There are many risk factors for heart disease in everyday life. People who do not control these risk factors in their lives can greatly increase their risk of developing heart disease. So, what exactly are these risk factors? How should everyone avoid it? Lu Hua, deputy chief physician of the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, said that paying attention to three points in daily life can effectively reduce the risk of heart disease.
Lu Hua introduced that some of the risk factors for heart disease are controllable and some are uncontrollable. Uncontrolled risk factors include family history, race, gender, age, etc. Among them, men are more prone to heart disease than women.
Everyone is helpless about the uncontrollable risk factors, but there are some controllable risk factors that everyone can try to avoid. These controllable risk factors include hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, etc.
“Among them, smoking is the main risk factor for vascular stenosis, and the risk of heart disease in smokers is twice that of normal people.” Lu Hua introduced, in addition, diabetics are also at high risk of heart disease. Risk groups, because long-term high blood sugar can lead to small blood vessel lesions, significantly increase the risk of heart disease and cerebral infarction. Therefore, if you have diabetes, good blood sugar control is the basis for reducing the occurrence of heart disease. It should be noted that people with high blood pressure and diabetes have a 2-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
For uncontrollable risk factors, it is necessary to monitor well, such as family medical history; and for other controllable risk factors, try to control them with appropriate methods, which can reduce the risk of heart disease . What can be done in daily life to effectively reduce the risk of heart disease? Lu Hua’s tips are as follows:
1. Keep blood pressure and cholesterol at normal levels
2. Control stress
3. Have a healthier lifestyle , including eating healthy food and regular exercise, smokers are better off quitting. (All-media reporter Zhang Qingmei, correspondent Zhang Cancheng and Wang Xue)
[Editor in charge: Shen Tian]