5 dangerous types of heart disease you must know

Day after day, more people are suffered from heart disease. It can impact elderly even young person, anyone can have this dangerous disease. Unhealthy lifestyle caused the problem in your heart. It is very essential to know the types of heart disease, you know the causes so you know how to prevent.

Here are some types of dangerous heart disease.

1. Heart attack

Heart attack is the most common heart disease problem. Several risk factors are unmodifiable such as age and genetic. However, many factors can also be avoided such as smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, obesity, stress, fast food, and lack of physical activity. The risk factors which mentioned before will generate the atherosclerotic process in the arteries. Atherosclerotic happened in the coronary arteries lead the fatal condition occurred as known as myocardial ischemia.

typical sign of heart attack

2. Heart failure

The second most common heart disease is congestive heart disease. People also know it as heart failure. The main function of the heart is pumping the oxygen-rich blood to all tissues and organs. Heart failure is a condition that the heart can not pump blood to the circulation. Many causes can happened in the heart that limited pumping function such as dilated cardiomyopathy, valve anomalies, untreated hypertension, alcohol consumption, viral infection, and genetic defects.

the differences between normal heart and heart failure

3. Rheumatic heart disease

Rheumatic heart disease caused by rheumatic fever that can damage the heart especially the heart valves. Rheumatic fever is an infection disease caused by microorganism streptococcus beta hemolytic. This bacteria may infect faring, skin, and kidney. Via bloodstream, streptococcus beta hemolytic can infect mitral valve. Study showed that rheumatic heart disease is not treated properly, it could be heart failure.  

mitral valve in rheumatic heart disease

4. Arrhythmia

Arrythmia mean the rate of the heart is irregular. By electrocardiogram examination you can know the type the rate of your heart. Normally regular rate of the heart called sinus rhythm. Irregular rate of the heart can interrupt blood flow to target organs. The most fatal is shaking effect which caused emboli. Emboli can block the blood flow and lead to ischemia of target tissues. Many causes of arrrythmia such as fever, heavy physical activity, drug reaction, and intoxication.

sinus arhythmia

5. Congenital heart defects

Congenital heart defects is a hereditary structure defects. Malformation occurred since the fetus develop week by week in the uterus. Smoking, teratogenic substances, and malnutrition have a role in developing congenital malformation in the fetus. The most common congenital heart defect is atrial septal defect and others are such as ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, and tetralogy of fallot.  

baby with tetralogy of fallot

The heart function is very vital. So, you have to protect it and know the symptoms of the heart disease. Do not hesitate and afraid to contact to your doctor. Early detection is better than getting worse.