Keys to Optimum Health » Smoking http://www.consor2005.com Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:03:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Living with heart Arrhythmias http://www.consor2005.com/20/living-with-heart-arrhythmias http://www.consor2005.com/20/living-with-heart-arrhythmias#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:43:50 +0000 admin http://www.consor2005.com/?p=20 Heart disease is a term that applies to a large number of medical conditions relating to the heart. These medical conditions relate to the abnormal health conditions that directly affect the heart and all its components. Heart disease is a major health problem within some cultures.

One theory for heart disease is the radical changes within our lifestyles. People are often less active and eat diets high in fats. Takeaway food is abundant today and often people will eat it due to the increased availability. Some takeaway outlets are now helping cater to a healthier lifestyle by offering a variety of healthy dishes such as salads. People are becoming more aware of the risk of heart disease and choosing to change their diets. Exercise is extremely important in order to avoid heart disease. Exercise helps to keep the heart in peak performance. By using a combination of exercise and a balanced diet, the risk of heart disease is greatly decreased.

Most arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats) neither cause symptoms nor interfere with the heart’s ability to pump blood. Thus, they usually pose little or no risk. They can cause considerable anxiety if a person becomes aware of them. There are some arrhythmias, harmless in themselves that can lead to more serious arrhythmias.

Any arrhythmia that impairs the heart’s ability to pump blood adequately is serious. How serious, depends in part on where the arrhythmia originates. Is it in the heart’s normal pacemaker, in the atria, or in the ventricles? Generally, arrhythmias which originate in the ventricles are more serious than those that originate in the atria. These are more serious than those that originate in the pacemaker. However, there are many exceptions.

For people who have a harmless, yet worrisome arrhythmia, reassurance that the arrhythmia is harmless may be treatment enough. Sometimes arrhythmias occur less often or even stop, when doctors change a person’s drugs or adjust the dosages. Avoiding alcohol, caffeine, smoking, or strenuous exercise can also help.

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]]> http://www.consor2005.com/20/living-with-heart-arrhythmias/feed 2 Blood Pressure Facts http://www.consor2005.com/9/blood-pressure-facts http://www.consor2005.com/9/blood-pressure-facts#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:30:34 +0000 admin http://www.consor2005.com/?p=9 High blood pressure is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease and renal failure. High blood pressure is more likely to develop among people who are overweight or physically inactive, or have high dietary salt intakes. Hypertension is one of the most frequently managed problems in general practice worldwide.

The heart pumps blood around the body through the blood vessels. Blood pressure is the amount of force exerted on the artery walls by the pumping blood. High blood pressure (hypertension) means the blood is pumping with more force than normal through arteries. This added stress upon the arteries could possibly accelerate the distribution of arteries with fatty plaques (atherosclerosis).

Other risk factors for atherosclerosis include cigarette smoking and high blood cholesterol. Atherosclerosis contributes too many heart illnesses, such as heart attack and stroke. Hypertension is a common disorder of the circulatory system, affecting around one in seven people.

Hypertension usually produces no symptoms. This means most people don’t even realize they have it. Experts recommend that everyone should have their blood pressure checked regularly.

When the heart contracts the blood inside the left ventricle, is forced into the aorta and arteries. The blood then enters small vessels with muscular walls, called arterioles. The tone within the muscular walls of the arterioles determines how relaxed or constricted they are. If narrowed, they resist flow.

Reduced flow of blood is detected in the brain, the kidneys and elsewhere. Nerve reflexes are stimulated and hormones are then produced. The heart is induced to beat more forcefully so that the blood pressure is maintained at a higher level, to overcome the restricted flow through the arterioles. The achievement of good flow (now at high pressure) eases possible problems for function of the brain and kidneys. These adjustments happen normally. There are some people that the adjustments become fixed and high blood pressure persists. These people have developed hypertension.

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]]> http://www.consor2005.com/9/blood-pressure-facts/feed 1 Heart Disease the Silent Killer http://www.consor2005.com/7/heart-disease-the-silent-killer http://www.consor2005.com/7/heart-disease-the-silent-killer#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:29:16 +0000 admin http://www.consor2005.com/?p=7 The heart is the center of the body’s cardiovascular system. Throughout the body’s blood vessels, the heart pumps blood to all of the body’s cells. The blood carries oxygen, which the cells need. Heart disease is a group of medical problems that occur when the heart and blood vessels aren’t working the way they should.

No one is immune to this silent and frequently deadly killer. People can be born with a heart defect or disease and have no idea until they have a heart attack, symptoms relating to a stroke or in the worst case scenario, sudden death.

Children are often victims as they may have a heart defect that happens as they are growing in the womb. Often this is well before the mother knows she is pregnant. These heart defects and diseases can be treated efficiently using a multitude of medical miracle breakthroughs involving surgery and other treatment.

Heart disease is a problem that affects any culture, any race at any age. Some people are more likely to develop heart disease; overall no one is totally safe from heart disease.

Lifestyle choices often play a huge part in the development of heart disease. Excess weight, lack of exercise, diets high in fat can make anyone a candidate for a heart problem. Smoking active or passive can cause the buildups inside the heart, causing it to not work as efficiently as it should.

The term Cardiovascular Disease covers a large number of diseases that directly affect the heart and the blood vessel system. It especially affects the veins and arteries that lead to and from the heart. Research has suggested that women who suffer with cardiovascular disease usually suffer from forms that affect the blood vessels. While men usually suffer from forms that affect the heart muscle itself.

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