| If you are health conscious, you probably want to | | | | a family with hypertension, better limit the foods or |
| make your body always healthy. Well, that is very | | | | things that may worsen it. |
| important, because nowadays, you need to have a | | | | 2.) Hypercholesterolimia (high cholesterol level in the |
| nursing study guides that will help you manage some | | | | blood) - this is same as the hypertension. The only |
| health related situations, because humans are getting | | | | thing that make it different is that the cholesterol level |
| susceptible of diseases especially in the cardiovascular | | | | increases. What do you think is the cause? A high |
| system. | | | | fatty food is the main reason for having a |
| There are several diseases associated with the heart. | | | | hypercholesterolimia. Definitely it is very modifiable. Limit |
| And sad to say that as time goes by, the percentage | | | | or eliminate the foods with high cholesterol such as |
| of humans getting a heart disease is rapidly increasing. | | | | pork, beef, chicken skin, and all the foods that is fried. |
| For you to be aware of what these common | | | | 3.) Angina Pectoris - it is also called as sever chest |
| diseases are, I'll give you the lists of common | | | | pain. Though chest pain sounds non-fatal, but when it |
| cardiovascular diseases. | | | | progress, it will cause a heart attack. The Angina |
| The most common disease related to cardiovascular | | | | usually attacks when too much exertion from activities |
| system are as follow: | | | | is done. When patient with Angina ignores the pain, it |
| 1.) Hypertension - increase of blood pressure due to | | | | can progress in to Myocardial Infarction or heart attack. |
| thickening of the blood vessels and increasing the | | | | Myocardial Infarction is total blockage of coronary |
| pressure of the blood when it pumps from and to the | | | | artery which causes the muscle of the heart to die |
| heart. Although this is said to be the most common, | | | | because of lack of blood. You can still prevent it from |
| people are still ignoring the causes of it. Probably the | | | | worsening. You can take medicines (Glyceryl) which is |
| main causes are: smoking, eating fatty food, lack of | | | | usually prescribe by the physicians only. |
| exercise, alcohol, and family history. Anyone can | | | | These are just three of the common diseases related |
| prevent the hypertension from getting worst. The only | | | | to cardiovascular system. We must start loving our |
| thing to do is manage what you eats, do some | | | | heart so that we can live healthy and last long. |
| exercise, and if you already know that you belongs to | | | | |