Cardiovascular sicknesses are the main cause of death in the world. During 2015, 20 million people died in the world because of them. The cardiovascular sicknesses are the group of diseases that affect the heart and all the blood vessels that we have in our body. Most of this illnesses narrow the arteries and reduce the amount of blood that the heart receive, affecting it and making it work harder. Some of them are Aneurysm, Angina, Heart Attack, Brain-vascular sicknesses, Heart failure and Coronary Heart disease.
Which are the causes of the cardiovascular sicknesses?
To now how to prevent the cardiovascular sicknesses, we need to know what can produce them. One of the most important causes of the cardiovascular sicknesses is the atherosclerosis (the arteries harden). Moreover, they can be also produced by an unhealthy diet, a lack of physical activity, being overweight, smoking, alcoholic drinks, stress, pollution, cholesterol, diabetes and arterial hypertension.
How to identify a cardiovascular illness?
You can know if you have a cardiovascular disease by looking at the symptoms, the most important ones are dizziness, breathing difficulties, fatigue, lack of appetite, retching, chest-ache, pain in other parts of the body, irregular heartbeat, lack of air, sweating, paleness and inflammation on the feet, ankles, legs or abdomen. These symptoms appear with the effort and relive with rest. Men have more probabilities to have a cardiovascular disease than women, but it changes with menopause, when they loose the protection of the estrogen and have the same possibilities as men.