What even is Heart Disease?
Heart disease is an umbrella of multiple heart conditions, and in most cases refers to Coronary Artery Disease. Since Heart Disease can be categorized into multiple divisions it usually goes undiagnosed and doesn't discriminate against race or gender, which makes it an even greater problem. The condition is usually not identified or discovered until major health conditions such as Heart Failure, Heart Attack or Arrithymia occur.
What causes Heart Disease?
Heart Disease can be caused by a variety of factors that make it such a big issue. Conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, smoke exposure, obesity, unhealthy diet, inactive lifestyle and etc. All of these are very common among Americans and habits that can become easy to follow, thus it is important to change these bad habits to protect us from Heart Disease.
How big of an impact does it even have?
Heart Disease is the leading cause of death globally resulting in 17.9 million deaths each year. In America, 697,000 people die from this disease, and even more suffer from it. The impact this disease has on worldwide death rates is enormous. In addition, this condition can easily be prevented, so with proper methods action can be taken against this epidemic.