About the world’s deadliest disease – So what is the world’s deadliest disease? Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), was “the most common cause of death” globally, circa 2014. CAD resulted in 8,140,000 deaths. In 2010, about 20% of those over 65 had CAD in the United States. Seven per cent of those between the ages of 45 and 64 had CAD, and 1.3 per cent of those between the ages of 18 and 45 had the disease. More men than woman, in any given age, usually have CAD.
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So this is a disease that kills the most people, because it’s not hard to get. We all do the things that cause this disease. Factors include smoking, lack of exercise, obesity, poor diet, excessive alcohol, and more. Poor habits causing diabetes, high blood pressure, and high blood cholesterol, all cause CAD. Even depression can lead to CAD. It’s usually prevented by eating a healthy diet, and all the normal things. Regular exercise, not smoking, and not drinking everyday. The good news is that, since 1980, risk of death from CAD has decreased in the developed world.
So what is Coronary Artery Disease? It is a disease, of the most common types of cardiovascular diseases. Diseases that involve the heart and blood vessels. Common symptoms include chest pains. And also: discomfort in the shoulders, neck, arms, back, and jaw. Shortness of breath is also a symptom. And sometimes the disease occurs with no symptoms at all. The first sign of CAD is usually when you have a heart attack, heart failure, or an irregular heartbeat.
Here are 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The World’s Deadliest Disease.
10. Anti-Depressants & Your Heart
It’s a catch 22. Untreated chronic depression is a known risk factor for heart disease. Do certain antidepressants pose a risk to heart disease? It is now becoming a subject of speculation within the past five years. Some sources say antidepressants may not pose a risk for heart disease. But some studies are starting to turn the other way, and say of antidepressants, “some but not all antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs pose a very small but serious heart risk.”
According to Nursing Times, researchers examined the medical records of 38,397 patients, who used antidepressants, and had also had an electrocardiogram (ECG). They found an association between some of the drugs of study, and a disturbed state of electrical activity of the heart, which increased at higher doses of the medication. These antidepressants included the SSRIs citalopram, escitalopram, and the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline. The percentage of risk of heart disease did not vary much between the medications.
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