Cardiovascular disease

In the twentieth century has greatly increased the number of cardiovascular disease and death from hypertension, atherosclerosis and CHD (coronary heart disease). This so-called civilization diseases, caused by constant stress, environmental degradation, poor lifestyle choices.
Myocardial infarction is the basis of coronary heart disease and from the registers of higher mortality among the population of developed countries. In the world every three deaths is precisely from cardiovascular disease.
People who suffer from such diseases as obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, Smoking and lack of physical activity are at greater risk of getting sick. Hundreds of millions of people on the planet suffer from hypertension. If it is not treated properly it leads in most cases to chronic heart failure, stroke or myocardial infarction.

Life-threatening for the patient are:

• myocardial infarction in the cardiac muscle necrosis occurs due to a drastic violation of its blood supply;
• stroke – damage (reversible or irreversible) of brain cells that occurs due to a sudden disturbance in the blood supply of the brain.
• chronic heart failure – the heart is unable to pump in peripheral vessels the right amount of blood;
• CHD (coronary heart disease) is a disease that precedes stroke, myocardial infarction and heart failure. The cause of this disease is the narrowing of the heart arteries (atherosclerotic plaques) – atherosclerosis;
• angina – insufficient blood supply to the heart, which leads to acute chest pain. This disease is the most common;
• peripheral vascular disease is a disease that appears as a result of spasm, narrowing and different changes of the vessel walls, in the main arteries of the arms or legs;
• fibrillation is a disease that is characterized by a disturbance of heart rhythm.

The number of cardiovascular diseases – a mirror reflection of our attitude to their health. Permanent nerve overload, Smoking, poor diet and low mobility, and other factors contribute to the development of diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
It should also be remembered that cardiovascular disease may be due to factors such as the level of cholesterol in the blood. In his amazing book “the China study” by Colin Campbell writes that his well-known scientists and simultaneously practitioners throughout their long career they have never dealt with death from cardiovascular disease among patients with cholesterol in the blood is below 3.9 mmol/L.