CARDIAC DISEASES

INDEX • What is a cardiac disease?• How can you get a cardiac disease?• Prevention.• Recovery.• Common cardiac diseases.

WHAT IS A CARDIAC DISEASE?• The cardiac disease is a group of upsets that

happen when the heart and vessels aren’t working correctly.

• The most frenquently cause is the formation of deposits of fat in linings of the blood vessels that supply with blood the heart.

HOW CAN YOU GET A CARDIAC DISEASE?

• They aren´t infectious.• Some people born with them.• To smoke, eating fast food, to have a high

arterial pressure, overwheight and not doing physical exercises increase the danger of develop a cardiac disease.

PREVENTION

• Having a balance and healthy diet. Eating fruits and vegetables. Eating food that contains Omega 3 and E

and C vitamins. Skimmed milked products. Consuming olive oil in stead of butter. Not consuming too much sugar and salt.

• Keeping a regular control of our weight.• Not drinking too much alcohol and not

smoking.• Doing physical activity in a regular way, at

least half an hour per day.• Keeping control glucose and cholesterol

levels. Also the blood vessels´s pressure level.

RECOVERY• It consist of changes in the way of life.

Medicines, medical and surgical methods and cardiac rehabilitation, can help you to get better. It depends on the disease you have.

• Two medical and surgical methods are ``Angioplasty´´ and ``Bypass´´.

COMMON CARDIAC DISEASES

• Congenital heart disease.• Congestive Heart Failure.• Coronary Microvascular Disease.• Angina.• Hypertensive heart disease.• Ischaemic Heart Disease.

• Inflammatory Heart Disease.• Pulmonary Heart Disease.• Structural Heart Disease.• Heart attack.

• CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES. They are heart anormalities presented at birth. They occur while the fetus is developing in the uterus and may be caused by medication...

• CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. This condition is more common in older people and occurs when the heart can no longer pump blood to the rest of the body like it should.

• CORONARY MICROVASCULAR DISEASE. It occurs when the arteries that supply blood to the heart become narrower due to the build up of plaque, known as “atherosclerosis.”

• ANGINA. It is caused by a insufficient blood contribution (oxygen) to the cells of the muscle of the heart.

• HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE. Several heart problems may occur as a result of high blood pressure or “hypertension’’.

• ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE. The word “ischaemic” means a “reduced blood supply.” Ischaemic heart disease is any heart disease that results in a reduced blood supply to the heart.

• INFLAMMATORY HEART DISEASE. This disease involves inflammation of the heart muscles or the surrounding tissues, which may be caused by bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, or by immune diseases.

• Pulmonary Heart Disease. It occurs when a disease of the lungs affects the heart. Blood that flow to the lungs may then slow down or become blocked, increasing blood pressure in the lungs. As a result, the right side of the heart has to work harder, which can lead to damage to the heart muscle itself.

• STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE. This term describes any condition that affects the structure of the heart itself.

• HEART ATTACK. It occurs when a blood clot in the coronary heart blocks the blood and oxygen supply to the heart. It producing irregular cardiac beats, arrhythmia.

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