Some medical factors (like diabetes), diseases, smoking, and chemicals increase the risk of getting coronary heart disease and a heart attack. These factors lay the groundwork for various heart disorders and are named coronary risk conditions. To be able to prevent a heart attack, you are to know different coronary risk conditions which include abnormal levels of cholesterol, hypertension, smoking; such factors are to be modified and if possible eliminated.
Some risk conditions like male and gender cannot be controlled, but we can alter other conditions and even eliminate them all. Inherited predisposition to a heart attack is a strong risk, though it may be limited to some degree. For example, hyperlipidemia, obesity, hypertension, and smoking often run in the family, but life styles as well as eating habits influence the risk factors and they can influence family heart attack history.
There are minor and major coronary risk conditions.
Major ones include:
genetic conditions (a history of coronary artery disorder in the family);
gender and age (men over 45 years old and women over 55 years old).
Among other risk factors of coronary heart disorder there are also:
* hypertension
* high blood lipods
* diabetes mellitus
* smoking
* obesity
* sedentary style of life
* stress
Stress is a main risk condition that many consider less important as it is actually not obvious as some physical process. Such stress raises BP and may provoke smoking and overeating due to nervous tension. Anger does not exhibit physical effects. Though, angry men are susceptible to a premature coronary heart disorder, especially a heart attack.
Excessive consumption of alcohol raises BP and the levels of triglyceride. Generally overuse of alcohol can trigger the onset of abnormal heart rhythms. Another minor risk is A personality type. A personality is a person having an ambitious, aggressive, competitive character. These people generally have heart attacks more frequently, though the theory is rather controversial.
Homocysteine represents a minor risk condition. Abnormally high levels of Homocysteine increase the risk for a stroke and coronary heart disease. Actually homocysteine can harm the arteries’ lining and add to blood clotting. High levels of Homocysteine take place in case of the difficiency of such vitamins as B6, B12, folic acid. So it is highly recommended to control and maintain the necessary amount of vitamins required for normal body functioning.