Beware of the Worldwide Silent Killer

Do you acknowledge that 1 out of 7 men will have a heart attack or disenabling cardiovascular

disease before the age of 60? Do you know that cardiovascular disease kills 1 in 3 women? Do you know that 20-25% of decease in authorities hospitals is due to cardiovascular disease? Many statistics estimate that there will be more Malaysians dying of cardiovascular disease and arteriosclerosis in future. The heart is one of the strongest muscles in the body. It has to keep blood pumping every second of your life. It is essential that your heart, veins and arteries remain in good condition. When arteries supplying the heart are affected, the result is coronary heart disease. There are a number of things you can do to help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, though some factors like age cannot be altered. Other risk factors include high blood cholesterol, smoking, lack of exercise, obesity and stress. Stress is ineluctable and it can happen anytime or anywhere. In order to keep abreast with the demands of the modern world, you might need to administer day-to-day with a enormous volume of responsibilities and pressures. As an accountant, you hold a heavy responsibility in assuring efficient and effective functioning of the economy and deciding in your company. You need to deal with loads of work such as daily accounting, budget review, and being convoluted in ad-hoc financial projects and studies, business project feasibilities and risk analysis, tax planning and many more. Your stress level is elevated especially during the busy season in June and December to cope with year end accounting and auditing. Stress can induce triggers that lead to vessel blockage and increase the risk of heart disease. Persistent severe stress makes you 2.5 times more likely to have a heart attack compared with someone who is not stressed. Heart disease is due to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. It is a condition where a slow continuous tense build-up of cholesterol plaque occurs in the arteries of the heart. Finally, when you are under stress, enduring depression or coping with an angry personality, your body system will induce the biological function to accelerate the plaque deposit. The excessive plaques in your blood vessel confine blood flow and prevent oxygen-rich blood reaching your body organs. When the plaque blocks the blood flow to your heart muscle, you will suffer from chest pains and a heart attack. High levels of stress may also contribute to other risk factors. For example, stress might lead you to unhealthy behaviour such as ignoring the need for exercise, overeating, smoking and consumption of alcohol. All these unhealthy habits may cause hypertension, high blood cholesterol, obesity, diabetes and other diseases, leading to the development of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is undetectable and it can creep up on you completely unannounced as it shows no obvious sign and symptoms unlike cough or flu. Often, many people do not realize they have cardiovascular disease until they encounter chest pains, a heart attack, or a stroke. By then, their heart damage is already quite advanced and serious. This may be due to the lack of awareness regarding their cholesterol levels and the ways to protect their heart.

Beware of the Worldwide Silent Killer

By: Lee Sew Ming

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