Impacts of Heart Disease in

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Impacts of Heart Disease in

Family

Being diagnosed with a heart disease can put a strain on yours and families mental health; leading people to lose hope or get very overwhelmed. “Around 30 percent of heart failure patients experience depression with wide ranging symptoms including feeling sad, sleeping too much or not enough, not eating enough and losing interest in activities they used to enjoy.” -HEARTANDSTROKE.CA

Depending on where you lived growing up could play a big part. If you were raised in a city or urban area you could of been exposed to pollution, poor water, food quality and chemicals like carbon monoxide.

It is important to evaluate how you were raised and how your household works. for instance growing up around heavy smokers, non-healthy diets or lots of fast food consumption can influence high blood pressure and high cholesterol pressure.

History of any family heart disease is important. it does not matter which parent you could inherit it from. ""It may not matter which parent was affected," says Dr. Natarajan. "There is some evidence that early maternal heart disease may carry a bit higher risk, but for the most part, you want to look at parents first and then siblings." -HEALTH.HARVARD.ORG

"Your family medical history is a key, but complex, risk factor for heart disease," says Dr. Pradeep Natarajan, a cardiologist with Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital." -HEALTH.HARVARD.ORG If you or your family have a past of diabetes or high cholesterol it may put you more at risk.

Individual

"Nine in ten individuals over the age of 20 years have at least one risk factor for CVD. Four in ten have three or more of these risk factors. As the number of risk factors increases, so does the risk of CVD." -CANADA.CA

Control and maintain diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol. "Managing diabetes is important to your long-term health, especially if you have heart disease. Diabetes is best controlled by diet, weight loss, physical activity, medicines and regular monitoring of your blood sugar"-HEART.ORG being aware of your own body and symptoms will improve your quality of life.

Avoid the use of tobaccos, abuse of alcohol, illegal drugs and second-hand smoking. "In fact, 30,000 U.S. coronary heart disease deaths per year are caused by secondhand smoke.7 Secondhand smoke exposure also increases your risk of having a heart attack or stroke.6,7ccos, alcohol abuse and illegal drug abuse. "-FDA.GOV

Risk of heart disease can be managed by stress management, healthy nutrition and regular exercise. "Doing aerobic exercise — using large muscles of the legs and arms — helps your heart work more efficiently. Physical activities to improve your strength, flexibility and balance help you stay agile as you age and reduce your risk of falls."-HEART.ORG

Media

"Faster music also speeds up heart rate and breathing more than slower music. One study found that unpleasant music is associated with a decrease in heart rate compared to pleasant music."CARDIOSMART.ORG this proves with the sound of music and access to it will allow it to improved your health.

"Clinical trials can be promoted via social media and potential subjects can be recruited via online platforms" Social media can promote and help many specialist doctors with their research and trials by giving the public options your doctor may not be informed of.

If you share your story online to the public it could open up to many advice, friendships, emotional support and allies especially if going through this time alone. "Social media engagement can promote collaborations in research as well as in patient care, ultimately improving outcomes"-USCJOURNAL.CA

"Social Media can be an effective platform to promote wellness and positive lifestyle changes as well as a better way to interact with colleagues as well as patients in order to positively affect outcome." -USCJOURNAL.COM If certain specialist inform in a professional way on social media it could certainly inform many people who do not have access to routine checkups to better take care of themselves.

"Social media is an increasingly relevant tool used to deliver and receive healthcare related content by both patients and clinicians"-ONLINECJC.CA Many people believe everything they read on social media but it could possibility be more damaging on yourself.

Economy

Many people who suffer with a heart disease are lacking in access to obtain information or have routine checkups to prevent a serious case. “but an economic problem and an economic policy problem in terms of giving people the resources they need so that when they get sick they’re not going to die from their illness.”-HEART.ORG

"Socioeconomic factors play a role. People with very low income who may struggle to put food on the table or keep a roof over their head can find it difficult to prioritize exercise, eating healthy, or even get to the doctor," said Dr. Gregory Roth, a cardiologist and the report's lead author" -HEART.ORG with that being said it is becoming more difficult to take care of yourself to prevent a hospital visit.

"In 2015, 17.7 million people died from cardiovascular diseases worldwide1. This number is projected to rise to 22 million by the year 20302. Coupled with an aging population, the rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is putting pressure and additional costs on healthcare systems and businesses worldwide."- PHARMA.BAYER.COM With the number of heart diseases increasing it is putting a burden on our health care system.

Health Care system

We are lacking in specialist and being able to get some patients to see specialists quick enough. "The experts surveyed revealed that family physicians are often the care providers for heart failure patients, but they can lack the specialized knowledge and training to deal with the more complicated patients. " -STROKEANDHEART.CA

Caring for a damaged heart and be complicated and difficult. also taking a lot of time to get a proper treatment plan meaning a lot of doctor visits. "While heart failure cannot yet be cured, it can be treated and managed."-STROKEANDHEART.CA

With heart diseases it is a long living condition as their is no cure, which means you are in and out of the hospital causing a lot of burden of medical bills. "There is a huge economic cost associated with heart failure,” says Dr. Justin Ezekowitz, director of the Heart Function Clinic at the University of Alberta. “The biggest driver of costs is hospitalization and emergency room visits.”- HEARTANDSTROKE.CA

"1.3 million Canadians reported having heart disease diagnosed by a health professional - 5% ages 12+ years and 23% of Canadians age 75 years and older. "-CANADA.CA "About 300,000 Canadians reported living with the effects of a stroke - 1% of Canadians ages 12+ years and 7% of Canadians age 75 and older" -CANADA.CA majority of these people do not even have access to health care because lack of insurance or transportation.

Employment

"Over reporting may occur where an individual feels unsafe at work, but more commonly a worker will under report for fear of losing his job. Denial has been reported in professional drivers. Equally, workers with symptoms but who are denying them often move from a “high risk” job to a “lower risk” job"-NCBI.MLN.NIH.GOV Many people could possibly be denied for work or even move down because of their risks, mostly every job has it's risks; this makes it extremely hard to find a job.

May cause difficulties with finding a job considering you are much more at-risk when having a heart disease. "When assessing the possible health risks associated with a given job it is useful to think in terms of physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, and psychosocial hazards. " -NCBI.MLN.NIH.GOV many jobs you are not able to do because of your health conditions.

Lower employment rates. "The figure for men without heart disease was much higher at 83%. The corresponding rates among women were 36% and 64%. For both sexes, the age-adjusted odds that those with heart disease would be employed were less than half those for people without heart disease (Table 3)."-GOOGLE.COM it is very clear people who have heart disease have to take work of much more than a more healthier person.