The major risk factors for CHD include: age (65+), gender (male), hereditary (including race), high blood pressure, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, and diabetes.
Some of them can be modified, treated or controlled, and some can't. The more risk factors you have, the greater your chance of developing coronary heart disease. Also, the greater the level of each risk factor, the greater the risk. For example, a person with a total cholesterol of 300 mg/dL has a greater risk than someone with a total cholesterol of 245 mg/dL, even though everyone with a total cholesterol greater than 240 is considered high-risk.
In general, exercise and a healthy diet will help you avoid CHD. See the American Heart Association website for more information.
2007-05-20 10:32:08
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answered by Harmony 6
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answered by Nicholas 3
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The heart is a lump of muscle its 4 chambered pump that pumps de-oxygenated blood to the lungs and oxygenated blood to the whole body. It is the most important organ in the body and it gets first call on the bodies resources.The coronary arteries cover the heart and providing the muscle with the chemicals and the oxygen that maintain it. The heart beats about 60 times a minute for the whole life of the individual. Coronary heart disease is blockage in the coronary arteries this is caused by a build up of plaque within the arteries and it has dramatic effects on the individuals life. If you visualize a coronary artery as a tube that gets coated on the inside this coating reduces the flow of blood to the heart and it can stop. When blood flow from a coronary artery is very slowed or stops the part of the heart that it feeds begins to die.The treatment for this condition is the Coronary Bypass where veins from the legs or arms are used to replace blocked arteries, triple bypass = 3 blockages. This restores the blood flow to the heart but the hearts function may not be restored completely. This leaves the individual who have undergone treatment with a ongoing source of pain and worry that has great bearing on there lives. The treatment process adds many years to the lives of individuals who can overcome the trauma and mental anguish
2016-03-19 07:51:06
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answered by Anonymous
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To avoid coronary heart disease = maintain coronary artery
health.
There maybe genetic factors that limit the number of beats a hart can make but if you work on maintaining blood supply to the muscle you could last forever.
Blockages in the coronary arteries restrict blood flow to the hart muscle and some of it can die and if enough of your hart is not functioning well your in trouble.
Anything that gets pumped up into your brain causes the brain to go into spasm and blockages in the brains blood flow cause brain death.
I don't like preach a little aspirin everyday is supposed to be good.
2007-05-18 02:04:49
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answered by clapper 4
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Various factors.
lifestyle. If you smoke...Stop!
Exercise. Helps keep your heart muscle strong.
Blood Pressure. Have it checked
Cholesterol. have it checked
Diet. Avoid saturated fat. That's what blocks arteries.
Family History. Unfortunately you can't do anything about that,but by looking after your body,you can educe the risk immeasurably.
2007-05-18 01:09:05
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answered by keeprockin 7
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CHD. Outside of hereditary factor, from the age of 25 we start to loose collagen and that is what keeps our cardiovascular system supple. Therefore CHD cannot be avoided but we can try to prolong the heart, keep arteries open. No smoking, plenty of cardiovascular exercise, avoid saturated fats and take omega three or fish oils. Eskimos do not have CHD, they eat fish!
2007-05-18 02:31:51
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answered by gillianprowe 7
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CAD is a condition of the heart when one or more of the following happen:
i) blockages in the lining of the blood vessels causes reduced/ristricted blood flow to the cardiac muscles, leading to the stress or death of the tissue, impairing the heart functioning
ii) wear and tear of the blood vessels leading to impaired blood flow, choked vessels
iii) poor muscular functioning and coordination due to lack of blood supply and muscular fatigue.
iv) lack of blood supply due to a free floating clot that jamms the flow.
v) swelling by inflamation of the blood vessels due to acids and disease
.... and other reasons.
Apart from the fact that proper diet, digestion, exercise need to be done to avoid.. you should know the root reason of blockage formation.
LDL that is regarded as the reason of the blockages does not do it alone.... it combines with free radicles to form foam deposits. On its own, LDL is a pain, but passess on. It is MORE necessary to make sure the oxidative free radicles in the blood are controlled and digested to avoid this.
Wear and tear is a natural process, the body is capable of self repair. Things go wrong when the acid content in the blood shoots up due to fatigue, stress, emotional imbalances... So, keeping a positive attitude, stress free nature is equally important.
If you can make dietary changes immediately, it is possible to reverse the acid charge of the blood, dissolve the extra LDL, digest the free radicles to avoid CAD and help self repair of the heart.
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2007-05-18 02:44:31
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answered by Maa Su 2
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You can't completely avoid it.
You can lower your risk alot by
DO NOT SMOKE
KNOWING YOUR FASTING BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS
YOU SHOULD ELIMINATE SEVERE STRESS
Maintain proper weight
Do sprints
The anti cholesterol paradigm is COMPLETE BU L L SH I T and has NO BASIS IN SCIENCE
SEE ANTHONY COLPO AND DR UFFE RAVNSKOV AND THE SCIENTISTS AT THINCS
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm
http://www.lowcarbmuscle.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162
http://www.THINCS.org
2007-05-18 03:23:25
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answered by Anonymous
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we have that in my family we have had a few bypass surgeries with uncles, (all in their 50's)
the doctor said that they need to make sure they maintain a healthy weight, don't eat foods with (much) saturated fats, salts, etc..
make sure you have your blood pressure under control and keep check of your cholesterol, you should go get a test!
my dad (who also has chd) also takes asprin every day to keep his blood thin
talk to your doctor, he can give you a book of what sort of diet. exercies / possible preventitive medicines you can take
2007-05-18 01:05:29
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answered by Anonymous
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