* Yesterday afternoon I felt a chest pain right in the middle as if wedged excruciating if you are like anything my activities must stop them. Includes lunch it's time I will have to break dhuhur and lie down but my son said "mom why even sleep tu mbok how prayer had not been praying about when died how?". Bener too but I do not want to die now and maybe she does not know what to do. Heart disease and stroke is a disease that is very scary figure. Even today in Indonesia, heart disease ranks first as the cause of death.
Heart disease and stroke is often considered a disease of old monopolies. Always been the diseases suffered by older people particularly those aged 60 years and over, because age is also one risk factor for heart disease and stroke. But now there is a tendency also suffered by patients under the age of 40 years. This could occur because of lifestyle changes, especially in modern urban young people.
When the era of globalization led to the information more easily available, developing countries may soon emulate Western habits that are considered a mirror of modern lifestyle. A number of behaviors such as eating fast food (fast food) that contain high levels of saturated fat, smoking, alcoholic beverages, excessive work, lack of exercise, and stress, has become a way of human life, especially in urban areas. Yet all these behaviors may be the factors that cause heart disease and stroke.
Risk Factors of Heart Disease & Stroke
There are various kinds of heart disease, but heart disease is generally feared because of coronary heart attack at the age of productive and can lead to sudden death heart attacks. The cause of coronary heart disease is the narrowing and blockage of coronary arteries.
Narrowing and blockage of the coronary arteries caused by the buildup of fatty substances (cholesterol, triglycerides) that more and more and accumulate beneath the deepest layer (endothelium) of the artery wall. This reduces or stops blood flow to the heart muscle that disrupts the work of the heart as the pumping of blood. The dominant effect of coronary heart was losing oxygen and nutrients to the heart due to decreased blood flow to the heart. Formation of fatty plaques in arteries will influence the formation of blood clots that will encourage a heart attack.
There are four main factors causing heart disease, namely:
1. Smoking too much over the years
2. levels of blood fats (cholesterol) is high
3. High blood pressure
4. diabetes
As with heart disease, stroke is also closely associated with blood vessel disorders. Stroke occurs because there is an interruption of blood flow to the brain. If there are brain regions that lack blood supply suddenly and sufferers experience neural disorders according to brain regions affected. The form can be a stroke (hemiplegia), the reduced strength of the members of the body (hemiparesis), impaired speech, impaired taste (sensation) in the skin of the face, arm or leg.
Risk factors for stroke have in common with heart disease risk factors, namely:
* Smoking
* Hypertension
* High blood fat levels
* Diabetes mellitus
* Impaired blood vessels / heart
* The high number of red blood cells
* Overweight (obesity)
* Lack of physical activity / sports
* Drink alcohol
* Abuse of drugs (Drugs)
Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke by Healthy Lifestyle
Prevention efforts to avoid heart disease and stroke begins to improve the lifestyle and controlling risk factors, thereby reducing the chances of the disease.
For prevention of heart disease & stroke avoid obesity and high cholesterol. Start by eating more vegetables, fruits, grains, other fibrous foods and fish. Reduce meat, snacks (snacks), and high-calorie foods and many contain other saturated fats. Foods that contain lots of cholesterol deposited in artery walls and cause atherosclerosis that trigger heart disease and stroke.
Quitting smoking is the target to be achieved, also avoiding cigarette smoke from the environment. Smoking causes reduced blood vessel elasticity, thereby increasing the hardening of the arteries, and increases blood clotting factors that trigger heart disease and stroke. Smokers have the chance of stroke and coronary heart disease was about twice higher compared with nonsmokers.
Reduce drinking alcohol. The more alcohol consumption, the possibility of hemorrhagic stroke, especially of the higher. Alcohol can raise blood pressure, weakened heart, thicken the blood and cause arterial spasm.
Do Exercise / physical activity. Exercise can help reduce body weight, controlling cholesterol, and lowering blood pressure is another risk factor for heart disease and stroke affected
Control high blood pressure and blood sugar levels. Hypertension is a major factor of stroke and coronary heart disease. Diabetes also increases the risk of stroke from 1.5 to 4 times as much, especially if uncontrolled blood sugar.
Avoid using illegal drugs such as heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, because these drugs drugs may increase the risk of stroke 7-fold compared with non-drug users.
Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke with Plant Medicines
Several kinds of herbs that can be used to prevent heart disease and stroke has the effect of blood circulation and as an anticoagulant which prevents blood clots, heart disease and stroke are the main cause of vascular disorders.
Several types of plant medicine and natural materials that can be used to prevent and cope with Heart Disease and Stroke among others:
1. LEAF DEWA (Gynura segetum)
Pharmacological effects: as the anticoagulant, dilute blood clot, blood circulation and cleanse toxins.
The part used is the leaves and tubers. The recommended dose is 15-30 grams 60-10 grams of fresh leaves and tubers.
2. Morinda citrifolia
Efficacy; lowering high blood pressure, lower cholesterol and high blood sugar levels. Savor it can prevent the risk of heart disease and stroke. Dosage: 2-3 ripe fruit
3. GARLIC (Allium sativum)
Effects: blood circulation, an anticoagulant (prevents blood clotting), lowers blood cholesterol, lower blood sugar levels, lowering high blood pressure and increase immune system.
4. BOMBAY ONION (Allium cepa)
Efficacious pengumpalan prevent blood, lowering blood fat levels, lowering blood sugar levels and lowering blood pressure.
5. Ear black fungus (Auricularia auricula)
Efficacy / effect: Preventing stroke and brain hemorrhage, good for the heart and blood vessels.
6. Seaweed (Laminaria japonica)
Benefits: prevents constriction of blood vessels, lowers cholesterol and high blood pressure.
7. Purple Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
Benefits: prevents atherosclerosis (narrowing and blockage of blood vessels), preventing increased blood cholesterol, reduce nervous tension.
8. Banana
Benefits: Preventing stroke and brain hemorrhage, good for the heart and blood vessels.
9. Roses (Rosa chinensis)
Benefits / effects: blood circulation, neutralize toxins. Dose consumption: 3-10 g dried flower
10. Siantan (Ixora stricta Roxb.)
Benefits: decrease the blood clots, lowering blood pressure. Dose consumption: 10-15 g flower
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