Has your father had a
stroke? Or, does your mother have heart disease? Are your grandparents who have
had a heart attack?
If the answer is
"yes" for one of the questions above (or maybe more), chances are
that you have a risk factor for hereditary heart disease.
However, you don't need
to worry. Read on this article to find out how to avoid getting heart disease
if you do have "talent".
The risk of hereditary heart disease is higher in people whose lifestyles are not healthy
Just like physical
characteristics, the risk of heart disease can also be inherited from your
parents. There are many different types of heart disease that can be inherited
in the family tree.
For example, arrhythmias,
heart valve abnormalities, heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure.
Your risk of developing
heart disease if you have a hereditary gene can be higher than other people who
only live a bad lifestyle, but do not inherit a gene that triggers heart
disease from their parents or grandparents.
Moreover, the appearance
of the disease can occur more quickly if you have offspring of heart disease
and also live an unhealthy lifestyle such as eating habits of fatty foods and
lack of exercise.
Plus, a number of risk
factors for heart disease such as high cholesterol and hypertension, are also
strongly associated with family health history.
So, how to prevent the risk of hereditary heart disease?
For people who have the
"talent" for key heart disease to prevent it is to change lifestyle
to be healthier.
If a parent does have
heart disease, actually your chances of getting heart disease can be lower if
you get used to healthy living. In fact, discipline to live a healthy lifestyle
as early as possible can prevent your chances of getting heart disease in the
future.
However, what are the
steps that must be taken so that life remains healthy and far from the risk of
heart disease?
1. Eat foods that are healthy for the heart
If you have heart
disease, you should pay close attention to what you eat and drink every day.
In general, you should
start reducing your intake of high-salt foods, fatty foods, oily foods, high
cholesterol, sweet foods and drinks, and preservative food and beverages.
Instead, multiply eating
fresh fruits and vegetables and nuts and seeds. Also, choose lean protein
sources and high omega-3 foods such as salmon and tuna.
Confused where to start?
Follow the guidelines of the Mediterranean diet which has been named the
healthiest diet for the heart.
2. Regular exercise to maintain weight
People who are overweight
or overweight are at greater risk for heart disease, especially heart attacks.
The reason is, a pile of
fat will inhibit the heart's work to drain blood so that it increases blood
pressure. One risk factor for heart disease is hypertension.
Plus, while the heart's
workload increases, the ability to squeeze will decrease.
In the end, the heart
cannot bleed optimally at each heartbeat. When blood starts to pool in the
heart, you can experience congestive heart failure.
3. Health check routine
The importance of routine
health checks to detect the risk of hereditary heart disease. Immediate health
screening at the nearest hospital starting at age 20.
A variety of heart health
tests in hospitals that need to be undertaken by people who have
"talent" for heart disease are blood pressure checks, cardiac ECG,
heart x-rays, and heart ultrasound.
In addition, you may also
need to undergo a treadmill test while having a heart ECG paired to check the
condition of the heart while being "forced" on physical activity, to
cardiac catheterization to detect coronary heart disease or narrowing of the
heart arteries.
If you find a normal
medical checkup or your risk is low, you can go back to screening for a maximum
of 5 years later.
But for those of you who
are at high risk for heart disease due to heredity, check your overall health
condition in 6 weeks to 3 months thereafter.
Don't forget to check cholesterol and hypertension levels every 3 months since the first medical check-up to see if there is a difference after having a healthy lifestyle and taking medication (if it has been prescribed by a doctor).
In general, advanced
health screening for those of you who are at high risk of developing hereditary
heart disease is once every 1-2 years.
In essence, to prevent
the risk of hereditary heart disease is a healthy lifestyle. Don't smoke and
don't get overweight so you don't get diabetes, hypertension and high
cholesterol.
These are all factors
that can accelerate or increase your risk of heart disease.
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