Heart disease is the first health problem in the U.S. now. It killed both women and men everyday. However, heart disease can actually mean one of various problems of health. For example, there is coronary artery disease, which is what most people think of when they think of heart disease.
Some of the usual symptoms of heart problems that are experienced by people are enumerated in the below. The information present here will be of great use in reducing the phenomenon of this problem and even entirely cure this problem. There are also many tips that are present to provide guidance to help you come back from this problem.
If you find yourself breathing heavily for no apparent reason, you may have cause for concern. Similarly, if you notice yourself having to catch your breath after going up or down a few steps, lifting light objects, or walking short distances, you may have a problem with shortness of breath.
Heart palpitations are defined as an awareness of the abnormal beating of the heart. This abnormality may involve the heart beating too slowly, too fast, irregularly, or even at its normal frequency. The beating of your heart should largely be a totally unconscious act. So, if you find yourself often focusing on the beating of your heart on a regular basis, you may be having heart palpitations.
If you experience a faster-than-normal heartbeat, this may be the sign of serious medical issues related to the heart. Fast heartbeats are caused by increased input from the sympathetic nervous system, and this can be an indication that the body is responding to stress somewhere else in the body – such as to a tightness in the arteries.
If you often finding yourself feeling week or dizzy without any obvious cause could also be a symptom of disease of the heart. For instance, these symptoms may occur when you are just sitting down, but they are more likely to occur when you are standing up and/or are in motion.
Nausea can be caused by a great number of factors, one of which is heart problems. We have all experienced the feeling of nausea before. Recularly, nausea is caused by easily-explainable factors such as having eaten the wrong food or having the flu. However, if nausea persists for extended periods of time without obvious causes, this could be the sign of real problems.
There are many new devices that are available in the market and these equipments will be providing wonderful solution to various kinds of problems that are being experienced by the person. It is possible to acquire cure. Recovering from heart problems and other heart related problems takes a great amount of time. It is necessary to pay attention to different kinds of medication that is required for lifestyle changes such as diet changes, exercise activities and many others.
It is necessary to keep up right level of air supply for fulfilling good sleep process. Thus it will be healthful to involve in an activity that will clear all fat that are present in you air valves and provide increased efficiency in flow of air toward your body. Involving in minor physical exercise program will be of great use in acquiring normalcy. Thus, the symptoms mentioned above should be dealt in a proper manner.
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Obesity
Public Health Enemy #1
by David Zeiger, D.O. and Judy Manisco, L.D., C.N.
Today many American adults, teens and children are facing the alarming fact that they are either overweight or obese. Metabolic obesity, as it is know understood, is a factor of neuropsychological stress, hormonal imbalances and dietary lifestyle. The following statistics are staggering:
The U.S. Bureau of the Census estimates that approximately 58 million American adults (26 million men and 32 million women) are obese.
According to the National Institutes of Health, 55% or 97 million adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese, with at least 33% (58 million) of adults considered overweight and 22% (39 million) considered obese.
The prevalence of obesity increased from 12.0% in 1991 to 17.9% in 1998. A steady increase was observed in all states; in both sexes; across age groups, races and educational levels; and occurred regardless of smoking status.
More than a problem of appearance, obesity can also be a life threatening condition. As the number of pounds increases, the risk for gallstones, high blood pressure, heart and kidney diseases, stroke, colon and breast cancer escalates. Other medical problems associated with obesity, include adult onset diabetes, hormonal imbalances, osteoarthritis, fatigue and sleep apnea — abnormally long pauses in breathing during sleep.
Genes, Hormones and Sensible Metabolic Planning
Medical research indicates there may be a genetic basis for 40-60% of persons at risk for developing obesity. However, the more common causes may actually reside within the complex interaction of these genes that code for an individual’s metabolism and the additional effects of such hormones as; estrogen, insulin, triiodothyronine (T3-a thyroid hormone), cortisol, as well as, lifestyle and dietary choices.
Chemicals called leptins act as the ‘middlemen’ messengers between the brain and one’s fat cells effecting hunger and the feeling of satiety. Stress, high carbohydrate meals, lack of exercise, and in some women added estrogen from the use of birth control pills — even Premarin™ — will often contribute to a marked increase in body fat. Note here that estrogen promotes an increase in the size and number of fat cells.
Stress releases cortisol from the adrenal gland. This hormone single-handedly impacts on your thyroid, estrogen and carbohydrate metabolism. High cortisol levels will make more estrogen and decrease triiodothyronine the powerhouse thyroid hormone that drives cell metabolism. High carbohydrate diets release insulin. In some patients it might not be immediate, but eventually, there may be a tendency over time that the bodies’ cells become insensitive or even unreactive to the insulin it produces. Even though this effect may be transient, such higher than normal insulin levels stimulate the production of fat stores in your body.
Furthermore, fat (adipose tissue) is a major source of estrogen metabolism in postmenopausal women through an enzymatic conversion of testosterone into estrogen. This is usually seen in men as gynecomastia and symptoms of hyperestrogenism in women as I discussed in a previous article in April 2002 issue of Conscious Choice.