cholesterol levels: Increases the risk of developing blood clots in the arteries.
- Diabetes: People with diabetes have a higher risk of developing several diseases and conditions, many of them contribute to a higher risk of heart attack.
- Diet: Someone who consumes large quantities of, for example, saturated fats, will eventually have a higher risk of having a heart attack.
- Genes: You can inherit a higher risk of heart attack.
- Heart surgery: Patients who have had heart surgery have a higher risk.
- Hypertension (high blood pressure).
- Obesity, overweight.
- Physical inactivity: More active people have a lower risk.
- Previous heart attack: Anybody who has already had a heart attack is more likely to have another one, compared with people who have not.
- Smoking.
- HIV: People who are HIV positive have a 50 percent higher risk of heart attack.
- Work stress: Individuals with stressful jobs, or shift workers have an increased risk of heart attack.
Activities that endanger the heart
1. is too passive in daily activities
A body that moves less or less in
exercise makes the blood flowing in the body does not flow perfectly, this can
lead to clogged blood and of course also disrupt the performance of the heart.
Do not sit too long and do not
sleep too long. Let us sleep regularly and rest if too long sitting with a
stand or a walk out for a moment.
2. smoking
This is not surprising, because
smoking is something that can endanger the health of consuming it. According to
research, cigarettes have thousands and even millions of toxins in it that
cause various diseases. Heart is one of them.
3. too busy working
Too busy in work cause we can not
manage time well. If a lot of work accumulate maybe we will feel stress, stress
is what will endanger health especially heart. Therefore we must try to control
our mind so as not to stress because a lot of work. Try to take a vacation to
refresh your mind or go to a spa or massage place to massage our tired bodies.
4. sleeping facing left or down
Do not do sleep habits expecting
left or down is very dangerous heart, because in this position the heart gets
pressure. Try to sleep with lying as usual or facing to the right.
5. often eat cholesterol food
Meat, coconut milk, and foods
containing oil, etc. are foods that contain high cholesterol. Too much
cholesterol in the body is also harmful to heart health. Eat in balance, if you
eat meat, do not forget to eat vegetables and fruits to neutralize cholesterol
in the body.
