Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Heart disease

Bismillah…

Heart disease is a term to describe an abnormality function of the heart. There are many types of heart disease, based on which part of heart that has disorder. The cardiac arrhymias is an abnormal patterns of heart electrical activity that indicating abnormal contractions of heart. The coronary artery disease is the obstruction of coronary circulation, that supply blood to the heart itself, and causing heart attack. The heart attack itself is a condition in which the coronary circulation becomes blocked and the heart muscles cells die because oxygen starvation. The heart failure is a condition in which the heart weakens and its tissues suffer from oxygen and nutrient deprivation. The valvular heart disease (VHD) is a condition caused by abnormal functioning of one of the heart valves.

Heart disease is number one killer at United States, killing one person every 34 seconds. Beside that, it is a deadly disease at England and Wales. Many people from west society do not aware about this dangerous disease, so they keep unhealthy lifestyle. The bad lifestyles such as smoking, drinking too much alcohol, eating foods with high cholesterol, less exercise, and don’t have a good respond on some problem.

Many African Americans, Mexico Americans, American Indians, native Hawaii, and Asian Americans have a higher risk of heart disease than other races. It caused by the genetic history and the higher factor of diabetes and obesity. The other intrinsic factor that can caused heart attack is age and gender.

The Preventive and protective of these disease is: to control our blood pressure regularly, lower your cholesterol with eat right, don't smoke, and get enough exercise.

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