HEART

DISEASE

By Samara Sewak

INTRODUCTIONHeart disease is a terrible disease. It mainly effects older people.

Heart disease is when the heart and blood vessels aren‘t working the way they should. There are many different types

of heart disease.

MAIN TYPES OF HEART DISEASE• Cardiomyopathy- heart muscle disease

• Cardiovascular disease- disease of the blood vessels of the heart

• Congenital heart disease- malformation of the heart present at birth• Heart failure

• Hypertensive heart disease- damage caused by high blood pressure

• Inflammatory heart disease- damage to the heart valves

• Coronary heart disease

HOW DO YOU GET HEART DISEASE?You can get heart disease by lots of things one of those thing is

smoking. You can get heart disease by smoking because the chemicals in tobacco smoke harm your blood cells. They also can

damage the structure and function of your blood vessels.

Genetic reasons and high blood pressure can also lead to heart

disease. You can also get it by not eating enough fruit and vegetables

and being overweight. Age also increases your risk of heart disease.

DOES HEART DISEASE AFFECT THE REST OF YOUR BODY?

Heart disease does affect the rest of your body because when

the plaque builds up in your blood vessels it is difficult for

blood to travel around different parts of your body. When the heart pumps blood it takes a

longer time to go around your body. It is then hard for your

body to work properly.

HOW DO YOU PREVENT HEART DISEASE?

You can prevent heart disease by eating nutritious healthy food like fruits and vegetables every day. You can also prevent it by

not being overweight, not getting stressed to often and by exercising regularly. But the most important thing you can do to

prevent heart disease is never smoke.

CAN HEART DISEASE BE CURED?Yes. Heart disease can be cured by a few things. Two of the main ways to cure it is oxygen therapy and heart medication. Oxygen

therapy helps bring oxygen to your damaged heart and heart medication can help the blood flow easier. Some people with

heart disease can also have a by-pass operation. But prevention is always better than cure.

DID YOU KNOW?• People living in remote areas of Australia

are more likely to get heart disease?• In 2007-2008 about 3.5 million people in

Australia got heart disease?• There are about 100 different types of

heart disease?

GLOSSARY

• Genetic: Normally occurs among members of a family usually because of heredity reasons.

• Plaque: A small abnormal patch on or inside the body.

BIBLIOGRAPHY• Sunjeev Sewak

•http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/Pages/default.aspx?gclid=CMOK5Pvu0bACFcNMpgod-zH-1A

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease

• http://www.abc.net.au/health/library/stories/2003/02/27/1831271.htm•http://kidshealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/heart_diease.html

I hope you have learnt something about heart disease

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