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Flashcards in Heart Disease - Developed World Country Disease Deck (5)
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Causes

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  • Inheritance
  • Heavy smoking – can lead to the formation of blood clots, which result in heart attacks. Nicotine increases heart rate and blood pressure,
  • Poor Diets – Fatty foods and excess alcohol can narrow and block the arteries, which can lead to heart failure and obesity.
  • Lack of exercise – People are more prone to heart disease.
  • Stress – Increases blood pressure and puts extra strain on the heart.
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Social Consequences

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  • Lowering of life expectancy rates
  • Fatal heart attacks –
  • death
  • Impact on other organs – ineffective functioning of liver and kidneys
  • Palpitations, dizziness, tiredness – may result in people being unable to work.
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Economic consequences

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  • Loss of workdays in industry through ill-health
  • Increasing costs of state and private healthcare
  • Need for medical staff and hospital beds
  • Increasing costs to the government for prescriptions.
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Preventative measures

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  • Health education programmes to advise the public how to advise heart disease.
  • British Heart Foundation advertising.
  • Removal of unhealthy vending machine from schools.
  • Compulsory physical education at school.
  • Smoking Ban/Smoking campaigns
  • Advice on healthy living programmes

Heart clinics

  • Hospital treatment including preventative and curative surgery

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Effectiveness

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  • Poverty reduces people’s ability to adopt healthy lifestyles.
  • Better diet – In the last 20 years the amount of butter sold has dropped by 76% and fruit sales have increased by 43%.
  • There is no evidence people do more exercise even though the facilities are better.
  • Smoking – although some people have stopped smoking many now smoke outside.
  • Medical – People now have regular cholesterol and blood pressure check ups. Better treatment now.