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Heart Disease - Statistics

It's estimated that 80,000,000 American adults (one out of every three) have one form or more types of cardiovascular disease. Out of this number 38,000,000 are estimated to be the age of 60 or older. These figures are based on an extrapolation of the US population taken in 2006.

These estimates are for people 18 years of age and older.

• High blood pressure - 73,600,000
• Coronary heart disease – 16,800,000
• Heart attack or Myocardial infarction (blood supply to heart muscle has ceased and the heart tissue has died) – 7,900,000.
• Angina – 9,800,000.
• Heart failure – 5,700,000.
• Stroke – 6,500,000.
• Congenital cardiovascular defects – 650,000 to 1,300,000.

Warning Signs - Heart Attack, Stoke and Cardiac Arrest

Most heart attacks start slowly with signs of mild pain or discomfort. Quiet often people affected with heart attacks aren’t sure what is wrong and wait for help. Here are some very common warning signs:

• Chest pain. Frequently heart attacks involve pain, mild or severe, in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes. The pain can go away and then come back. It can also feel like pressure, squeezing or fullness.
• Pain in other areas of the upper body. Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the neck, back, stomach or jaw.
• Shortness of breath – you may or may not experience chest pain or discomfort.
• Other signs may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or dizziness.

The most common heart attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort in the area of the chest. Women, on the other-hand, are more likely to experience some of the other common symptoms like shortness of breath, nausea and or vomiting, back or jaw pain.

Remember - The rule of thumb is if you’re not certain that it’s a heart attack have it checked out by a competent medical doctor (tell what your symptoms are). Don’t wait - as minutes can mean the difference between life and death. A call to 911 or emergency medical services is always the fastest way to lifesaving treatment. Don’t wait!

Strokes

The most significant warning signs for a Stroke all include the striking sudden onset of the following:

• numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
• confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
• trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
• severe headache with no known cause

If you suspect a stroke, immediately call 911 or emergency medical services. Remember to note down the time when any of the stroke symptoms first appeared. There is a clot busting drug that, if given within the first 3 hours, can reduce the long term disabilities of a common stroke. The drug is called tissue plasminogen activator or TPA.

Factors that Increase Heart Disease

Many clinical and statistical studies have been done to identify the factors that lead to an increase risk of heart attacks and coronary heart disease. The following major risk factors have been isolated to show the most significant risks of heart and cardiovascular disease. The more risk factors that you have the greater the chances you have of developing cardiovascular/heart disease. The contributing major risk factors are:

• Age – People 65 years or older have an 83 percent chance of dying from cardiovascular/heart disease.
• Gender – Men have a greater chance of dying from heart disease than Woman do and Men have attacks earlier in life than Women. Women at older ages have a greater risk of dying from heart disease.
• Genetics – Hereditary factors play an important role in heart disease. Siblings of parents who have histories of cardiovascular/heart disease are likely to develop it sometimes in their lives.
• Cholesterol – When blood cholesterol levels rise, so does the risk of cardiovascular/coronary heart disease. High Cholesterol levels can lead to the obstruction of coronary arteries. LDL cholesterol is called "bad" cholesterol. HDL cholesterol is called the "good cholesterol"
• High Blood Pressure – High Blood Pressure increases the hearts work load. High Blood Pressure and Arteriolosclerosis go hand in hand. Restricted arteries or blood vessels cause High Blood Pressure (See our Article on Arteriolosclerosis – The Facts.)
• Overweight (Obesity) – Excess weight increases the hearts work load. If you’re overweight and have excessive fat around the waist, your risks are even greater in developing coronary heart disease even though you have no other risk factors. Even if one looses 10 pounds and regularly exercises – your risks are cut down.
• Physical Inactivity – Inactive life styles are another risk for developing coronary heart disease. Moderate-to-vigorous physical exercise, on a regular basis, helps in the prevention of cardiovascular and heart disease.
• Diabetes mellitus - Diabetes increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Even when blood sugar levels are under control, it increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. 75% of people with diabetes die from some form of cardiovascular disease. It’s important that you work with your health care professional to control your diabetes.
• Stress – Stress in any form - in the workplace, economic stresses can all exacerbate other risk factors.
• Alcohol Consumption – Excessive alcohol consumption can increase blood pressure and obesity. People who consume moderate amounts of alcohol have a lower risk of developing heart disease than those who consume excessive amounts of alcohol.

Summary

There are literally volumes and volumes of information written on the subject of heart disease. Tomes have been published by both the medical and Naturopathic professions. We acknowledge that toxins in our environment and what we put into our bodies have an overwhelming and significant impact on our cardiovascular system. That many of the Risk Factors are either caused by or exacerbated by what is put into our bodies. We did not want to overload you with all that has been written on this subject but only bring out the most salient and important points bearing to mind that Coronary Heart Disease is occurring in epidemic proportions. While modern day medical practices focus more on alleviating the symptoms (effects) of Coronary Heart Disease through surgery and Naturopathic professions seek alternative ways to heal and remedy the causes, I have seen a tremendous grassroots movement in that some medical practioners are leaning towards IV and Oral chelation methods of "treating the causes".

A few of those very very brave medical practitioners willing to break from traditional “authoritarian practice”, and opt for both Oral and IV Chelation therapies are applauded.