With the greatly modernized way of life today, certain diseases and physiological imparities are taking precedence over others. During any change in our immediate environment, our body is the last to adapt, because it has a complete physiological environment of its own. One of the major causes of this is an immediate change in lifestyle, which is instrumental in bringing about certain diseases, many of them actually lethal. The Coronary Heart disease is one of these diseases whose immediate triggering cause is not known.

However, it manifests itself in different forms of diseases, all centered in or about the heart, causing reduced functionality of the heart and blockages and stoppages of the arteries and primary blood vessels. This form of disease is not exclusive to any particular sex, age group or even, for that matter, social group. However, detailed studies have revealed some alarming trends regarding such heart diseases, which annually causes thousands of premature deaths in the conventionally ‘more modernized/urbanized’ regions.

Coronary Heart diseases generally manifest themselves most commonly in the form of a cardiac arrest, where the body goes into a form of seizure and the heart stops pumping blood. The arteries around the heart also constrict, owing to the reduced amount of blood being circulated. These attacks are extremely lethal, and in severe cases, the patient needs to be immediately hospitalized to avert a terminal result. Presently, such attacks may or may not be preceded by certain symptoms, so it’s always advisable to consult a general physician and store some useful medicine at the house to combat any such contingent necessity.

Symptoms of heart attacks include a sense of pressure and heaviness felt in the chest region, dyspnea and continued irregular/painful breathing and chest pain. The Chest pain may come in spasms, or as a blunt sensation that generally spreads across the chest, and is usually accompanied by fatigue, and in some cases, a sensation of angina. Usually, physicians advise immediate hospitalization during these cases.

Coronary heart disease might not be cured by domestically-available means, but it sure could be prevented. The most important step towards its prevention is maintaining an active, healthy lifestyle. While systematically eliminating the primary risk-factors associated with heart diseases like smoking, high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes and obesity, we could easily prevent heart diseases. A healthy, active lifestyle, including a balanced and nutritional diet and lots of exercise could actually strengthen our systems and inhibit the accumulation of excess fat in our body. As a result of which, our basic metabolism rates are bolstered and our body burns more calories.

Also, certain lifestyle changes are needed, like trying to reduce stress, anxieties and taking up activities that keep the body fit while invigorating the mind. Lifestyle experts recommend taking up activities like group sports and yoga, which not only keeps the body healthy but also keeps the body-weight under control. With a well balanced diet (one which includes reduced servings of animal protein except fish, and more of organic protein), plenty of exercises and an active lifestyle, one could easily keep heart diseases away.

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Medicines for heart disease have become very popular in recent years and there is some confusion even among medical professionals as for what point in the heart disease process they should be implemented. For example, I know a husband and wife team of doctors who are on totally different planets when it comes to medicines for heart disease. The husband is open minded to natural health ideas and will push for lifestyle modification, along with diet changes in an attempt to avoid prescribing these drugs. On the other hand his wife will immediately prescribe medicines for heart disease and suggest that diet and/or lifestyle be altered somewhat.

I feel sure that the push and pull concerning medicines for heart disease goes on all the time in medical circles and for this reason it is important that you find a doctor that shares your ideology. Next let’s look at some the most often prescribed medicines for heart disease.

High levels of low density lipoproteins (LDLs) in the blood are known to increase the changes or arterial disease, heart attack, and stroke. Drugs to reduce these molecules are currently the most widely prescribed medications for heart disease. For most doctors statin medications (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors) stand alone atop this list. Statins work by interfering with the manufacture of cholesterol in the body, blocking an enzyme called HMG CoA reductase that is needed by the body to produce cholesterol. Less cholesterol in the body causes the liver to remove LDL cholesterol from the bloodstream, thus lowering the risk of clogged arteries and blood vessels. Examples of statins would be atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin.

But while statins are very effective, and have been shown to lower bad cholesterol form 25% to 50% they do come with some baggage. First they may lower cholesterol so dramatically that your cells can’t get the cholesterol they need to carry out essential bodily function. If dramatic enough, this can cause cell and muscle death leading up to kidney failure. But generally this dramatic result is only seen once in a while and more common side effects are muscle aches, muscle pain, constipation, and abdominal cramping.

But while statins are generally the first line of defense their are others as well including bile acid sequestrants and high dose prescription niacin. These medications have been proven to reduce the risk for coronary heart disease and are backed by years of research. Both bile acid sequestrants and high dose niacin can produce dangerous side effects in some patients and require both patient education and close monitoring by an individuals doctor.

Are there any natural alternatives?

Certainly your doctor should be consulted before changing your current medication or considering natural alternatives but the answer is yes, there are natural alternatives for heart disease. Just as with medications these run the gambit, in both safety and effectiveness. Nevertheless, they are considered to be much safer than conventional medicines for heart disease, and can be just as effective when combined with just saying no to cigarette smoke, daily exercise, and a low saturated fat, high soluble fiber diet.

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By Oey Piu Hian

Today people are just too unaware about their everyday actions they perform that play a vital role in either helping to minimize, delay or prevent the effect of a coronary heart disease or even make it worst; getting a control over the risk factors is the key. Besides a family history of coronary heart disease, you cannot control this but you can surely control your behavior and delay the time as long as possible to when it might get you. Gender and age factor also play a vital role behind coronary heart disease.

Cholesterol level is the first major factor. Basically cholesterol resembles to a soft lipid fat like substance that works as a fuel source in the body. Atherosclerotic plaque builds up in cases of excessive cholesterol. A heart attack results in due to blockage in the blood flow because of plaques accumulating in the arteries. Bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol gets transported throughout the body at different sites, hormones get made plus cell membranes get repaired with the use of this LDL cholesterol. It can easily get stuck on your arteries walls. On the other hand HDL or the good cholesterol goes to the liver directly being altered and removed out of the body.

The second major factor behind coronary heart disease is the blood pressure. A less then 130 mm of mercury for the systolic blood pressure and less then 85 millimeters for the diastolic blood pressure is said to be a normal blood pressure level. As this pressure rises because of anything, mostly because of stress or diet, it would put pressure on the brain and the heart. You should regularly check your BP levels. If you are someone normal then going once every year for a thorough checkup would be good, and if you are someone having such problems then regular checkups every month should be done.

Diabetes is the third major factor. It is a chronic disease caused when there is a high insulin resistance or deficiency. Type-2 diabetes is highly responsible for coronary heart disease and it comes because of obesity commonly. This can be prevented by keeping your body in shape, join a gym, exercise regularly, and eat a balanced diet. If you really want to stay away from coronary heart disease then give up smoking if you do smoke, get active in your life and reduce or leave alcohol consumption.

These were just a few major factors behind a coronary heart disease so watch out for everything that might get you in trouble.

Oey Piu Hian

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Coronary heart disease and heart attack like heart infarction can in great extend be prevented by lifestyle measures.

The Direct Causes of Heart Disease
The direct causes of coronary heart disease and heart attack are factors like these:
- Narrowing of blood vessels in the heart and the rest of the body by arteriosclerosis.
- High blood cholesterol level.
- High blood pressure.
- Over-weight.
- Diabetes.
- High level of the amino acid homocystein in the blood.
- High content of low density lipoprotein (LDL) and low content of high density lipoprotein (HDL) in the blood. Lipoprotein is a combination of protein and fatty substances bound together.
- Inflammation in the circulatory system.
- High age.
- Inherited tendencies for high cholesterol levels and heart disease.
- Men have somewhat greater chance of getting heart disease than women.

These factors are interrelated in complicated ways, and are causing or amplifying each other.  For example, arteriosclerosis will cause higher blood pressure, and high blood pressure will cause even more arteriosclerosis.  Many of these factors are ultimately caused or aggravated by these lifestyle factors:
-A too high consume of fat, cholesterol and sugar.
-Consuming the wrong fat types.
-Lack of fibre, vitamins, minerals and other diet deficiencies.
-Stress at work and in the daily life.
-Smoking.
-Lack of exercise.

Lifestyle adjustments will therefore be the main methods of preventing heart failure.

General Diet Advices
A diet with the aim of preventing heart disease is generally the same as a diet to prevent cancer and other diseases. Here are the general diet advices

- Avoid or reduce the amount of food that are industrially processed, artificially made or heavily fried.

- Eat fish at least every second day. Also eat seafood and fouls.

- Do not eat very much red meat.

- Eat 5 fruits or vegetables each day. Each piece should be of the size of an apple or carrot. They should be raw or carefully boiled so that the nutrients are not washed out.

- Eat full corn bread, full corn cereals, peas, beans and potatoes.

- Eat just a moderate amount of fat.

- Consume cholesterol rich foods like egg, spawn or liver in just moderate amounts.

- Ideally most fat you eat, should be of the type mono-unsaturated. You also need some poly-unsaturated fat of the types omega-3, and omega 6, but not too much of omega-6. The consumption of saturated fat should be moderate.

- In order to achieve right fat balance, much of the fat supply should come from a blending of sources like olive, olive oil, canola oil, nuts, nut oil, sunflower, sunflower oil, linseed oil (flax oil),  fish and fish oil.

- Use only a moderate amount of soy oil and corn oil in the diet. Only using such oil types will give you too much poly-unsaturated fat of the omega-6-type.

- Use just a very moderate amount of fat sources like butter, coconut oil and palm oil. A high consumption of these fat sources gives you too much saturated fat.

- Avoid altogether fat that has been chemically altered, giving so-called trans-fat. This type of fat is often found in margarine, cookies, snacks, fast food and other pre-made food.

- Consume just a very moderate amount of sugar, refined flour or refined cereals.

- Consume just a moderate amount of tranquilizers and stimulants like alcohol and caffeine.

- Use just a moderate amount of salt in the food. However, in warm weather and by hard physical work, you will need more salt.

Diet Supplements That Help Prevent Heart Disease
Evidence suggests that it will be helpful to take some supplements of natural substances to prevent heart disease and help to ameliorate already manifest heart problems. These supplements are:

- Omega-3-fatty acids derived from fish and other marine sources, especially the fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and alfa-linolaeic acid. 1 gram a day of each of these substances may be taken as a supplement. Higher amounts should only be taken under medical supervision, since higher amount of these substances may cause bleeding tendencies, and may suppress the immune system.

- Supplement of vitamin C has been thought to help prevent heart disease, but newer findings cast doubt upon this.

- Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), folic acid / folate, vitamin b12 and riboflavin seem to prevent the building up of the substance homocystein in the blood and thereby help prevent heart disease, according to results from research projects.

Get Rid of Over-Weight
The lifestyle measures listed in this article will also help you loose weight. If these measures are not enough, you should consider engaging in a more specific weight reduction program. You should choose a program that has a moderate fat content philosophy. Some weight reduction programs have a higher fat and low carbohydrate consume philosophy, and those are probably not the best ones to reduce the chance of getting heart disease.

Exercise
You should do some exercise of at least half an hour at least every second day. Condition training as vigorous walking, jogging, cycling or swimming is best for reducing the heart attack probability. Muscular building exercises are also of value, especially exercises building leg muscles

Stop Smoking
If you smoke, stopping or reducing this habit radically will decrease the chance of getting heart problems.

Control Diabetes
If you suffer from diabetes type 1, a good control of the disease by insulin medication and by diet adjustments will help to prevent heart disease.

Many people over the age of 50, and an increasing number of young people suffer from diabetes type 2 because of bad lifestyle. This disease does not necessarily give dramatic symptoms, but the disease increases the chance of getting serious heart problems, and many have the disease without knowing it.

This disease can be prevented by the same lifestyle measures depicted above. If you already have got the disease, a more rigorous control of carbohydrate intake is necessary. And sometimes also medication must be used. People over the age of 50 and younger people that do not feel well should find out if they suffer from this condition.

Taking Aspirin
Low doses of acetyl salicylic acid or aspirin prevent heart disease by persons bearing a high risk for heart disease. However, this medication increases the risk of bleeding and should not be used without constant medical supervision. For persons with a low risk of heart disease, the dangers of aspirin will be greater than the benefits.

Since you may know, heart disease comes in a number of types.  All types are serious, degenerative conditions that can cause sudden death.  Given this fact, degenerative heart disease is no doubt a health problem that needs to be considered and solved.

Nevertheless, before one can solve degenerative heart disease, it’s significant first to know that major types of heart disease.  Understanding of these types can help you find the right solution and treatment.

So what are the major types of degenerative heart disease?  Consider the following:

Coronary Heart Disease

This is by far the most common type of heart disease.  This is often associated to heart attack and chest pain, and many studies have shown that about 7 million people in the United States alone suffer from this condition.

The coronary heart disease actually actually occurs when the coronary arteries that carry the blood and oxygen to the heart become narrowed with fatty substances, known as plaque.  The plaque builds up on the inner wall of the arteries, and when the arteries are narrowed, the blood and oxygen flow to the heart is slowed down.  This may even lead to full blocking of the arteries, leading to heart attack.

Congenital Heart Disease

This type of degenerative heart disease is often identified by a number of heart defects that are present at birth, hence the name.  The defects may include patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, atrioventrivular septal defect, aortic stenosis, pulmonary stenosis, transposition of the great vessels, tetralogy of fallot, truncus arteriosus, tricuspid atresia, total anomalous pulmonary venous return, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome.  All of these defects occur before or shortly after birth, making it one of the leading causes of deaths in newborn.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

Rheumatic heart disease is also considered by many as one of the major types of degenerative heart disease knowing that millions of people in the whole world are affected by it.  Basically, this degenerative heart disease affects children and adolescents.  It involves damage to the entire heart and its membranes.  Also, it is important to note that this type is a complication of rheumatic fever that is said to have resulted from an untreated strep throat.  This condition occurs with the heart valve is damaged due to the fever, leaving it incapable of opening and closing properly.

Angina Pectoris

Normally called chest pain, angina pectoris is a major type of degenerative heart disease that affects people of different age.  It’s actually a specific type of pain in the chest that resulted from an inadequate flow of blood through the blood vessels.  This condition is considered as one of the symptoms of almost all types of heart disease, so it is not only deemed as a disease itself, but a symptom as well.

There are other types of degenerative heart disease, such as atherosclerosis, arrhythmia, myocarditis, and a lot more.  The best way to treat these types, however, is to ask for recommendations first from your doctor before opting for one of the available treatments.  This is highly important as degenerative heart disease comes in a number of types with varying symptoms and levels of severity.

Heart disease is one of the most touched health-related issues at the present time. It’s just right! Whenever we take a look at the kind of lifestyle we have today, it is not impossible that we develop certain diseases like the deadly heart disease. Even though it’s apparent that a lot of people are becoming more and more health conscious, but still there are those who aren’t.

There are several types of heart disease, but the major ones are the atherosclerosis, coronary, rheumatic, congenital, myocarditis, angina, and arrythmia heart disease. Although it can be deadly, it is also preventable. The most basic and simple ways to prevent heart disease is to exercise regularly, eat heart-healthy diet, maintain healthy weight, avoid smoking, and have regular health screenings. It is never too late for anybody to change lifestyles and practice healthy habits for the betterment ones welfare.

A heart disease is caused by many factors and smoking is one of them. Smoking is very popular when it comes to causing damages to our health. Don’t you agree? Smoking and using any tobacco products are never safe. No amount of tobacco is ever considered safe as well. Cigarette smoking and use of tobacco products are the most preventable causes of deaths around the globe.

The type of heart disease caused by smoking is coronary heart disease. Cigarette and tobacco products users have high risk of developing heart disease caused by smoking that of non smokers. Smokers who have a heart attack are more likely to die within an hour of the heart attack. Doesn’t sounds so scary?

Cigarette and tobacco smoking or any the use of any tobacco products is very rampant. Unfortunately, it increases the risk of coronary disease. All the tobacco products contain thousands of chemicals and nicotine which is very addictive. Nicotine is not only responsible for your bad breath, staining your teeth, but also increases the risk of recurrent coronary heart disease after heart bypass operation.

Smoking increases blood pressure, decreases exercise tolerance, and increases the tendency for. When the blood clots build up and block the arteries, heart attack will occur. Therefore, it is evidence enough that heart disease caused by smoking is coronary heart disease.

Studies also have shown that the risk of developing heart disease caused by smoking, after five years of giving up this bad habit, is the same as for someone who never smoked! I think this is some good news to smokers who struggle to quit and to those who are thinking of quitting. You have all the right reasons to stop. It’s never too late! Practice a healthy lifestyle and quit smoking in order for you to live longer and heart disease free.

Atherosclerosis heart disease or coronary heart disease, is the narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. The inside of the arterial blood vessel are thickened, hardened and stiffened, causing the space for blood flow to be narrowed or closed. This will decrease the oxygen supply to local or distant tissues.

The main symptoms of this is pain, poor organ function and bad general condition. The further consequences are tissue damage, occasionally acute damage because by stop of blood flow caused by a sudden blood clot formed in the narrowed areas.

The Mechanisms and Causes of Atherosclerosis
The inner walls of the arteries consist of an innermost layer of endothelial cells (surface cells) and under these a layer of smooth muscle cells. The changes by atherosclerosis take place under the endothelial cells and in this muscle layer. The changes consist of: A certain degree of cell proliferation or tumour, accumulating of cholesterol and fat. Deposition of calcium salts. Deposition of blood elements like fibrin.

The deposits are called atherosclerotic plaque or atheroma. Atherosclerosis is one of many types of artery thickening and hardening. A common name for thickening and hardening of arteries is “arteriosclerosis”. Often atherosclerosis is also just called arteriosclerosis.

The development of atherosclerosis probably begins by a damage in the endothelium. This damage causes cholesterol and fat to penetrate into the vessel walls and deposit there. This also induces cells to proliferate. Later also calcium salts are deposited.

Factors that cause endothelial damage and thus atherosclerosis are:
- High content of cholesterol in the blood.
- High content of blood fat and especially saturated fat.
- Inflammation in the blood vessels. A sign of such inflammation is the presence of a substance called c-reactive protein.
- High amount of oxidation agents in the blood.
- High blood pressure.
- High content of low density lipoprotein (LDL) in the blood serum, and low content of high density lipoprotein (HDL) in the blood. Lipoprotein is a combination of a protein molecule and fat or cholesterol. Lipoproteins carry cholesterol or fat from place to place.
- Diabetes.
- High age.
- Smoking.
- Men have a somewhat higher chance of getting this condition than women.
- High content of the amino acid homocystein in the blood serum.

Many of these factors are ultimately caused by a bad diet and lack of daily exercise.

The Symptoms and Consequences of Atherosclerosis
Since atherosclerosis can affect all body parts, the symptoms will vary. However, general symptoms from the affected body parts are:
- Decreased performance, easy to tire out.
- Pain by physical activity, so called anoxic pain.
- By severe impairment of blood flow, tissue damage or sores can occur.

Once the heart is affected, the symptoms will be:
- General bad condition.
- Anoxic pain from the heart and surroundings by physical activity, called angina pectoris.
- Feeling of not getting enough air, or breathing problems.

Atherosclerosis can cause blood clots that close the blood flow. There are several ways this can occur :
- The atherosclerotic plaque can rupture, making a sore in the inner wall of the vessel. At such a sore blood can coagulate, making a blood clot.
- The atherosclerotic plaque itself can grow to close a blood vessel.
- Blood coagulated at an affected area can tear loose, float with the blood stream to another place and prop a blood vessel at the new place.
- A portion of the plaque itself can tear itself loose and clog some other blood vessel.

Once the heart is stricken by a blood clot, heart tissue is suddenly destroyed, a condition called heart infarction, causing sudden heart failure or death.

Once a blood clot strikes the brain, brain tissue is destroyed or impaired, causing paralysis, decreased consciousness, coma or other sudden functional impairments.

The Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis can be prevented and to some extend be cured by these measures, of which most are lifestyle adjustments:
- Consuming only a little or moderate amount of fat.
- Consuming only a moderate amount of sugar.
- The fat eaten had better a blending of different types of unsaturated fat from sources like: olive oil, rape oil, sunflower oil, soy oil, walnut oil and fish. And then you’ll get enough of mono-unsaturated fat, omega-3-unsaturated fat, and omega-6-poly-unsaturated fat, but not too much of any of them.
- Consuming a lot fish and only a little red meat.
- Consuming a good amount of fruit and vegetables every day.
- Supply of sufficiency vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants.
- Only consuming moderate amount of salt.
- Quit smoking.
- Getting high blood pressure treated if lifestyle measures do not bring blood pressure down.
- Daily exercise fitted for one’s own condition.
- Eliminate stress in the daily life and at the job.
- Stressing down and getting enough rest.

By high cholesterol levels that do not react properly to lifestyle measures, cholesterol lowering medication can be used, such as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.

By serious local narrowing of an artery, surgery to clean out or widen the artery is sometimes performed. Sometimes the artery is replaced by a graft taken from another body part or by an artificial vessel. When this is done in the heart, it is denoted as bypass surgery.

Alternative treatment to clean out the arteries is an option. There is for instance a treatment consisting of using the substance EDTA to carry constituents of plaque away from the arteries. The molecules of this substance have the ability to grip around other molecules, for instance cholesterol molecules, and carry them away. There is however a controversy about the effectiveness of this treatment, called chelating therapy.

Even though 73 percent of women know how to prevent heart disease, many of them are unaware of how to treat it when a diagnosis has been made.

In a survey of 1,979 women over age 35, only 55 percent said they understand how to treat heart disease. Respondents frequently wrong named prevention techniques such as exercise and healthy eating as treatment options, and less than 10 percent named actual treatments such as angioplasty and stent placement.Hispanics and African-Americans, both considered high-risk groups for heart disease, were twice as likely as Caucasian women to say they did not know any treatments at all.

The survey was conducted by the “Healthy From the Heart” campaign sponsored by the National Women’s Health Resource Center and Cordis Corp. The campaign encourages women to learn about treatment options for coronary artery disease, the most common type of heart disease, so they can make better decisions if diagnosed.

The good news is that women are aware that they are at risk factors heart disease. The bad news is that they are overly confident in their ability to prevent it and treat it. Women must realize that education is the key to conquering the threat of coronary artery disease. There are a variety of treatment options now available.”

The most common procedure for treating coronary heart disease is balloon angioplasty with a coronary stent. Angioplasty widens narrowed arteries by threading a balloon-tipped catheter through the arm or groin artery to the blocked artery in the heart. The balloon is inflated to compress the plaque against the artery walls, which in turn expands the blood vessel so blood can flow more easily.

Scientific advances have led to the development of the drug-eluting stent, a tiny mesh scaffold that props the artery open while releasing small amounts of a particular drug, such as sirolimus, inside the artery over a period of time. This helps keep plaque from reforming and helps prevent repeat blockage from occurring inside the blood vessel.

Coronary bypass surgery is some other treatment option. When more invasive, it is a safe and effective treatment for patients who may not qualify for angioplasty and stent insertion.

Arteriosclerotic heart disease or coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. For both women and men alike. Present are several factors which can rise this disease and some of the risks are based on family history and others are preventable. The main risk factors heart disease could include diabetes, physical inactivity, menopause in women, obesity, tobacco use, high blood pressure, infection that cause inflammation to the artery, high cholesterol level, and many more.

Coronary heart disease, or coronary artery disease, is the narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. This condition results from the accumulation of fatty substance and plaque. While the coronary arteries narrow, the flow of blood to your heart slows down or stops resulting in chest pain, or angina, shortness of breath, or heart attack.

The symptoms for individuals with this condition could include chest pain (angina), shortness of breath, and heart attack. Angina, or squeezing pain in the chest, is the general symptom of arteriosclerotic heart disease. This is the result once your heart is not getting sufficient blood that carries oxygen and other nutrients which the heart and other parts of the body need to function correctly.

Shortness of breath is when your heart is too weak to function because of the insufficient supply of oxygen and other nutrients. If your heart is not pumping as much as necessary blood to circulate in the body, this is manifested in shortness of breath accompanied by swollen feet and ankles. In rare cases, heart attack is the first sign of arteriosclerotic heart disease. This happens while the plaque build- up or blood clot stops the flow of blood to the coronary artery to the heart. The pain related with a heart attack is often severe, lasts longer than angina, and will not easily go away by resting or taking nitroglycerin.

If you suspect that you might have an coronary heart disease, you must see a doctor right away. The symptoms you experienced will help your doctor to decide whether you will need to be tested for heart disease. If indeed you have heart disease, you will be given treatment. The treatment for coronary artery disease differs depending on the symptoms and how much the disease has developed. The common treatments include a change in your lifestyle, medications, and surgery. A change in lifestyle would mean that you have to have a proper diet which cannot increase your cholesterol level, get involved in physical activities, and lose weight.

To stay healthy and fit is not too much of a sacrifice if it’s for your health, and most importantly for you to live longer. There’s nothing more important than having a healthy and heart disease free life.