Obesity and Heart Disease – They Are Related!
Obesity and heart disease were once thought by many medical professionals to be only indirectly related. The major risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure
Obesity – A Direct Link to Heart Disease
Studies that have recently been conducted are now showing that obesity and heart disease are directly related. While being even slightly over-weight will affect various risk factors for heart disease, it is also a predictive indicator of heart disease. A 14 year study showed that a woman who had a Body Mass Index of at least 23 but less than 25 actually had a 50% increase in their risk of non fatal and fatal coronary heart disease. The study showed that there is a direct connection between obesity and heart disease.
Obesity and heart disease appear to be directly connected in severely obese people because of abnormalities often found in the left ventricle mass and function of the heart. Though in many cases those abnormalities of the heart were seen when a person had both high blood pressure and obesity, there are recorded incidences of the abnormalities being seen in people who did not have high blood pressure. In those cases, it appears that severe obesity was the only condition that affected the condition of the heart. This information shows that obesity and heart disease are connected and can definitely progress to congestive heart failure.
Obesity and Heart Disease Treatments
Since the connection between being over-weight and heart disease is now well known, health care providers have developed ways to fight these related problems. Weight loss
Some patients with congestive heart failure who have restricted their sodium intake and reduced their weight, even a little, saw a dramatic improvement in heart function and reduction of the risk of heart disease. In addition several studies have shown that a drastic weight loss as would occur after having gastro intestinal surgery, can greatly decrease the risk of diabetes and heart disease. The message is, “Lose weight and gain a better, longer life.”
There are many ways obesity and heart disease can be treated. Diet change, regular exercise, medication and even surgery can be considered. Check with your doctor and work with him to determine which option will meet your needs and be best for you. It is definitely apparent that obesity and heart disease are connected and you need one or more of those options to fight for your life.
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June 12th, 2009 23:35
this is a very nice post
June 15th, 2009 00:05
I am 54 year old. I gained lot of weight in past 10 years, and I got a distinguishable tummy. I was already having diabetes, but was bit careless as I was mostly concentrating in my business. This carelessness cost me heavily in future. As I was gaining the weight, at the same time, I was unable to balance my cholesterol level. It used to fluctuate heavily. But because of my carelessness, I wasn’t attentive to my health issues, as they were creating hindrance to my work. But at some extreme points, one day I felt some hard beatings on my heart. Suddenly, my heart used to pump vigorously. And there was no point happening that as I was not doing any stressful or physical work. It got worse with time. I was really frightened with the amount of beats it was pumping. It would have been almost double and that also quite hard. I felt dizzy, and suddenly caught a severe headache. And especially, I was having a great amount of pain on my left wrist. I was really helpless at that time. There were no people around, no phone, no one to be called. The only thing that I was able to do was to try to be calm and wait for any help. Somehow, I managed to survive that day. But from that day I was really conscious about the health. That moment was like an alarming signal for something very deadly to happen. I immediately consulted a physician in Los Angeles, where I was staying because of some business work. They suggested me to have some basic cardio test like ECG, etc. I got those test at Elite Health medical office in Los Angeles. It came to me as a shock that I need to have my advance test, as the cardiologist doubted to have a blockage in one of the ventricle. Then they took my advance tests like stress test, Echo cardiogram and MRI. The result was that I was having a 60% blockage in one of the left ventricle, and was in the danger of having heart attack. I was astonished to hear that. Then I got the medications and operations after 3 months. Then I got enrolled in one of the wellness program from same elite health where they used to monitor my health issues round the clock. You can find some more info from http://www.elitehealth.com/exe.....ograms.php. Right now I am quite healthy, taking a lot amount of care regarding the diabetes and heart issues. My weight is also under my control now with the help of reality diet program where the doctors of elite health discuss my current health status and recommend steps for improving my health and dietary habits.
March 13th, 2010 05:15
It is really helpless at that time. Thanks for your info.
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