Ishaemic Heart Disease - The Most Deadly Disease For Past Fifteen Years Caused large Number Of Deaths

About 10 million deaths were reported to be caused by Ishaemi Heart Disease in 2016. The disease is leading among the ten (10) diseases that claimed at least 50% of all deaths worldwide. According to World Health Organization (WHO) Ishaemic Heart Disease also known as Coronary Artery Disease(CAD) is leading for causing deaths followed by stroke.

Statistics shows the leading disease on causing Deaths

What is Ishaemic Heart Disease?

Ishaemic means a condition in which a blood flow (and thus oxygen) is restricted or reduced in some parts of the body.

Therefore Ishaemic Heart Disease caused by narrowed heart arteries since the narrow arteries prevent or restrict the flow of blood and less oxygen reaches the heart muscle.

Symptoms of Ishaemic Heart Disease

Always diseases have unique signs which can give a clue for early identifications, CAD also has the numbers of signs and symptoms which can be seen to the victim of the disease. the followings are the some of the symptoms of Ishaemic Heart Disease.

•  Chest pain or discomfort which may travel into shoulder, arm, back or jaw
• Heart Attack 
• Heart failure and abnormal heart beat.

Causes of the diseases.

1. The genetics factors is the main cause of the disease. Ishaemic Heart Disease can be inherited.
2. Too much smoking and obesity are associated with this disease as well.
3. Blood fats - high blood cholesterol always hinder the flow of blood thus it contributes high on causing CAD.
4. Lack of exercises
5. Poor Diet
6. Depression
7. Excessive Alcohol.

 Prevention Of the disease

Ishaemic Heart Disease can largely be prevented but it is very sad that the disease is leading on killing many people compared to other diseases which are difficult to prevent.

The followings are the ways which can be employed to prevent the disease.

• Good Diet - the diet referred here are fruits and vegetable eating many times as possible which reduces the risk of suffering from the CAD. The vegetarians have the lower risk of getting this disease.
• Weight Control - unmanageable increase in weight should be prevented to reduce the risk of having the disease.
• Decrease psycho-social Stress 
• Avoid the consumption of trans fats
• exercise like walking or swimming
• decrease drinking alcohol

The disease is too dangerous if the preventive measure will not be taken properly. Therefore it is everyone duty to ensure the damage caused by this disease is reduced.