Heart+Disease

//BY:SHAKARI BOYD// //1ST BLOCK A-DAY// //1-10-08//
 * //__HEART DISEASE__//**

//There are many possible symptoms, depending on the specific form of heart disease. Patients may experience shortness of breath, dizziness, pain in their chest, swollen arms and legs, or unusual heart beats. Some people suffer from heart disease without any perceptible symptoms until they have a heart attack, which can be fatal.// //Some people may need to stay in the hospital so they can receive oxygen or be put on a breathing machine. The treatment of choice for many congenital heart diseases is surgery to repair the defect. One commonly used operation is called Fontan procedure. Treatment for heart disease can range from simple to severe.// //Before 1900, very few people died of heart disease. Since then, heart disease has become the number one killer in the United States. The age of technology had made people more prone to heart disease. The rate of heart disease increased so sharply between the year 1940 and 1967 that the world health organization called it The World’s Most Serious Epidemic. By the 1940s, heart disease had reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Many peoples hope that as more peoples adopt healthier lifestyles, death from heart disease will continue to decline.//
 * //__DEFINITION__//**
 * **//HEART DISEASE//**//- it is a group of related diseases that affect the functioning of the heart and circulatory system.//
 * //__SIGN OF SYMPTOMS__//**
 * //__RISK FACTORS__//**
 * 1) //Smoking cigarettes is a risk factor for heart disease.//
 * 2) //Obesity (being very overweight) is another risk factor.//
 * 3) //Stress//
 * 4) //Diet and Exercise//
 * //__TREATMENT__//**
 * //__HISTORY__//**
 * //__STATISTICS OF HEART DISEASE__//**
 * //In 2002, 696,947 people died of heart disease (51% of them were women).//
 * //Heart disease killed more than 7 million people each year worldwide.//
 * //There were 494,392 people that died from coronary heart disease in 2002.//
 * //Every 34 seconds a person in the United States dies from a heart disease.//
 * //More than 2,500 Americans die from heart disease every day.//