IN 2020 , heart disease and stroke is predicted to be the leading cause of death and disability worldwide . If you do not want to be one of his victims , improve your lifestyle from now on !
The degree of a person's health can be observed from the lifestyle she lived everyday . Call it the obesity epidemic in recent years into the world . One of the triggers are lifestyle changes such as fast food consumption and physical inactivity are very practical from modern humans .
Obesity does not just make a person's physical appearance is not attractive , furthermore can trigger a variety of dangerous diseases such as high blood pressure ( hypertension ) , diabetes , heart disease , and stroke .
Although people often think of hypertension and diabetes lighter than heart disease and stroke , is actually the fourth such diseases as dangerous as it can be related to each other . In addition , all four are equally rooted in vascular disorders or metabolism .
" People with diabetes should be treated as aggressively as those with heart disease . Likewise the hypertension , when blood pressure is high and accompanied by high cholesterol , also increased the risk of death . Therefore , need good handling , " said the heart and vascular specialist , Dr. Santoso Karo Karo SpJP MPH ( K ) .
Among the various diseases related to blood vessels of the heart ( cardiovascular ) , is the most feared threat of stroke , considering the disease affecting the blood vessels in the central nervous system ( brain ) and can cause sudden death .
As we know , the brain is the command center of the entire body system . Among other organs , the brain is a vital organ that requires a blood supply at the most , which is about 700 milliliters per minute . If this supply is reduced or interrupted , brain function will automatically faltered . As a result , the overall function of the body part affected.
Early marker of stroke can be observed , such as difficulty holding a spoon and fork while eating , difficulty buttoning clothes , no longer a deft hand , and the writing or signature increasingly ugly . Another indicator is easy to forget , difficulty walking or flip flops when walking often regardless .
The symptoms are usually more advanced disturbing as reduced strength side of the body , slurred speech ( pelo ) , oblique mouth , dizziness , visual disturbances , and impaired sense ( sensation ) in the skin next to the face , arm or leg . If it continues in the long term , the risk is disability , and even sudden death .
Response requested medical help as early as possible will minimize the risk of brain damage . " Journey to a cardiovascular disease , including stroke , require decades . So , this disease can actually be prevented , " said Santoso .
Former Head of Specialist Doctors Association of Cardiovascular Indonesia ( Perki ) was revealed , one of the biggest risk factor for stroke is high blood pressure that affects nearly 700 million people around the world .
Therefore , lowering blood pressure and control in order to remain stable is the key factor of cardiovascular disease management . Lifestyle should also be modified to control a variety of risk factors .
" Lifestyle factors , lack of exercise , smoking , and obesity are the common causes of strokes can be prevented from the start , " said Specialist Consultant Cardiovascular National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita Hospital in Jakarta, dr Aulia Sani SpJP ( K ) .
The statement echoed Neurosurgery Specialists Mayapada Hospital , Tangerang , Dr. Abubakar SpBS Syafrizal . So far, 75 % of stroke attack aged 65 years and over . However , after the age of 30 found that stroke patients , growing belief that lifestyle changes is one of the risk factors for stroke that warrant concern.
Other factors that also trigger stroke , among others, high blood pressure , cholesterol , atheroskelerosis , high blood coagulation , smoking , heart rhythm disorders , and obesity .
In addition to lifestyle , psychological factors also contribute to the trigger stroke . Some cases of stroke at a young age usually also caused high levels of stress and poor diet . Mechanism , stress trigger a rise in blood pressure and raised cholesterol in the blood . This condition makes the blood vessels become clogged . Not to mention the habit of young people eat fast food .
Panic conditions can also accelerate stroke . A person experiencing excessive anxiety for example , the heart will beat faster , breathless , and increased risk of heart attack or stroke .
A recent study published in The Archives of General Psychiatry says , people who have feelings of depression , anger , and hostility will increase the risk of heart attack .
" This study mentions a panic attack in a list of emotional disorders and psychiatric symptoms were associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death , " said researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston , Dr. Jordan Smoller .
Meanwhile, the Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases School of Medicine, University of South Florida , Vibhuti N Singh MD MPH FACC FSCAI , warned , if someone is experiencing pain or discomfort in the chest , mouth , shoulders , arms or back , then maybe that person susceptible to heart attack or stroke.
The world medical community are concerned with the high number of deaths from cardiovascular disease to reach about 7 million people per year , of which more than half are due to stroke . In America , every year there are 780,000 cases of stroke , which put him at third leading causes of death in Uncle Sam's country . Stroke is divided into two types , namely haemorragic and non - haemorragic .
Haemorragic stroke occurs when a blood vessel rupture thus inhibiting blood flow and seep into the brain and damage it . While non - haemorragic stroke is caused by blockage of cholesterol build up in the walls of blood vessels or blood clots that block blood flow to the brain .
Sources : okezone.com