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What is Heart Disease?

Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect your heart. The term "heart disease" is often used interchangeably with the term "cardiovascular disease." Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain or stroke.

Symptoms:

. Pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck, or back

. Feeling weak, light-headed, or faint

. Shortness of breath

. Pain or discomfort in the arms or shoulders

Prevention tips on Heart

Disease

Treatments on Heart Disease

. Have cholesterol checked- High levels in the blood can lead to heart disease and stroke.

. Monitor blood pressure

. Take your medicine (if you've been given a prescription)

History of Heart Disease

- Genetic factors play a certain part in high blood pressure, heart disease, and other related conditions.

- The risk for heart disease can increase even more when heredity ( traits passed down from one generation to another through genes) combines with unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as smoking cigarettes and eating an unhealthy diet.

- It is also likely that people with a family history of heart disease share common environments and other potential factors that increase their risk.

. Heart disease is the number one cause of death for people of most racial groups in the United States like African Americans, Hispanics and Caucasians.

. 610,000 people die of heart disease in a year

. Leading cause of death for both men and women

Facts About Heart Disease

Cited Source:

Office of the Associate Director for Communication, Digital Media Branch, Division of Public Affairs. "Prevention: What You Can Do." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 09 May 2013. Web. 29 Jan. 2016.

Hypertension

What is Hypertension?

- Hypertension is the medical name for high blood pressure

Symptoms of Hypertension

- Hypertension is a major health problem since it has no symptoms.

Causes of Hypertension

- High blood pressure can be caused by events like strenuous physical activity or stress causes high blood pressure to rise

- The cause of hypertension in 90 to 95 percent of all cases could be heredity.

Hypertension can also be caused by medical conditions, for example people with kidney disorders.

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"Heart Disease"

Name: Heart Disease
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The book provides information about heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes, including their definitions, symptoms, causes, treatments, and prevention tips.

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