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Dr. Eman Bint Manaji Ashkar, Head of the Cardiology Department at King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah, revealed that the heart patient must improve the lifestyle and deal with social and life changes to have a healthy heart.
Ashkar added that smoking and hookah lead to a high level of hemoglobin in the blood, which results in an increase in the chances of clots in the arteries, and cigarette smoking leads to blockage of the coronary arteries of the heart, which leads to the occurrence of heart attacks and angina pectoris.
Ashkar confirmed that obesity is an excess of the waist circumference of the ideal weight, a major factor in the incidence of clogged arteries, and obesity is the first enemy that causes heart disease, high sugar and high blood pressure.
Noting that sports, physical activity, is very important to control all risk factors to avoid heart disease. Walking daily for at least half an hour a day is very important for life with a healthy heart.
Dr. Iman Ashkar said that controlling the blood sugar rate, the acidity of the blood as a result of high sugar, leads to angina pectoris, a difference in pulse and failure in the function of the heart muscle. He added that moderate high blood pressure leads to hypertrophy of the heart muscle, and in the event of an imbalance of blood pressure, a failure in the diastolic blood pumping function leads to a decline in the function of the heart muscle.
Ashkar added that agitation and psychological stress lead to an increase in benign heartbeat, angina pectoris, heart stress that leads to sudden heart failure, in addition to energy drinks, alcohol and drugs (atrial increase in heart rate, myocardial fibrosis, angina pectoris in young people and vitamins Body building (when taking a lot of it leads to myocardial fibrosis and failure of the pumping function of the heart muscle).
As for valve diseases, the first cause of this is rheumatic fever in children and adults, and rheumatic fever occurs when tonsillitis is repeated without taking an antibiotic or removing the tonsils. The infection is more common in girls and in densely populated places. Periodic review and treatment using Monthly antibiotics until they reach the age of thirty, because the risk of developing a fever after that is very small
Dr. Iman Ashkar demanded a periodic examination at the age of forty for anyone who has a family history of heart disease.
