{"id":42,"date":"2021-09-09T08:42:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T08:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hearthealth.peezy.org\/?p=42"},"modified":"2021-09-16T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T09:19:00","slug":"common-causes-of-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/common-causes-of-heart-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Causes of Heart Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">People are often concerned about heart disease, but many people are unaware of the actual causes of heart disease.&nbsp; There are several major reasons why someone would develop a heart condition.&nbsp; Heart disease is the number one killer of people, so it\u2019s important to know the facts about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Genetics<\/strong> play a main role in the development of heart disease.&nbsp; It\u2019s an unfair fact of life that some people eat what they want, smoke, and even avoid physical activity at all costs but don\u2019t have any kind of heart problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But most people are not so lucky.\u00a0 The reason for these differences is heredity.\u00a0 If you have a family history of heart disease, you\u2019re more likely to develop heart disease \u2013 especially if you don\u2019t lead a healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/common-cause-heart-disease.webp\" alt=\"Common Causes of Heart Disease\" class=\"wp-image-131\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/common-cause-heart-disease.webp 800w, https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/common-cause-heart-disease-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/common-cause-heart-disease-768x480.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common cause of heart disease is <strong>coronary artery disease<\/strong>.&nbsp; This is a narrowing or even a blockage of the blood vessels.&nbsp; This puts strain on the heart and can even cause the heart to be cut off from any blood supply.&nbsp; When this happens to the blood vessels in the heart, a heart attack results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trouble with the valves of your heart is another source of heart disease.&nbsp; Your heart has valves inside it that help to keep blood flowing in one direction and prevents blood from flowing back to another chamber.&nbsp; If you have a weakening or damage to this part of the heart, you may end up having to deal with heart disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Diabetes<\/strong> is another major contributor to heart disease in adults.&nbsp; People who have type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing heart disease.&nbsp; Usually by the time someone has been diagnosed with this illness, he or she already has atherosclerosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means that he or she will be more likely to have heart disease and has an increased risk of heart attack.&nbsp; In fact, diabetics have twice the risk of heart problems as people who don\u2019t have blood sugar problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people also suffer from <strong>congenital heart defects<\/strong>.&nbsp; These are heart defects that they are born with. This can include heart murmurs or other deformations of the structures of the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are often treated surgically when the person is a very young child.&nbsp; However, they may require a lifetime of monitoring and healthy lifestyle habits to prevent problems from worsening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the above problems, people also have heart trouble as a result of specific illnesses.&nbsp; For example, <strong>rheumatic fever<\/strong> causes the build up of scar tissue in the heart.&nbsp; Endocarditis can also be caused by bacterial infections in the heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are often concerned about heart disease, but many people are unaware of the actual causes of heart disease.&nbsp; There are several major reasons why someone would develop a heart condition.&nbsp; Heart disease is the number one killer of people, so it\u2019s important to know the facts about it. &nbsp;Genetics play a main role in the development&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[20,21,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}