Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Heart Disease

Heart disease is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. There are many types of heart disease such as Coronary heart disease, Cardiovascular disease, Heart failure and Hypertensive heart disease. There are five major symptoms of a heart attack. First, pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck, or back. Second, you will feeling weak, light-headed, or faint. You also will have a chest pain or discomfort. Then, pain or discomfort in arms or shoulder is also the symptoms that you will faced. Lastly, you will have shortness of breath. We can prevent ourselves from heart disease. What we can do are prevent and control high blood cholesterol, control high blood pressure, control diabetes, do regular physical activity, diet and nutrition. So, we must have a knowledge about the heart disease because it is very important to us to know.

Source:http://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease.htm

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