Essay On Coronary Artery Disease
One of the first symptoms of coronary artery disease is known as angina pectoris commonly referred to as chest pain. It is the most common form of temporary ischemia that develops when the muscles of the heart doesn’t get enough blood supply. This type of symptommay occur when an individual is exercising or may even occur at rest. Sometimes before they realize that something is wrong, emotional stress can produce a sensation of pressure, chest constriction, or pain that may radiate from the sternal (chest) area to the arms, back, or neck. That is when you may realize that one is having problem.
Myocardial infarction (Heart Attack) is a result of heart disease when a part of the coronary circulation becomes blocked and causes the cardiac …show more content…
When this happens the vessel is already narrowed by plaque and a clot also forms, causing a heart attack. An individual that’s having a heart attack will experience intense pain or it may be a mild discomfort. This more mild pain often occurs in women. Most of the time when this happens the condition may go undiagnosed and is not treated but the damage remains. Sometime if you do not have an ECG or blood tests you may not know that you have a problem and you walk around with a time bomb ready to explode.At such time it is often too late for that individual.
The best way to prevent CAD is to stop these bad habits such assmoking, eating a lot of fast foods and not exercising.When an individual practices preventionthey are at a much lowerrisk of having heart disease. The best way to ward off heart disease is to start eating a balanced high fiber diet, getting plenty of exercise, and get a lot of sleep to reduce stress. There are drugs that can also help to treat and prevent you from (CAD). One of the things these drugs do is to help to open the artery so the flow of blood can go through in the case of a clot and that oxygen can
Myocardial infarction (Heart Attack) is a result of heart disease when a part of the coronary circulation becomes blocked and causes the cardiac …show more content…
When this happens the vessel is already narrowed by plaque and a clot also forms, causing a heart attack. An individual that’s having a heart attack will experience intense pain or it may be a mild discomfort. This more mild pain often occurs in women. Most of the time when this happens the condition may go undiagnosed and is not treated but the damage remains. Sometime if you do not have an ECG or blood tests you may not know that you have a problem and you walk around with a time bomb ready to explode.At such time it is often too late for that individual.
The best way to prevent CAD is to stop these bad habits such assmoking, eating a lot of fast foods and not exercising.When an individual practices preventionthey are at a much lowerrisk of having heart disease. The best way to ward off heart disease is to start eating a balanced high fiber diet, getting plenty of exercise, and get a lot of sleep to reduce stress. There are drugs that can also help to treat and prevent you from (CAD). One of the things these drugs do is to help to open the artery so the flow of blood can go through in the case of a clot and that oxygen can