Heart disease describe a range of conditions that affect your heart or blood vessels while air pollution is a mix of perilous substances from human-made and natural sources.
Vehicle excretion, fuel oils and natural gas to heat homes, and gas from chemical production are the basic sources of human-made air pollution.
Some pollutants can disrupt the autonomic nervous system, which controls heart rate and blood pressure, leading to arrhythmias and ischemia thus, causing increases inflammatory responses and oxidative stress throughout the body, including cardiovascular disease (HEART DISEASE).
Heart disease symptoms depends on what type of heart disease you have.
Cardiovascular disease is caused by constrict, blocked, or solidify blood vessels that prevent your heart, brain, or other parts of your body from receiving enough blood.
SYMPTOMS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
- Angina
- Numbness
- Pain
- Shortness of breath
- Weakness
- Coldness in your legs or arms (if the blood vessels in those parts of your body are narrowed)
- Dizziness
- Fatigue.
RISK FACTORS FOR DEVELOPING HEART DISEASES
- AGE
AGING weaken or thicken heart muscles.
- SEX
Men have greater risk of heart disease, while women risk of heart disease increases after menopause.
- STRESS
Unrelieved stress brings about damaging your arteries and increase other risk factors for heart diseases.
- OBESITY
Excess weight typically worsen other risk factor.
- POOR HYGIENE
Poor dental health, viral or bacterial infections and not washing your hands regularly could cause heart disease.
- SMOKING
Nicotine narrows your blood vessels. And carbon monoxide can damage their inner lining vulnerable to atherosclerosis.
- FAMILY HISTORY
Family history of heart disease increases your risk of coronary artery disease, especially if a parent developed it at an early stage.
TREATMENTS
- Stop smoking.
- Control your blood pressure.
- Check your cholesterol.
- Keep diets under control
- Eat healthy food.
- Reduce stress.
- Exercise.
- Quit smoking.