Cardiovascular disease can range from long-term or even life-long medication, and in severe cases, stents, bypass, heart failure, and even death!
The best way to treat cardiovascular disease is early detection and early treatment. But how can we detect cardiovascular disease early?
For example, when angina pectoris is discovered, most of the cardiovascular stenosis is more than 70%. When myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction are discovered, it is too late and life-threatening.
The best way is to find out if you have cardiovascular disease earlier, but now the hospital does not have this kind of equipment, and there is no such inspection, we can’t pass a single inspection. Determine whether you will have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the future.
So we just sit back and wait?
Of course not!
At present, we will comprehensively analyze a person’s habits and three highs, and give a score. The higher the score, the more likely to have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and then to determine whether this person will develop in the future. Cardiovascular disease.
I. Smoking
0 points for non-smokers; 1 point for smokers.
Smokers, including secondhand smokers, are more than three times as likely to have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases as non-smokers. Therefore, smokers are at risk of developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so if they smoke, they should first give themselves 1 point, and if they do not smoke, they will naturally not score.
Most of the patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases we met in the hospital smoked. The more smoking, the worse the vascular condition.
Two, whether you have diabetes
No diabetes is scored 0; diabetes is scored 1.
Diabetes affects the vascular endothelium and increases the inflammatory response of the vascular endothelium, which in turn aggravates atherosclerosis and leads to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, people with diabetes have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases than people without diabetes. People with diabetes get 1 point, people without diabetes get no points.
The effects of diabetes on blood vessels are often diffuse, meaning plaques or stenosis in many parts of the blood vessels.
Three, whether there is hypercholesterolemia
A score of 0 for cholesterol below 5.2; 1 for cholesterol above 5.2.
Long-term hyperlipidemia, especially after a long-term increase in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, will increase lipid-like substances in blood vessels, and these lipid-like substances will accumulate in the inner wall of blood vessels, and over time will Vascular plaques form.
With this program is reference total cholesterol, but we are more concerned about LDL cholesterol, so if LDL cholesterol is higher than our reference value, then get 1 point; if If your LDL cholesterol is normal, you will not score.
There are three levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which are lower than 3.4, lower than 2.6, and lower than 1.8.
4. Are you overweight or obese
BMI <24, score 0; 24-27.9, score 1; >28, score 2.
Obesity is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Obese people will not only increase the risk of the three high risks, but also increase the risk of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and cerebral infarction.
It is relatively simple and relatively convenient to judge whether a person is fat or not. That is, BMI=weight (kg)/height (m2), if this value is lower than 24, then the weight is normal and no score; if it is 24-27.9, 1 point; if the BMI exceeds 28 , get 2 points.
It seems that the fatter you are, the greater the risk of developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the future.
V. Age
Under 39, 0; 40-44, 1; 45-49, 2; 50-54, 3; 55-59, 4 points;
60-64 years, 5 points; 65-69 years, 6 points; 70-74 years, 7 points; 75-79 years, 8 points.
Looking at the age score, it is not difficult to see that cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are diseases that are clearly related to age. When we are born, our blood vessels are smooth and elastic, and as we age, most of us around the age of 40, our blood vessels gradually harden. Gradually, some people will develop atherosclerosis due to various high-risk factors, such as smoking, obesity, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, etc., and then lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
The older you are, the greater the risk of developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In theory, as long as we live to be old enough, we may all develop atherosclerosis.
6. Blood pressure
Systolic blood pressure (high pressure) <120, score -2; systolic blood pressure (high pressure) 129-130, score 0;
Systolic blood pressure (high pressure) 130-139, 1 point; systolic blood pressure (high pressure) 140-159, 2 points;
Systolic blood pressure (high pressure) 160-179, 3 points for women and 5 points for men;
A systolic blood pressure (high blood pressure) of 180 or more is scored 4 points for women and 8 points for men.
Before taking antihypertensive drugs, our blood pressure level determines our risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the future.
Ideal blood pressure, not only will not add points, but also subtract points, if your systolic blood pressure is lower than 120, then you will also subtract 2 points.
Normal blood pressure is between 120-130mmHg, no score, relatively speaking, there is no risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases due to high blood pressure.
The high value of normal blood pressure, that is, between 130-140, at this time, the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will increase, and it will be scored 1 point; Grade 1 hypertension is scored 2 points; Grade 2 Women with high blood pressure scored 3 points and men scored 5 points; women with grade 3 hypertension scored 4 points and men scored 8 points.
According to the above 6 points, add up your own scores, and then check your future risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases according to your own score comparison table.
Male comparison table
Female comparison table
If the risk is less than 5% of the low-risk group after comparing the scores in the table, that is to say, the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the future is relatively low, then please continue to maintain a healthy life, and at the same time To check up, monitor your blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids.
If you compare your scores to the table, if the risk is less than 5-9%, it is a medium-risk group, indicating that you already have three highs or some unhealthy lifestyles, then you should actively manage your three highs, At the same time, you should manage your own life and change your unhealthy lifestyle. If you don’t control it at this time, the possibility of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will be higher in the future.
Of course, in addition to the above 6 high risk factors, our risk of developing atherosclerosis is also related to genetic factors, alcohol abuse, sedentary inactivity, unhealthy diet, staying up late, Stress, bad mood, environmental factors, attitude towards disease, etc. all have a certain relationship. Even with high blood pressure, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, different people have different control over 3 high levels, so the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the future is also different.
The above 6 points are the most important factors affecting the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in the future, but they are not the only 6 indicators.
Instead of meticulously calculating our own scores, each of us should control the three highs as soon as possible, stay away from tobacco and alcohol earlier, control our weight, keep exercising, eat healthy, and don’t stay up late, okay mentality.
Prevention is the best policy!