Cardiovascular disease is extremely common today. They are observed in all age groups of the population. Over the past decades, a trend towards an increase in the number of cardiovascular diseases in people of a fairly young age has been revealed. At the same time, they are diagnosed with such ailments as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction and arterial hypertension. By the age of 40, few people are able to say that they are not worried about cardiovascular disease. The statistics of the last decades show that this pathology is becoming more and more common over time.
Reasons for increasing cardiovascular disease
There are many factors that can increase this incidence. A certain role in this was played by the achievements of modern medicine. The fact is that earlier people with heart defects, as well as early forms of other diseases, died without having time to leave offspring. Thus, the so-called natural selection was supported, that is, the strongest survived and multiplied. Now medicine is able to put people on their feet even with very serious cardiovascular pathologies.
Besides this, it should be noted that the modern way of life is significantly different from that which was characteristic of our grandfathers and even fathers. Today's generation moves much less. This is not surprising, because many modern professions are associated with working at a computer, almost every second family has its own car, and the complete differentiation of labor also does not contribute to an increase in human motor activity. All this is not very good for the human cardiovascular system. In the absence of adequate load, it begins to function incorrectly.
It should also be noted that now the diagnosis of diseases of the cardiovascular system is at a completely different level than before. Today, identifying a particular disease is much easier than 20-30 years ago.
What threatens this?
Already today, about 2/3 of the population has cardiovascular diseases by the age of 40-50. Every year the number of patients suffering from such ailments is increasing and increasing. At the same time, one should not forget that diseases from this group differ in that they are chronic and not very well treatable. Ultimately, all this leads to the need to develop more and more new means to combat cardiovascular diseases.
Modern approach to treatment
To date, the most rational is the complex effect on the pathological process that affected the cardiovascular system. First, the patient must maintain a sufficient level of activity. Only under this condition, cardiovascular diseases will slow down their progression. Secondly, such patients are most often prescribed several drugs at once. Thirdly, they are usually advised to adhere to a particular diet. This is necessary both to get rid of excess weight and to reduce the intake of certain substances that adversely affect the cardiovascular system.
