WEEK 23 EDITION 2 || A DISEASE I'LL LIKE TO CURE ONCE AND FOR ALL

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Coronary artery disease, stroke and lower respiratory tract infections are the most commonly known deadliest diseases in the world and among all these diseases, the primest is Coronary Artery Disease CAD (also known as Ischemic heart disease). So the choice of one disease I'll like to cure is CAD.

As we all know that the heart is one of the most delicate and muscular organ of our body containing blood vessels namely arteries, veins and capillaries which helps in the circulation of blood throughout our body and shuffles movement of blood between the muscular heart, the lung, the kidney, brain and other organs of the body via arterioles, venules and capillaries. Blood is essential to life and is fully active when oxygenated and transported throughout the body and this is the more reason we're active as human, but when blood begins to feel obstruction of it's passage into the heart, lungs or the body, it eventually lacks it signalling mechanism which may result into heart failure, stroke and death along the line if not treated timely.

Plague formation within the arteries results into a condition known as atherosclerosis which could lead to the formation of bad fats within our artery walls which hinders the free passage of blood thus giving rise to a high level of blood pressure. This is a very disturbing and alarming health condition which is commonly associated with obesity, sedentary lifestyle or lack of exercise in an individual. When you eat more than you exercise, you're likely to gain weight and become fat, then overweight and later if without proper caution, becomes obese. Bad cholesterols (LDL) and excess transfats build-up in the body are likely to cause such a plague formation in one's artery that could have a deleterious effect on one's health system.

So in a simple term, Coronary Artery Disease CAD occurs when the blood vessels that supplies blood to the heart becomes narrowed. If untreated may lead to death.

Prevalence of CAD
From epidemiological studies from health Knowledge CAD is said to be the leading cause of death worldwide as it is estimated that 3.8 million men and 3.4million women die each year from Coronary Artery Disease. This is really a call for an alarm. It is also recorded that in Europe 1.5million death of infected individuals are recorded each year and it was so added that an estimated value of 80%-90% of people dying due to CAD have one or more major risk factor that are influenced by lifestyle which include hypertension, smoking, diabetes milletus, physical disability, obesity, gender, ethnicity, age, raised serum lipid etc.

The above is a reason for my choice of disease to cure because this sort of disease could lead to other underlying health problems which may lead to stroke and lower respiratory tract infections. So there's a need to properly monitor our health at all times and ensure we take moderate balanced meal and exercise constantly.

Many people in the world today are overweighted and this condition has been misinterpreted as a sort of a balanced and confortable lifestyle in most regions of the world especially in africa. It's height time we restructure our mindset and wake up to the reality as our health is our wealth.

Possible ways out

1. Consumption of a low calory food
2. Take more of fresh fruits and vegetables
3. Minimise the quantity of your salt consumption
4. Exercise more than you eat
5. Take more of whole grains
6. Reduce your quantity of food intake
7. Reduce acohol consumption
8. Avoid smoking
9. Avoid meals rich in saturated fat if you're obese
10. Go for a comprehensive medical check up

Excess bad fat can also be treated by surgery. It's more safe to consult a certified medical doctor.

Hope you pick one lesson or the other from this. Those who wish to participate in this initiative can visit @kronias page for more detail. This is my entry to the weekly featured contents "week 23, edition 2."

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