Irregular Heartbeats no Stroke Risk

Irregular heartbeat or "atrial fibrillation" is one risk factor for stroke are largely unknown people in Indonesia when the risks outweigh the other risk factors.
"Atrial fibrillation is one of the major risk factor for ischemic stroke and individuals who are suffering a stroke five-fold risk compared with the general population," said Dr.dr. Yoga Yuniadi, SpJP (K) in a media briefing to commemorate World Stroke Day here on Thursday.
There are five major stroke risk factors that can be managed to prevent stroke is high blood pressure (hypertension), smoking habits, physical inactivity, diabetes and atrial fibrillation.
Stroke or heart disease often called the cause of death is highest for the category of non-communicable diseases where an estimated one person in the world dies every six seconds because of a stroke, or nearly six million people annually.
In addition to high mortality, stroke patients who survived then suffered a physical disability that is not only lowers the quality of their lives but also family life and those around him. Likewise, the economic implications caused by the patient can not become fully productive.
Meanwhile, people are asked to be aware of an irregular heartbeat, because if the stroke, the impact is usually more severe compared with other risk factors.
"A stroke associated with atrial fibrillation is generally more severe, the impact is much worse and longer treatment compared with patients who did not have atrial fibrillation," said Yoga.
Atrial fibrillation is thought to be the main cause of 15-20 percent higher overall incidence of stroke and stroke severity suffered by patients with atrial fibrillation indicated that they will experience a decline in quality of life that is more drastic than those who do not.
"Therefore, patients with atrial fibrillation is a group that should get serious treatment to reduce the overall burden of stroke in the community," said Yoga.
In commemoration of World Stroke Day is celebrated every October 20, Stroke Foundation of Indonesia and PT Bayer Indonesia launched the "Beat the Risk" through various forms of activities such as development of online educational sites, programs on radio talk shows as well as free health tests to detect fibrillation the atrium.
"World Stroke Day celebration is a good momentum to increase public awareness of the dangers of stroke and jointly launched the action to combat it," said Chief Executive of the Stroke Foundation of Indonesia Haryono Suyono.
Meanwhile, Director of PT Bayer Indonesia Doumit Allen said that the campaign was part of efforts to provide and disseminate information to the public about atrial fibrillation.
"After that, expected to raise awareness of the importance of early detection and treatment of atrial fibrillation for stroke prevention," he said.
The main objective of the management of atrial fibrillation is called Yoga is to reduce long-term risks arising from those conditions, especially stroke. Prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation can be done through pharmacological therapy to reduce the risk of blood clots.
Sources:Antara

Raw Vegetables and Fruits, 'Weapons' Powerful Opponents Heart Disease Risk

People who are genetically susceptible to heart disease can lower their risk with emphasis on eating fruits and raw vegetables. Thus the results of research published in the journal PLoS Medicine.

Mentioned, five or more servings of vegetables and fruit a day is enough to control the evil version of a gene on chromosome 9, which is estimated one-fifth owned by descendants of this Eropa.Gen risky 'build' of heart disease later in life.

The research was conducted by Canadian researchers, involving 27 people people as objects of research. The people studied were taken from various parts of the world such as Europe, China, to Latin America.

The results showed that individuals at high risk have a version of the 9p21 gene, but eating a diet with raw vegetables and raw fruits have a lower risk of heart attack than those who do not implement the diet.

Researchers from McMaster University, ProfSonia Anand said, "Our results support the public health recommendations to consume more than five servings of fruits or vegetables as a way to promote good health."

Erection fails? Beware, That Means There Cardiac Disorders

Erectile failure may be harbinger of heart disease in some men. Similarly, a review of numerous studies on the relationship between erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disorders conducted by Chinese scientists.
The study also concluded that a change of heart-healthy lifestyle or a cholesterol-lowering drugs is thought to have a positive impact on male sexual health.Scientists have long known the relationship between impotence or erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular health.
Although so far there is no evidence, the general theory states arteries that supply blood to the penis during erection may clog arteries faster than in the larger heart.It became an early warning about possible heart artery disease later in life men.
To discuss the relationship between the two, Jia-Yi Dong from Soochow University in Suzhou, China, and colleagues combines 12 previous studies concerning impotence and heart disease. All of these studies included nearly 37,000 men.
"Meta-analysis showed erectile dysfunction significantly increases the risk of heart disease and blood vessel disease, coronary heart disease, stroke and death. Improvements may not tied to powerful risk factor of heart and blood vessels of conventional," they wrote in the Journal of the American College ofCardiology.
Lifestyle ChangesThey found that men who face the problem of erectile dysfunction has a 48 percent risk that they will have heart attacks. They also face a higher mortality than men who did not have sexual problems.
Traditional risk factors, such as smoking, obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, did not explain the relationship. Thus, it reinforces the notion that impotence, when not caused by problems with a spouse or other psychological problems, is a risk factor for heart disease itself.
But one other study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that lifestyle changes and cholesterol-lowering drugs, such as statins, appear to increase the problem of erectile dysfunction in men. ''But, the effect is just a little,''Reuters reported.
Men who exercise more or eat the Mediterranean diet, rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and olive oil, for example, reported an increase in 2.4 points on 25-point scale of the problem of erectile dysfunction.
Men who use statins''face increased 3.1 points,''said Bhanu Gupta and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Results are based on six trials with 740 participants. "Our results reinforce the growing evidence that lifestyle changes and pharmaceutical therapies for heart disease risk factors and blood vessels are effective in improving sexual function in men with erectile dysfunction," they wrote.
They added lifestyle changes seem to be useful no matter whether he used Viagra, the most common drug to treat impotence, or not.
Sources: Antara

Healthy Heart

Coronary heart disease is one disease that causes death in Indonesia. With increasing age, increasing lavish lifestyle that resulted in rising stress levels, the risk of coronary heart disease outbreaks is increasing. However, coronaryheart disease is preventable or treatable. Medical science has identified manyrisk factors that we can change to avoid the disease.

Therefore, your heart to care and get to know various facts about coronary heartdisease is. Thus, you can save your own life!

WHAT IS HEALTHY HEART ?

The heart is an organ that consists of strong muscles and pump blood that carries oxygen and food to all parts of the body. To be able to function properly, the heart requires a sufficient blood and oxygen to give him adequate food, in order to support daily activities such as walking or eating. The heart has twomain coronary arteries, which further branching.

NOT HEALTHY HEART
Coronary Heart Disease

When narrowed or blocked coronary arteries, the blood supply to the heart is reduced, so that was not enough to meet the needs of the heart muscles. This condition is called coronary heart disease. The main cause of this disease is atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is a condition in which a fatty substance accumulate in the walls of the arteries and cause narrowing of the arteries, and if it continues to clog the blood flow. This usually happens if we excess fat or cholesterol in our blood.