Smoking, obesity, hypertension and diabetes are among the risk factors that warn Filipino’s health. While age and genetic influences are known to be unavoidable determinants of risk factors, it has been reported that almost 90 percent of them are more likely to acquire undesirable diseases of the heart.
On the other hand, some unwanted habits are cl(–foul word(s) removed–)ified to be common risk factor that if man prevents, would avoid the penetrations of possible sickness.
Such common risk factors are the unwanted habits of consuming cigarettes, physical inactivity and unhealthy diet.
The Heart- known to be the body’s center of activity has become the most affected part due to those factors. Thus, heart disease as well as vascular system destruction continues to climb as the top killer disease in the Philippines.
For every 100,000 people, 84 of them die due to diseases of the heart. Moreover, 50,000 individuals suffer to death because of vascular system diseases.
This resulted to the global report that Philippines are included to be among the 23 countries that adds to the 80 percent who had died for chronic ailments.
Because of this, Health Secretary, Dr. Enrique Ona, stresses out to value the benefits brought by eating a balanced diet and applying healthy lifestyle to lessen the burden of getting diseases for the heart.
Teaching children to stay physically fit or joining sports events could be a wise option to stay away from unwanted heart conditions.
You will spend more or less a half million if you undergo heart operations based on Philippine Heart (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation’s data.
In fact, a common procedure of angiogram costs between 35,000 to 60,000 for monitoring the blood flow in veins and artery.
Obviously, heart surgeries might drain your savings in due time. Financial burdens might cause you another heart attack.
Prevention is better than cure. A common quote which reminds everyone to have a healthy living as much as possible.
There is a clear advice that doctors keep on emphasizing that if you want to take care of your heart, you just have to exercise the value of discipline on yourself not to smoke, avoid eating meat as much as possible, reduce intake of foods which are too sweet or salty and manage stress by giving yourself a break from time to time.
You just have to be reminded that giving attention to your heart’s health is important once in a while.