Heart disease

What is heart disease ??

What is heart disease ??

• When the arteries get full of fatty material, they get narrower.

• This stops the blood delivering oxygen and nutrients round the body.

• It is even more serious when you’re doing exercise.

angina

• The main symptom is angina caused by not enough blood getting to the heart muscle because of reduced blood flow

• Angina is a feeling of heaviness, tightness or pain in the chest.

• It most often happens when you’re doing exercise

Heart attacks

• Heart attacks happen when the blood supply to the heart muscle is completely interupted or stopped.

• The pain of a heart attack is often severe and is described as a crushing type of pain like a tight band around you’re chest

• Sometimes people can have a heart attack without experiencing pain.

Some ways to prevent heart disease

• One way of preventing heart disease is to take at least some physical activity a day

• You could also eat healthier foods like vegetables, fresh fruits, low fat milk and other dairy products

• You should also try and know your family’s history of any heart disease.

• Always try and watch your weight because in time obesity causes heart disease