Case Study: A Growing Epidemic Of Heart Disease
Daniel Valentine
Ms. Blood
Research paper
3/15/2014
Heart Disease, A growing Epidemic.
Look at the highway just a few miles away. Right now you see the cars on it speeding along, nothing is wrong with the system. You see a bad driver and he causes disorder and mayhem. He causes traffic to move more slowly. Because of him, now other people cannot get to their destinations fast enough, causing problems outside of the highway. The bad driving causes accidents, and now an ambulance has to come, police arrive, and the highway is shut down. All these problems are caused by a single person. Now you see multiple bad drivers get on the highway, what happens then?
The analogy of the highway system relates to how the heart works, it pumps blood much …show more content…
“Heart Disease” is a broad term to describe any problem associated with the heart. The heart is basically a big hollow muscle. Its cellular makeup is different from that of skeletal muscles. The muscles of the heart have to contract simultaneously, which you don’t have control over as one does with skeletal muscles. Science in Context’s article “Heart Defects” states that the heart is the muscular organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body. It can operate defectively due to genetic malformation, diseases, or damage due to ailments such as stroke. Given its vital function, any heart defect is serious, and many are …show more content…
Heart disease is a term used to describe a variety of diseases that affect your heart. The various diseases include diseases of your blood vessels, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems such as arrhythmias; heart infections; and heart defects one is born with. Heart disease is the leading cause of death and about 600000 people die each year from heart disease. Unless people learn how to take care of themselves, that number will only increase. There has always be break troughs in modern medicine, but the deaths only increase every year. The United States is the country with the leading number of people diagnosed and the leading number of deaths from these diseases.
People do not know the risks for heart disease, or even what a risk is. According to Health and Wellness Resource Center’s article, “Risk Factors and Assessment” The term risk is something that causes a person or group of people to be particularly vulnerable to an unwanted, unpleasant or unhealthy event that increases the incidence or severity of an undesirable event such as an infection. There are so many risks that are associated to heart disease. According to UCFS Medical Center’s article, “Heart and Vascular Disease: Prevention Tips” Major risk factors
Ms. Blood
Research paper
3/15/2014
Heart Disease, A growing Epidemic.
Look at the highway just a few miles away. Right now you see the cars on it speeding along, nothing is wrong with the system. You see a bad driver and he causes disorder and mayhem. He causes traffic to move more slowly. Because of him, now other people cannot get to their destinations fast enough, causing problems outside of the highway. The bad driving causes accidents, and now an ambulance has to come, police arrive, and the highway is shut down. All these problems are caused by a single person. Now you see multiple bad drivers get on the highway, what happens then?
The analogy of the highway system relates to how the heart works, it pumps blood much …show more content…
“Heart Disease” is a broad term to describe any problem associated with the heart. The heart is basically a big hollow muscle. Its cellular makeup is different from that of skeletal muscles. The muscles of the heart have to contract simultaneously, which you don’t have control over as one does with skeletal muscles. Science in Context’s article “Heart Defects” states that the heart is the muscular organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body. It can operate defectively due to genetic malformation, diseases, or damage due to ailments such as stroke. Given its vital function, any heart defect is serious, and many are …show more content…
Heart disease is a term used to describe a variety of diseases that affect your heart. The various diseases include diseases of your blood vessels, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems such as arrhythmias; heart infections; and heart defects one is born with. Heart disease is the leading cause of death and about 600000 people die each year from heart disease. Unless people learn how to take care of themselves, that number will only increase. There has always be break troughs in modern medicine, but the deaths only increase every year. The United States is the country with the leading number of people diagnosed and the leading number of deaths from these diseases.
People do not know the risks for heart disease, or even what a risk is. According to Health and Wellness Resource Center’s article, “Risk Factors and Assessment” The term risk is something that causes a person or group of people to be particularly vulnerable to an unwanted, unpleasant or unhealthy event that increases the incidence or severity of an undesirable event such as an infection. There are so many risks that are associated to heart disease. According to UCFS Medical Center’s article, “Heart and Vascular Disease: Prevention Tips” Major risk factors