Heart Disease

Question: heart disease? its a kinda of heart disease that sometimes causes irregular heart beat and has some air in the heart???? what is the name of that disease again?

Answer: you could be talking about a heart murmur.-- That causes irregular heart beat, not sure about air in the heart. never heard of that before.

Question: Heart Disease? I am doing a project for health at school on heart disease and I am wondering what problems heart disease can lead to.

Answer: breathlessness decreased exercise tolerance palpitations( awareness of heart beat) chest pain stroke( heart disease can precipitate )

Question: heart Disease? What is the life expectancy of someone with heart disease?

Answer: It is very difficult to reply your questions without your giving full details. There are many types of heart diseases. It could turn out as a killer if not attended. A heart patient may live for even 20 to 30 years provided he takes the opinions of the doctor and have regular check ups and medication. i myself a heart patient underwent CABG surgery of 3 vessels in 1990 and have my check ups once in 6 months atleast and have medicine since then. I am very active and OK now. If you have any particular problem please mail me all the details through Yahoo and I will try to guide you. Do not worry unnecessarily. Best of luck-

Question: What are some important facts about heart disease? For LO i have to do a poster saying the dangers of heart disease! Dose anyone know the causes and the effects of heart disease? Any important facts!

Answer: The cause of heart disease are many, search heart disease risk factors, and you will find some are controllable (diet, body weight) while others are not (genetics) . Physiologically heart disease is the chronic narrowing of blood vessels due to hardening and/or thickening/and or inflammation of blood vessel walls, causing the heart to work harder.

Question: How to lower your risk of heart disease? What can cause heart disease or high blood pressure and how can you lower your risk of heart disease? What are the symptom of heart disease is pericarditis or aortic dissection it.

Answer: Hi I work for a health video website called http://icyou.com. Below are the links to 2 videos on our site. The first video gives the signs and symptoms of heart disease and the second video talks about preventative measures you can take to lower your risk for heart disease: http://www.icyou.com/topics/cardiovascular-disease/heart-disease-signs-and-symptoms+ http://www.icyou.com/topics/diseases-conditions/cardiovascular-disease/heart-attack-stroke-reduce-your-risk+ Hope this helps!~

Question: What is the difference between CORONARY and CONGENITAL heart disease? I'm filling out a family health history form for my doctor and it's asking if anyone in my family has had coronary or congenital heart disease. I know my mom has heart disease but I don't know which kind it is. One of the arteries to her heart was becoming blocked and they had to put a stent in that artery to open it back up - it's called angioplasty. Is that coronary or congenital? Thanks.

Answer: Congenital means "from birth." Congenital heart disease is something you are born with, such as a murmur. If her artery is becoming slowly blocked, she does not have congenital disease. Coronary is the build up of plaques inside the artery walls. See attached link :)

Question: What kind of heart disease can stress/depression give you? There are different types of heart disease. Which ones do emotional stress and/or depression contribute to? What can stress/depression do to your heart?? Thanks.

Answer: Significant stress can lead to stress induced cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome or takotsubo cardiomyopathy. This is a very rare condition in which there is temporary dysfunction of the heart after a very stressful event, such as the death of a loved one. Most cases will resolve with time, but it can potentially be fatal. Less severe stress is not known to lead to any heart condition. Stress can also temporarily elevate the blood pressure, but it does not cause a persistently high blood pressure. Depression also is not known to cause a heart condition, but it is associated with worse outcomes in people who have had heart attacks. This is most likely due to decreased compliance to treatment and therefore worse outcomes.

Question: What are the causes of heart disease? What are the effects of heart disease? How can it be prevented? Also, Why is there such a high incidence of heart disease in the United States at this time?

Answer: Heart disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone. Some of the things about you that increase your risk of getting heart disease that you CANNOT change are: * Your age. Risk of heart disease increases with age. * Your gender. Men have a higher risk of getting heart disease than women who are still menstruating. After menopause, the risk for women is the same as the risk for men. * Your genes or race. If your parents had heart disease, you are at higher risk. African-Americans, Mexican Americans, American Indians, Hawaiians, and some Asian Americans also have a higher risk for heart problems. Some of the risks for heart disease that you CAN change are: * Not smoking. If you do smoke, quit. * Controlling your cholesterol through diet, exercise, and medicines, if needed. See also: Cholesterol - drug treatment * Controlling high blood pressure through diet, exercise, and medicines, if needed. See also: Controlling your blood pressure * Exercising at least 30 minutes a day * Keeping to a healthy weight by eating healthy foods, eating less, and joining a weight loss program, if you need to lose weight * Learning healthy ways to cope with stress through special classes or programs, or things like meditation or yoga * Limiting how much alcohol you drink to 1 drink a day for women and 2 a day for men Good nutrition is important to your heart health and will help control some of your risk factors. * Choose a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. * Choose lean proteins, such as chicken, fish, beans and legumes. * Choose low-fat dairy products, such as 1% milk and other low-fat items. * Avoid sodium (salt) and fats found in fried foods, processed foods, and baked goods. * Eat fewer animal products that contain cheese, cream, or eggs. * Read labels, and stay away from "saturated fat" and anything that contains "partially-hydrogenated" or "hydrogenated" fats. These products are usually loaded with unhealthy fats.

Question: What kind of heart disease could possibly infected a woman at the age of 20? I am currently writing a fiction and decided i need an actual medical explanation for the story. But i can't seem to find the information with classified causes and risks. Can you help me? It will be so much helping if you can give me some links to the information sources. What kind of heart disease could possibly infected a young woman at the age of 20 with no significant health record and family with the history of heart disease or heart problem? Thank you.

Answer: Bacterial (infective) endocarditis. Note people with a defect that might not have been detected before are more prone to endocarditis... Bacterial endocarditis is an infection of either the heart valves or of the inner surface, called the endocardium, of the heart. The bacteria have to get into the bloodstream first. Most healthy hearts will not succumb to infection Once infection occurs, the bacteria continue to grow and may seriously damage the heart. Normal valves can be infected by some aggressive bacteria, especially if many bacteria are present. Risk factor Recreational drug abuse - intravenous drug use Prolonged intravenous use (? in a 3rd world country)

Question: What is the difference between a healthy heart and a heart disease? How to treat a human heart, why do humans get heart disease, how to prevent it, how to heal it.

Answer: Well for starters a healthy heart is a heart that operates circumstantially around the scientific standards, you know the stuff, the heart rate, how fats it beats and so on. If a heart does not mirror the average conditions of a human heart set by once again scientific standards then it is unhealthy or not up to-par. I guess the best way to a healthy heart is by eating right, exercising and taking care of yourself.

Question: What is the best diet for people with heart disease,stroke and blood disorders? I have been considering changing my diet to vegetarian because of my personal and family health history including heart disease, strokes and blood disorders. My boyfriend is overweight and has heart problems and diabetes. What diet would be best for us?

Answer: Low soduim, low fat diet. Stay away from processed food, fast food. Eat lean meat stay away from red meats. Try to bake your food not fry it. Do not add salt. Eat plenty of green vegies

Question: How is congenital heart disease related to a faulty signal transduction pathway? I can find plenty of information on congenital heart disease and plenty of information on cell signaling/signal transduction but i cant find out how they are related can anyone help?

Answer: In some cases of congenital heart disease there are physical malformations that can cause electrical signals from one area of the heart to another area to be attenuated or timed incorrectly. The signal transduction pathway may be operating at the cellular level as it should. If the signals received to initiate the complex process are weak or not timed properly the resulting release of glucose to power the heart muscle may not be sufficient to sustain normal heart function. Muscle contractions may be either weak or not timed properly to co-ordinate with other heart muscles. In some cases there may be a lack of sufficient amount of a particular enzyme which may result in the signal transduction pathway within the cell to function improperly. As you may be aware from your research, normal heart function is a very complex process involving a great number of steps which all must take place in proper sequence. The number of steps within the cell alone are very complex. I hope that gives you some insight on the subject.

Question: Is there anyone out there that had a succesful labor while having heart disease? Have PCOS and my heart sometimes pound off beat and I was wondering is it a bad idea to have kids. Do women get pregnant with heart disease? Can heart disease be reversed (go away)? I figured that pushing can cause strain on the heart. Is there any other effects heart disease can have on labor?

Answer: yes1 my wife she is diagnose with heart ailment and high blood pressure but she give me already 2 children's can you beat that!

Question: Is Congenital Heart Disease a disease that is associated with aging? I am doing a project about Congenital Heart Disease for my sophmore Health Academy Focus..... I need to know if Congenital Heart Disease is associated with aging.....If possilbe can you also give me links on places where I can find more information on the topic. thank you

Answer: Congenital means it was present at birth. It is not associated with aging, although it may be undetected until adulthood, depending on its severity.

Question: How does smoking cause heart disease? I've heard that smoking causes heart disease. I understand lung cancer is caused by mutations the genetic code of structures such as the alveoli, but I'm not too clear on how smoking may contribute to heart disease. Of course, as a stimulant that taxes the heart and lungs, nicotine may not exactly be the most healthful thing affecting the cardiovascular system, but no one blames caffeine for their cardiovascular maladies. What's the deal with smokes and heart disease?

Answer: It hardens the arteries, making the passage of the blood alot harder to travel...this is one of the reasons why heart patients take aspirin, since aspirin thins the blood, and allows it to pass through those hardened arteries... My father died of CHD (Coronary Heart Disease) and he was an otherwise healthy man...He had an angina attack and 2 heart attacks...2 of his arteries were severely hardened and clogged...His cholesterol was normal as was his blood pressure and everything else...so what caused it? According to doctors it was his smoking! If you are or know a smoker, learn from others' tragedies.

Question: What are the chances of one parent having congenital heart disease of passing it onto their children? Hello, My husband was born with congenital heart disease (tetralogy of fallot), he is however an otherwise healthy 25 year old with no history of heart disease in his family background. I am a fit and healthy 24 year old with no background of heart disease in my family. I would like to know what are the statistics/chances that our children would end up being born with congenital heart disease?

Answer: 50%