How Obesity Can Cause Heart Disease by Tiffany Grant https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q in the Caribbean en-us 2018-02-21 23:54:54 UTC 2018-02-22 01:14:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png What is a Chronic Disease? tiffanyragrant https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234038904 This is disease that persists over a long period of time. Chronic disease can hinder independence and the health of people with disabilities, as it may create additional activity limitations. People with chronic disease often think that they are free from the disease when they have no symptoms. Having no symptoms, however, does not necessarily mean that chronic disease has disappeared.]]> 2018-02-22 00:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234038904 What is Heart Disease? tiffanyragrant https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234040094 Any disorder that affects the heart. It is synonymous with cardiac disease but not with cardiovascular disease which is any disease of the heart or blood vessels. Among the many types of heart disease, see, for example: Angina, Arrhythmia, Congenital heart disease, Coronary artery disease (CAD); Dilated cardiomyopathy, Heart attack (myocardial infarction), Heart failure, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Mitral regurgitatio, Mitral valve prolapse, and Pulmonary stenosis.]]> 2018-02-22 00:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234040094 Obesity's Connection to The Heart tiffanyragrant https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234041232 Obesity is intimately intertwined with multiple health conditions that underline cardiovascular disease including high blood pressure, diabetes, and abnormal blood cholesterol.When a person is obese, that person’s volume of circulating blood goes up. This means that the heart has to pump a greater volume of blood with each heartbeat, which puts strain on the heart over time.]]> 2018-02-22 00:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234041232 Cause, Symptoms and Treatment tiffanyragrant https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234043050
  • Heart failure or congestive heart failure, which means that the heart is still working, but it isn’t pumping blood as well as it should, or getting enough oxygen.
  • Arrhythmia or an abnormal rhythm of the heart, which means the heart is either beating too fast, too slow or irregularly. This can affect how well the heart is functioning and whether or not the heart is able to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs.
  • Heart valve problems can lead to the heart not opening enough to allow proper blood flow. Sometimes the heart valves don’t close and blood leaks through, or the valve leaflets bulge or prolapse into the upper chamber, causing blood to flow backward through them.

    • ]]>     2018-02-22 00:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234043050     Scary Story!! tiffanyragrant https://padlet.com/tiffanyragrant/pkeo7yt6pb1q/wish/234048372  n avid marathon runner and fitness devotee. Heart disease was the furthest thing from her mind – until she collapsed during an early-morning workout. A diagnosis of heart disease followed, and it took her completely by surprise.

    “I really couldn’t believe this happened to me,” Amy says. “I thought of myself as a healthy person, and I was exercising when it happened. I truly believed I had pulled a muscle.” Which is why her friend called 9-1-1, not Amy.

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