Angina
Symptoms
Prevention- the best way to prevent angina is to have a balanced diet, and keeping your blood pressure at a healthy level. This will reduce your cholesterol levels and strengthen your heart.
Caused by?- reduced blood flow to the heart muscle
Treatment: lifestyle changes, exercising, medication, or surgery
Medication: beta blockers it helps chest pains
- Chest pains, nausea, sweating, dizziness,pain in neck or back
Heart Disease
Arteriosclerosis
- is when fat is build up in the arteries.
Symptoms
- Pain in their leg
- heart attack
- stroke/ mini-stroke
- chest pain
- shortness of breath
Common Diseases of the Circulatory System
Caused By?
- High blood pressure
- high cholesterol
- smoking
- lipid in your blood
- arthritis
What are the Most Common Diseases of the Circulatory System?
Destiny Pat
Lily Hernandez
Alma Saavedra
Period 4
March 3,2016
Aortic Aneurysm
Hypertension
Hypertension - high blood pressure.
- serious headaches
- vision problems
- confusion
- chest pains
- chest pounding
- difficult in breathing
- maintain a healthy weight by exercising regularly
- cutting back on salt and limiting the alcohol may help on preventing this as well
Symptoms
- Stomach Pain
- Chest Pain
- Blue/black painful toe
- fever
- weight loss
Caused By?
- Kidney problems
- illegal drugs
- alcohol abuse
- birth control pills
- Hypertension
- aging
- Atherosclerosis
- eating a healthy diet with not a lot of salt
- exercising regularly
- taking medications
- beta blockers they would reduce the workload of the heart it would come it down