is a bad heart always a bad heart
2006-08-13 01:17:08 · 10 answers · asked by jonny d 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
There are are vast variety of problems that a heart can have. If you mean by "bad heart" that your arteries have blockages, you can make your heart healthier through diet, exercise, medication and positive attitude. If you have a problem with parts of your heart itself, such as a heart that is too large or a valve is damaged or other kinds of permanent damage, your heart probably will not get better than it is, and, certainly not without more advanced invasive treatments than just diet and exercise and medications.
2006-08-13 01:20:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I had a heart attack 2 years ago and was told that 10% of my heart had "died". I thought it was the end of everything but the doctors told me that if I lost weight and lived healthily I could live another 30 years ( I am 65). I now walk 7 miles each day and eat a mediterranean diet (I live in Spain) and I have never felt so good. I take medication each day which keeps my system under control and keeps my cholesterol down. I don't even consider having a "bad" heart. I live a normal life and prefer to think of it as just an unfortunate episode in my life that is now over.
2006-08-13 01:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Without details, it is impossible to tell you what might happen. We need information to make an informed guess. Diet is certainly important but other factors are critical...what is bad...a mitral valve, endocarditis, primary hypertension, aortic stenosis, etc, etc. Only your physician that has your medical records and exams can judge this. Opinions here (even such as mine and I am a physician) are valueless, and you are fishing for good hope and news from people not qualified to judge. Many people do well with an improved diet and exercise, some need corrective surgery, others need bypass surgery. Certainly weight control is important...but do you and your heart some good...go to your doctor, or get a second opinion.
2006-08-13 01:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by Frank 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the heart has a defect, usually it can be corrected by surgery. If you had a heart attack, yes diet would play a big part in your recovery. The less your heart was damaged by the attack, of course, the better.
If your heart is in failure, even then exercise and diet can add many years to your life.
Your heart is what keeps you alive, so it's not bad ever.
2006-08-13 03:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you have a bad heart i,m afraid the damage is not reversible though diet but changing your diet and life style will help any further damage to your heart enabling you to maybe have open heart surgery heart bypass or a transplant which will put a good few more years on your life
hope this as help and good luck
2006-08-13 01:32:05 · answer #5 · answered by lizella 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is wrong with your heart? Some things can be fixed/controlled through diet, drugs and/or surgery and some things can't. If you know you have some kind of heart problems check with your cardiologist for diet and exercise recommendations.
2006-08-13 03:24:07 · answer #6 · answered by Rosie Young 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that really depends on the diagnosis but eating healthy, no smoking and a little bit of exercise could help a lot and make a 'bad' heart last longer. with medicine today a 'bad' heart does not have to remain a bad heart I think.
2006-08-13 01:25:38 · answer #7 · answered by justme 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's what my dad did with me. I had coronary heart problems whilst i replaced into born. My coronary heart began beating somewhat quickly and busted open, and that i had to have coronary heart surgical treatment, and he theory i could die, so he did no longer decide directly to spend time with me so as that he does no longer be so disillusioned when I died. yet regrettably for me, i did no longer die. I nonetheless have coronary heart problems, yet i'm additionally depressed because of the fact my dad not at all enjoyed me. And on each and every occasion I cried, he'd get mad, and leave me domicile by myself for hours, or he could hit me. He hugged me a pair situations in my life, yet not at all gave me kisses whilst i replaced right into a new child, or perhaps now, he nonetheless ignores me and needs no longer something to do with me. And when I attempt to be superb and circulate to him, and consult with him, he ignores me, or says solid bye earlier i'm waiting to leave, so I basically take a sprint and circulate. And so i do no longer circulate over there lots to any extent further, because of the fact I basically finally end up leaving in an quite undesirable temper, and the the remainder of the week is depressing for me.
2016-09-29 05:27:15 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heart is a muscle, like every muscle in the body it can be strengthened by exercise over time, diet & supplementation.
2006-08-16 07:50:41 · answer #9 · answered by boaqdhyaj hampanirekyui 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my husband had his first heart attack in his 30's
he had several since and had a bypass 17 years ago.
he has his 80th birthday in october........so in answer to your question. it is always bad but his has been very bad for 50 years and he is still going.
2006-08-13 01:38:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋