The leading cause of death among men is heart disease. Almost 500 thousand men die in the US from heart disease yearly. At the same time about 5.8 million have suffered a heart or angina attack and they are still alive.
Men are more likely to experience hart disease. What’s interesting, mortality rates for heart disease in men are much higher than the rates for all cancers combined. Moreover, over 70 per cent of premature heart disease deaths (i.e., before age 65) occur among men.
Furthermore, men experience heart disease at an earlier age than women. However, we must remember that lifestyle is a factor possible to control in order to decrease this risk. The latest research discovered a correlation between anger and heart disease. It indicated that young men with a lot of hostility and anger had much bigger chance to experience a heart attack before age 55.
Coronary heart disease is the most common form of heat disease. It appears when blood vessels supplying oxygenated blood to the heart become clogged. Arteriosclerosis is a crucial factor for this, because the walls of the arteries harden due to the accumulation of fats and other substances. Another risk factor is high blood pressure.
Over 3 million American men experience angina. This disease, together with chest pains, is very often associated with the early stages of heart disease. Both heart an angina attacks have similar symptoms, but the chest pains last longer and are more intensely felt.
In over 50 per cent of men dying suddenly from heart disease, no previous symptoms are observed. African American men are 26% more likely than Caucasian men, and almost twice as likely as Hispanic men to die of heart disease. Heart disease symptoms in men are various and different than in women, and have a more dramatic beginning. And even though men statistically have heart-related problems 10 years earlier than women, they are more likely to recover from it.
Specialists from the American Heart Association claim that the main risk factors for heart disease are: being male, old age, having a history of heart disease in the family, smoking cigarettes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, alcoholism, obesity, physical inactivity and stress.
