What do you need to know when you have coronary heart disease?

  If your doctor has told you that you have coronary heart disease or are likely to get it, the following is suitable for you to read.  The 5 main factors to get coronary heart disease: (1) smoking (2) diabetes (3) family tendency (4) hypertension and high blood pressure (5) other factors: also lack of exercise, obesity and high stress. These factors lead to atherosclerosis and subsequently cause a series of complications including angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, etc.  Measures to relieve coronary heart disease: 1. Quit smoking: Obviously smoking is harmful to health. For coronary heart disease, smoking increases the incidence of fatal cardiovascular events in patients. Moreover, smoking is also closely related to tumors.  2, control diabetes: good control of blood sugar can delay and prevent coronary heart disease. You can see an endocrinologist to adjust medication and get advice.  3.Family tendency: This is very common, some family members have coronary heart disease. Although genetics cannot be changed, you can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by controlling other factors, such as weight loss, low-fat diet, smoking cessation and exercise.  4. High blood pressure: Maintain an ideal weight, exercise regularly, and eat a low-salt diet. Take antihypertensive drugs to control blood pressure smoothly under the advice of your doctor.  5, diet: Westernized diet contains a lot of saturated fat, as well as cream, ice cream, which can raise blood lipids. You need a healthy diet, you can go read about it.  6, hyperlipidemia: hyperlipidemia has a legacy. It can be prevented by a low-fat diet. If the blood lipids are high, take lipid-lowering drugs under the advice of a doctor.  7, poor lifestyle habits: daily strolling, cycling, jogging or swimming for 30-60 minutes.  8, mental stress: this is difficult to measure and controversial. But most clinical studies believe that patients with coronary heart disease need stress relief. The way can be: meditation, yoga or tai chi.  When you have coronary heart disease, there are many ways to treat it, including drugs, intervention (stent) and surgery (bypass), and you need to choose the right treatment according to your condition.