Thursday, March 13, 2008

Heart Disease and Causes

Heart disease is a scary disease in the world. Many people in the world die because of heart disease. Per year, more than 478000 Americans die because of heard disease in United States , and in the world peoples who get heart disease keep on increases. Many factor cause people to get heart disease, such as smoking, high blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity, drinking alcohol, stressful situations, people who are not active, age, gender and many more.

In a biology manner, heart disease can happen when coronary arteries which nourish the heart with oxygen rich blood are pressed. It could be happen when coronary arteries become blocked by atheroma (plak who block coronary arterise which form by cholesterol, calcium and many more substance who be piles or stacks on coronary arteries). Besides of atheroma, coronary arteries are pressed also can happen by trombus (congeal blood(thrombosis cell) are causes wound on coronary arteries). Pressed Coronary arteries also caused by external factor.

The causes of pressed coronary arteries are:
1.Smoking. Because the flow of the chemical substance from cigarette at artery can make thrombosits become sticky and form clumps.

2.Consuming food which have high fat. Because fat can be cholesterol and cholesterol will be plak on coronary arteries.

Alcohol also influences heart disease. People who drinking too much alcohol have a greater risk of heart attack, because alcohol can raise blood pressure, and increasing of blood pressure makes heart work faster, not work as usually.
People who are not active also have a greater risk of heart attack than do people who exercise regularly. Reason, exercise regularly can helps to control cholesterol levels. Old people and man have a greater risk of heart than young people and women. But, young people and women also have a heart attack.

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