Public Health Problem
Cardiovascular disease, more commonly known as heart disease, is a noninfectious, chronic, degenerative disease that has extensive historical documentation from over the ages but has become progressively prevalent with the rise of modern society. Cardiovascular disease currently stands as the leading cause of death in the United States, affecting both genders indiscriminately and is responsible for almost fifty percent of deaths that occur. It has recently become an area of intense scientific and medical investigation in collaboration with Public Health to ameliorate this health crisis.
Cardiovascular disease most commonly develops in people for the three following reasons: (A) genetic makeup (this includes disorders and familial inheritance), (B) smoking and its repercussions and finally (C) personal choices and lifestyle habits (particularly those relating to diet consumption and physical exercise). Some forms heart disease originate from genetic …show more content…
Ancient Egyptian mummies from the BC era were found to have had traces of heart disease, particularly with the presence of atherosclerosis or the narrowing of arteries. Grecian and Roman societies also show proof of cardiovascular disease’ ancient presence- they often recognized it by the chest ache so characteristic that precedes a heart attack. [3] Historically, however, the rising occurrences of heart disease came with modernization. Following the Industrial Revolution, heart disease spiked and have continued doing so until today. Part of the reason is that previous to industrialization, many of the foods we consumed, such as dairy and wheats were not as extensively processed and were more natural. [3] Physical movement and exercise in the past were also a must in order to complete manual labor and kept people more physically active and which we now
Cardiovascular disease, more commonly known as heart disease, is a noninfectious, chronic, degenerative disease that has extensive historical documentation from over the ages but has become progressively prevalent with the rise of modern society. Cardiovascular disease currently stands as the leading cause of death in the United States, affecting both genders indiscriminately and is responsible for almost fifty percent of deaths that occur. It has recently become an area of intense scientific and medical investigation in collaboration with Public Health to ameliorate this health crisis.
Cardiovascular disease most commonly develops in people for the three following reasons: (A) genetic makeup (this includes disorders and familial inheritance), (B) smoking and its repercussions and finally (C) personal choices and lifestyle habits (particularly those relating to diet consumption and physical exercise). Some forms heart disease originate from genetic …show more content…
Ancient Egyptian mummies from the BC era were found to have had traces of heart disease, particularly with the presence of atherosclerosis or the narrowing of arteries. Grecian and Roman societies also show proof of cardiovascular disease’ ancient presence- they often recognized it by the chest ache so characteristic that precedes a heart attack. [3] Historically, however, the rising occurrences of heart disease came with modernization. Following the Industrial Revolution, heart disease spiked and have continued doing so until today. Part of the reason is that previous to industrialization, many of the foods we consumed, such as dairy and wheats were not as extensively processed and were more natural. [3] Physical movement and exercise in the past were also a must in order to complete manual labor and kept people more physically active and which we now