Coronary Heart Disease
What is Coronary heart disease?
Coronary disease is a type of disease also known as the cardiovascular disease. In addition, it is a disease where is the narrowing of the major arteries or coronary blood vessels where it can reduce the supply of oxygenated blood in the muscles which needs it to perform activities. If muscles are not receiving enough oxygen the cells would eventually die off and never grow again.
But first we need to know the anatomy of the heart:
The heart is a muscle that pumps blood to the whole body. It is a also a type of muscle that constantly pumps oxygenated blood where it receives from the lungs to pump it to the whole body. Like this it keeps our muscle as well as our other as well to keep constant in their body processes. To the left side we can see that how the deoxygenated flows from the body and gets pumped to the lungs for receiving oxygen and that can be flown to all parts of the body. This is the way where we receive our oxygen.
Symptoms of CHD:
Angina (chest pain, discomfort or tightness)
Shortness of Breath
The pain of this disease usually occurs at the neck or behind the deltoids. But as it gets worse the pain spreads to the left biceps and triceps, then the arm then the wrist and then the hands. It also can cause chest pains. The pain is normally described as a tightness or something is pressurizing or squeezing the chest and abdominal area.
What is Coronary heart disease?
Coronary disease is a type of disease also known as the cardiovascular disease. In addition, it is a disease where is the narrowing of the major arteries or coronary blood vessels where it can reduce the supply of oxygenated blood in the muscles which needs it to perform activities. If muscles are not receiving enough oxygen the cells would eventually die off and never grow again.
But first we need to know the anatomy of the heart:
The heart is a muscle that pumps blood to the whole body. It is a also a type of muscle that constantly pumps oxygenated blood where it receives from the lungs to pump it to the whole body. Like this it keeps our muscle as well as our other as well to keep constant in their body processes. To the left side we can see that how the deoxygenated flows from the body and gets pumped to the lungs for receiving oxygen and that can be flown to all parts of the body. This is the way where we receive our oxygen.
Symptoms of CHD:
Angina (chest pain, discomfort or tightness)
Shortness of Breath
- Coughing
- Crushing chest pain
- Dizziness
- Dyspnea (shortness of breath)
- Face seems gray
- A feeling of terror that your life is coming to its end
- Feeling really awful (general feeling)
- Nausea
- Restlessness
- The person is clammy and sweaty
- Vomiting.
- Angina (chest pain, discomfort or tightness)
- Shortness of Breath
The pain of this disease usually occurs at the neck or behind the deltoids. But as it gets worse the pain spreads to the left biceps and triceps, then the arm then the wrist and then the hands. It also can cause chest pains. The pain is normally described as a tightness or something is pressurizing or squeezing the chest and abdominal area.
The risk Factors:
Since it is a cardiovascular disease it has many risk factors that can affect the type of disease.
Below here there will be a list of risk factors and its explanations:
Age: As we age the cells in our body starts to deteriorate. That means either the body isn't processing as it use to do earlier or it may be possible that there is a problem in the systems of a body. So when cells die the organs starts to fail as well. Blood vessels may decreases due to the deterioration of cells in the body. Arteries might become narrow because food that are consumed is not that healthy or it is full of cholesterol which deposit's around the walls of the arteries.
Genetics: As we are born we pass traits from our parents to our kids. As we keep passing these traits we also pass their body conditions and diseases they used to have or having it right now. Traits are passed in the form of DNA (Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid) which is found in the nucleus of our cells. So when we age these traits are found visible within our cells and when we reach youth there is a possibility that it might spread and cause the same condition it did with his/her parents to the child.
Smoking: When any individual smokes they reduce the amount of oxygen needed in the red blood cell to fuse with the hemoglobin but instead toxic gases such as carbon monoxide can damage the tissues of the body as well as the Arteries. Based on statistics male smokers are 3 times most likely to get CHD if they smoke generally but females are 6 times more likely to get CHD when smoked generally. So it is 106% extra chance that women can get CHD compared to an extra of 103% of men getting CHD after smoking.
High Blood Cholesterol: When the blood is filled with excessive amount of cholesterol it can build-up or deposit in arteries leading to a much narrow artery. So it is proven that High blood cholesterol can be dangerous at some points relating to the cardiac system.
Since it is a cardiovascular disease it has many risk factors that can affect the type of disease.
Below here there will be a list of risk factors and its explanations:
Age: As we age the cells in our body starts to deteriorate. That means either the body isn't processing as it use to do earlier or it may be possible that there is a problem in the systems of a body. So when cells die the organs starts to fail as well. Blood vessels may decreases due to the deterioration of cells in the body. Arteries might become narrow because food that are consumed is not that healthy or it is full of cholesterol which deposit's around the walls of the arteries.
Genetics: As we are born we pass traits from our parents to our kids. As we keep passing these traits we also pass their body conditions and diseases they used to have or having it right now. Traits are passed in the form of DNA (Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid) which is found in the nucleus of our cells. So when we age these traits are found visible within our cells and when we reach youth there is a possibility that it might spread and cause the same condition it did with his/her parents to the child.
Smoking: When any individual smokes they reduce the amount of oxygen needed in the red blood cell to fuse with the hemoglobin but instead toxic gases such as carbon monoxide can damage the tissues of the body as well as the Arteries. Based on statistics male smokers are 3 times most likely to get CHD if they smoke generally but females are 6 times more likely to get CHD when smoked generally. So it is 106% extra chance that women can get CHD compared to an extra of 103% of men getting CHD after smoking.
High Blood Cholesterol: When the blood is filled with excessive amount of cholesterol it can build-up or deposit in arteries leading to a much narrow artery. So it is proven that High blood cholesterol can be dangerous at some points relating to the cardiac system.
Causes:
The one and only main cause of the CHD disease is the blockage of the arteries in the flow pathway of the pumped blood by a huge amount of cholesterol. This amount of cholesterol or other cellular waste is also known as atheroma. This atheroma can cause a narrow artery due to the deposit of high cellular waste products that can be dangerous and it also can lead to several heart diseases like the attack and cardiac arrest.
The one and only main cause of the CHD disease is the blockage of the arteries in the flow pathway of the pumped blood by a huge amount of cholesterol. This amount of cholesterol or other cellular waste is also known as atheroma. This atheroma can cause a narrow artery due to the deposit of high cellular waste products that can be dangerous and it also can lead to several heart diseases like the attack and cardiac arrest.
Treatments
Lifestyle - some specific lifestyle changes can significantly improve the health of the arteries:
Lifestyle - some specific lifestyle changes can significantly improve the health of the arteries:
- Stop smoking
- Eat a healthy and well balanced diet
- Exercise regularly
- Aim for an ideal bodyweight
- Reduce emotional/mental stress.
- Surgery would help in treating blocked arteries by removing it or by replacing it. There are few types of surgeries that would be listed down and each will have an effect on each CHD patient.
- The Heart Transplant can be useful if plaque has totally damaged the heart's tissue or muscle. Therefore it must be replace by another healthy heart from a donor.
- Laser surgery would usually be done by emitting a high beam laser to the blocked arteries so that they can grow and add extra arteries that would be necessary for the blood to pass easily to the new artery in the body.