{"id":3853,"date":"2019-02-13T07:04:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T07:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2021-03-26T14:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:28:43","slug":"10-common-triggers-for-coronary-artery-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyhealth.today\/10-common-triggers-for-coronary-artery-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Common Triggers for Coronary Artery Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Each year over three million Americans will suffer from coronary heart disease. It is considered a chronic disease, which has no cure, but there are treatments available. Coronary heart disease is caused when blood vessels that supply blood to your heart become damaged and diseased. Plaque begins to build up, which causes the coronary arteries to become narrow.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they become narrow, it, in turn, causes the blood needed to flow to the heart to decrease. If blood is completely unable to reach the heart, it can eventually cause a heart attack. Coronary artery disease takes years to become noticed because some people never have symptoms. The only apparent system is if a person has a heart attack. Some signs of coronary disease include shortness of breath, chest pain, and vomiting. Every day bad habits can trigger coronary heart disease that a person may not even be aware of include these eight triggers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Eating unhealthy<\/strong>
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foods that are loaded with grease, salt, and sugar can trigger coronary heart disease. It has been reported that even eating a little bit of fast food a week can increase a person\u2019s risk for coronary heart disease by a large percentage. The percentage increases the more times it is eaten per week. The food served at restaurants is loaded with saturated and trans fats, which will increase the level of cholesterol in the blood<\/a>.
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Coronary heart disease will develop once the level of cholesterol increases. A person who is skinny and has a high metabolism may eat a lot of greasy foods and drink soda, but as he or she gets older they could still get coronary heart disease. The person continuously ate badly for years and years. As a matter of fact, eating unhealthy food is a habit that is difficult to break, but once coronary heart disease develops, there\u2019s no way to get rid of it.
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2. Smoking <\/strong>
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is an addictive habit that causes shortness of breath and other health problems, including coronary heart disease. Some people don\u2019t believe in second-hand smoking<\/a>. With second-hand smoking, a person is still at risk of getting the disease. It has been reported that every year thousands of people who do not smoke die. Being exposed to tobacco smoke that has nicotine and other substances can trigger the disease.
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Smoking is known to lower a person\u2019s HDLs. They can enter the artery walls easily that over time will develop plaque that will build-up that causes coronary heart disease. Most smokers begin smoking at a young age and as they get older their risk of developing coronary heart disease continues to increase. It is even worse when smokers smoke multiple packs of cigarettes a day. Since some people don\u2019t experience symptoms from coronary heart disease, a smoker or nonsmoker may have the disease and not even be aware of it. Smoking also increases the risk of having a heart attack.
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3. High Blood Pressure <\/strong>
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is a major reason for triggering coronary heart disease. When high blood pressure<\/a> is not maintained, it can harden and thicken the arteries making the pathway to which blood needs to flow to get to the heart becomes blocked. By eating foods with saturated and trans fats, soda, and salt for years can cause high blood pressure and weaken the body\u2019s ability to function correctly. Continuing to eat these foods will increase the risk even more.
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In fact, atherosclerosis is a process in which high blood pressure causes the coronary arteries to become too narrow to allow blood to serve the heart because of the build-up of fat and other substances in the body that causes plaque. The plaque becomes heightened, which causes coronary heart disease. The risk of developing coronary heart disease is higher when a person has another medical condition on top of high blood pressure.
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4. High Cholesterol <\/strong>
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can trigger coronary heart disease because plaque will build up and atherosclerosis develops causing the body to have too much cholesterol <\/a>in the blood that can cause coronary heart disease. A high level of cholesterol or what is considered bad cholesterol can cause high cholesterol. \u00a0Foods that are consumed daily are loaded with cholesterol, including meat and milk products.
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Eating too much of foods with cholesterol can make the arteries become thin, so that blood is unable to get to the heart where it could make a person have chest pains. When blood becomes clogged, it could possibly cause a person to have a heart attack. Women, on the other hand, going through menopause may have low HDLs and high LDL since their bodies are changing. Other issues that could affect a person\u2019s cholesterol are lifestyle and weight. Most fast food and foods cooked at home are loaded with fats, which can cause high cholesterol. Children cannot escape from having high cholesterol, especially if they are large in size.
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5. Lack of exercise <\/strong>
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triggers coronary heart disease by sitting down all day and not getting the blood flowing puts a person at risk for the disease. For example, most people who work drive their cars to and from work. The only time they get up and about is when they need to get something done. An example of this type of lifestyle <\/a>is a person who has an office job and drives to work, they are sitting in the car and sitting at work. \u00a0
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The only time the person is standing and moving around is when he or she runs errands, such as filing papers or mailing letters. As a teenager, it was fine for him or her to live a sedentary lifestyle, but as they age, the body needs to work harder and could cause weight gain and cardiovascular diseases. An adult who is already large in size and has poor health increases their risk of coronary heart disease because they\u2019re more than likely to be sitting all day watching television and eating greasy foods.
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6. Diabetes <\/strong>
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and coronary heart disease is linked because they have some of the same risks when high blood pressure is present. Even young adults with diabetes <\/a>have a higher risk of developing coronary heart disease than non-diabetics. The longer a person has diabetes, the risk for coronary heart disease increases. As a diabetic, having high blood sugar can damage the blood vessels and nerves that control your heart.
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Blood that is unable to flow to the heart can cause a person to have a stroke or heart attack. Adults with diabetes are more likely to die from coronary heart disease than someone without diabetes. For example, a diabetic who has a poor diet doesn\u2019t take his or her medication, and lives a sedentary lifestyle increases their risk of having a heart attack and coronary heart disease. Also, having a family history of diabetes causes the risk of having coronary heart disease to be even higher.
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7. Age<\/strong>
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<\/strong>plays a factor in developing coronary heart disease. Bad habits that a person has done over the years will catch up with him or her the older they get. For example, a person who started eating bad foods in their childhood and continued on in their adulthood eating the same bad foods, their arteries <\/a>are more than likely damaged by their poor food choices. The same scenario can happen to a person who began smoking as a teenager and is now in their 70s. Their coronary arteries are most likely damaged and narrow.
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It has been reported that coronary heart disease will likely occur as a person gets older, especially after the age of 64. A woman may be at risk of getting the coronary disease if she\u2019s at menopause age and she hasn\u2019t been taking care of her body when she was younger. The same goes for an older man who has never taken of himself.
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determines on how major coronary heart disease will be for them in the future. For instance, Black Americans have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure because of all of the fatty foods and salt that they consume, so coronary heart disease is much higher. It has been reported that just about half of all Black American adults have some form of cardiovascular disease <\/a>when compared to Whites. Other races that have a higher risk of developing coronary heart disease include Asians, Indians, and Mexican Americans, and Hawaiians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason being is because they have a higher rate of being obese and suffering from diabetes. Whites can develop coronary heart disease just as well, but it\u2019s much higher for the races mentioned. The reason that coronary heart disease is higher for races that are born in the US because they take on American customs versus their own. Americans eat a lot of fast food, which in turn causes their children to be obese and as they age, they will have other health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n

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