Coronary Artery Disease can be very deadly. It is actually listed as the number 1 killer in America. It is documented that Coronary Artery Disease has affected over 13 million Americans. Coronary Artery Disease can also be known as Heart Disease. CAD happens when plaque builds up in the arteries, resulting in blood flow being blocked. This can have deadly consequences such as strokes and heart attacks. This happens when the walls of the arteries change from being smooth and elastic, to hard and rigid. This restricts the blood flow to the heart. This prevents the heart from getting the oxygen and nutrition it needs to function properly. (Coronary Artery Disease 2014) The symptoms of coronary artery disease can take a while to become apparent. Which is why it attacks older people rather than younger. The symptoms start to appear as more of the blood flow is restricted. One symptom is called angina. This is when there is pain in the middle or left side of the chest. The common trigger is an emotional response. The pain typically stops after the person has calmed down or stopped intense physical activity. The pain has been known to gravitate towards the neck and arms. The patient affected could also have a shortness of breath. This is a result of the heart not pumping enough oxygen to the body. The biggest symptom is a heart attack. This is when …show more content…
Given that smoking places people at greater risk for this disease, an emphasis has been placed on trying to deter people for smoking. There is more education available about the harmful effects of smoking. There are designated smoking sections to help prevent second hand smoke. Help is readily available to help quit smoking. Taxes on smoking has been raised. There are also limitations on advertisements for smoking. (Growing Epidemic of Coronary Heart Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
An artery is an elastic blood vessel that transports blood away from the heart. There are two main types of arteries: pulmonary arteries and systemic arteries.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of multifactorial chronic heart disease. It is a consequence of plaque buildup in coronary arteries. The arterial blood vessels, which begin out smooth and elastic become narrow and rigid, curtailing blood flow resulting in deprived of oxygen and nutrients to the heart [1].
Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death in the United States. It is responsible for one in four deaths every year, about 600,000 mortalities. This disease affects men and women, as well as every ethnic group. Coronary artery disease is the most common cardiovascular disease, representing approximately 400,000 deaths per year of the aforementioned 600,000 total deaths from cardiovascular diseases as a whole. In 2010 alone, coronary artery disease cost the United States $108.9 billion for health care services, medication, and lost productivity. These chilling statistics, published every year by the American Medical Association, demonstrate the immediate need for new and innovative ways to prevent, detect, and treat coronary heart disease. This paper will explore the molecular biology behind the disease while explaining the current treatments and prevention that are available today, why they work and what can be done to improve them.
Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect your heart. Diseases under the heart disease umbrella include blood vessel diseases, heart rhythm problems, and heart defects. The major cause of this is a build-up of fatty plaques in the arteries. Plaque build-up thickens and stiffens the vessel walls, which can inhibit blood flow through the arteries to organs and tissues.
CHD is primarily due to atherosclerosis, which is the blockage of blood flow in the arteries due to the accumulation of fats, cholesterol, calcium and other substances found in the blood. Atherosclerosis takes place over many years, but when the blood flow becomes so limited due to the build up of plaque in the arteries, there becomes a serious problem. “When...
Over the years, the partnership between health ministers and health groups has produced some very substantial gains on the subject of tobacco use. Smoking bans that were thought of as radical 20 years ago are now commonplace. Public awareness of smoking risks has never been higher. And our new Tobacco Act sets a world standard for anti-tobacco legislation.
What is coronary heart disease (CHD)? It is a disease when plaque gets built up in the coronary arteries; and the job of the arteries are to provide rich-oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Built plaque in the arteries leads to atherosclerosis and the plaque that is built can result from over the years. Throughout the years, the plaque tends to get hard or can rupture. If hardened, the arteries are now narrow and have weakened the flow of blood that travels to the heart. Blood clots can form from the plaque rupturing which can cause a great chance for the blood flow to be mostly blocked or blocked altogether. There are other names for coronary heart disease such as coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, etc.
Smoking is a lifestyle, a habit, and a trend. Smoking has become a social activity among teens, connecting them through the craving of a smoke. Smoking is seen as seductive and cool in the media and movies which influences teenagers to smoke even more. The World Health Organization has stated that “Tobacco kills around 6 million people each year. More than 5 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600,000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.” As of April 2016, only 7% of teenagers in the U.S. smoke, but it is said that tobacco use will kill 8 million people annually by 2030. 99% of adult smokers start in their years as teenagers. Smoking is an epidemic that has taken control of people’s lives since 1881 and the media since the early 1900s. Smoking currently kills about 440,000 people a year in the U.S. I feel that it is an issue because it is the #1 most preventable way to die, but people still continue to smoke because of how it looks and how they are perceived as a person if they do. The fact that people become addicted to a trend that will attribute to their death for the sake of being thought of as cooler, is a problem that needs to be addressed.
Smoking is a current issue, it has been there and it is here till now. It is the second major cause of death in the world; it kills nearly 6 million people each year. That is one person every 6 seconds. It’s responsible for the death of a one in ten adults and kills up to half of its users. Since it’s the leading preventable cause of all deaths, there is need to prevent it. Despite the negative side effects of smoking like; smoking kills, its exacerbates poverty, contributes to world hunger by diverting lands use to its production, its production damages the environment and reduces economic productivity, many people still smoke tobacco every day. It...
Ischemic Heart Disease, also known as Coronary Artery Disease, is a condition that affects the supply of blood to the heart. Coronary artery disease may show no signs of symptoms, or chest pain before you know heart attack. The blood vessels are narrowed or blocked due to the deposition of cholesterol on their walls. This reduces the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscles, which is essential for proper functioning of the heart. This may eventually result in a portion of the heart being suddenly deprived of its blood supply leading to the death of that area of heart tissue, resulting in a heart attack. The cardiovascular issue has been a big problem for people who
Smoking cigarettes is a detrimental practice not only to the smoker, but also to everyone around the smoker. According to an article from the American Lung Association, “Health Effects” (n.d.), “Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., causing over 438,000 deaths per year”. The umbrella term for tobacco use includes the use of cigarettes, cigars, e-cigs and chewing tobacco. While tobacco causes adverse health consequences, it also has been a unifying factor for change in public health. While the tobacco industries targets specific populations, public health specifically targets smokers, possible smokers, and the public to influence cessation, policies and education.
Coronary illness is a basic or utilitarian variation from the norm of the heart, the veins providing the heart, that disables it's ordinary working. Numerous researchers have contemplated the reason for coronary illness. Cardiovascular infection can allude to various heart issues the most widely recognized is Atherosclerosis and what that is, is the
Coronary Artery Disease is a type of heart disease that is the leading cause of heart attacks. It is the most common type of heart disease in the United States. It is also the leading cause of death for both women and men. I have chosen to write about this disease because my grandfather has coronary artery disease. In 2011 he had a procedure done called coronary angioplasty and in the process had three stents placed inside his arteries. A little over a year later, he ended up having a triple bypass. I was at the hospital for both surgeries. It is a terrible disease in which everybody should become more aware as to how to reduce the risk of developing this disease.
The Surgeon General of the United States of America recently called smoking, “the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States” (U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, 2010). This bold assertion that will later be backed by evidence is the reasoning for this attempt to change policy. It is essential that policy on tobacco use increases. Even more so, it is important that such policies are aimed at the youth of our country. As you will come to see, stopping youthful smoking, will in turn end the cycle of tobacco use and prevent the health defects that it causes. There are many possible ways to deter young people from using tobacco. These include increasing taxes, increasing funding for prevention programs and increasing
Smoking is a simple process of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning tobacco, but it has deadly consequences. According to the American Cancer Society, smoking is the most preventable cause of death in America today (Encarta, 2002). Until the 1940?s, smoking was considered harmless. It was at this time that epidemiologists noticed a dramatic increase in the cases of lung cancer. A study was then conducted between smokers and nonsmokers to determine if cigarettes were the cause of this increase. This study, conducted by the American Cancer Society, found increased mortality among smokers. Yet it was not until 1964 that the Surgeon General put out a report acknowledging the danger of cigarettes. The first action to curb smoking was the mandate of a warning on cigarette packages by the Federal Trade Commission (Encarta, 2002). In 1971, all cigarette advertising was banned from radio and television, and cities and states passed laws requiring nonsmoking sections in public places and workplaces (Encarta, 2002). Now in some cities smoking is being completely banned from public places and workplaces and various people are striving for more of these laws against smoking.