This usually occurs with high cholesterol level, which is a fat like substance circulating in the blood. The cholesterol is what clogs up the arteries. The clogging in the arteries usually starts in people during childhood and teenage years, and worsens, as they get older.
High blood pressure and smoking also have an affect on CHD.
If there is not enough oxygen reaching the heart this can result in a pain called angina, the pains usually felt in the chest or sometimes the left arm or shoulder. Sometimes the heart could have an oxygen dept and it can result in no pain, this condition is called silent angina
When the blood supply is totally cut off this can result in a heart attack.
The development of CHD can be controlled even when you find out that you have CHD, angina or you have had a heart attack, as there are plenty of ways that you can prevent it from getting worse.
The way that you can prevent the heart deteriorating future is by:
Lowering cholesterol.
Improving your diet, with plenty of fruit, vegetables and fish.
Stop smoking.
Reduce stress.
Lowering alcohol intake.
Eating fewer fats.
Keeping blood pressure under control.
Regular exercise
Though there are some factors that can’t be controlled in CHD and there are:
The gender.
Age.
Heredity (family history of CHD).
Where in the world the person is from.
People from all over the world can get CHD but is usually found in older men from northern American and Eastern Europe.
“People living in developing countries generally have a lower incidence of heart disease, but their risk increases if they move to a more affluent
Country.”(1)
This can be due to the fact that the persons diet changes when they move to another country and also the environment and culture to the one that they come from may be different which may result in them not being able to do enough physical exercise or may they may eat a lot more fats, an example of this situations could be men from India, who use to be farmers therefore use to do enough physical exercise and eat own grown healthy vegetables, but the circumstances change if the man moves to England as his job will change, he will probably end up working in a factory or foundry so will not be doing much physical exercise anymore and will not be eating his own grown healthy vegetables either.
CHD is usually found in older people rather than younger as the condition develops over years.
CHD can also be heredity from your parents; you could have a family history of CHD.
Fact about CHD, DID YOU KNOW THAT...
Heart and circulatory disease is the UK’s biggest killer.
In 2000, 120,000 women died from heart and circulatory disease in the UK.
Over 1.5 million people in the UK have angina, half a million have heart failure and these numbers are rising.
Every two minutes someone has a heart attack.
Diabetes substantially increases the risk of heart and circulatory disease.
