UK Health Radio – Medical News
Update
Coronary heart disease (CHD)
CHD is the most common type of heart disease and the main cause of heart attacks.
CHD is sometimes called ischaemic heart disease 73,000 people in the UK die of it each year. About 1 in 6 men and 1 in 10 women die from CHD.
It affects men more than women, but after the age of 50 the chances of getting this disease are similar for men and women.
The main symptoms of CHD include: chest pain, heart attacks and heart failure. You can also get other symptoms, such as heart palpitations and breathlessness.
But not everyone has the same symptoms and some people might not even have any before it is diagnosed. CHD can be caused by a build-up of atheroma on the walls of the arteries around the heart. Atheroma is made up of cholesterol and other waste substances. There is no cure for coronary heart disease, but there is treatment that can help manage the symptoms and can make the chances smaller of problems like heart attacks.
Treatment can include doing regular exercise and stop smoking as well as medication and surgery.
To make the risk of getting CHD smaller you can : Eat a healthy balenced diet, Do regular exercise, Stop smoking and control your sugar levels.
Gracie Timms
UK Health Radio – Medical News Update
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