Personal Risk Factors

There are many risk factors that contribute to CHF. Some of these include diseases such as coronary heart disease (the most common type of heart disease) and heart attacks, high blood pressure, and diabetes (REF). Some of these also includes unhealthy behaviors such as smoking tobacco, eating foods high in fat, cholesterol, and sodium, not getting

Within my family lifestyles there are factors that might lead to eventually developing heart disease. The way my family eats is not very good at all because we eat fast food almost every night and sometimes we even have it twice a day. This kind of food is high in sodium and having too much sodium could cause problems to other parts of our bodies. My parents both have high blood pressure, but it is controlled with medication. I myself have started to have problems with my blood pressure, where doctors put me on medication if it gets beyond a certain point because they are worried that I am only 18 and not over weight. I have also had to get an

     There are eight major contributors that result in heart disease: heredity, smoking, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol (LDL), physical inactivity, obesity, diabetes, and arterial inflammation. The remaining seven contributors can be controlled, or at least reduced to safer levels that will help prevent or even reverse the disease, prevent a heart attack, and prolong one’s life.

5. Heart Disease and Stroke- Through prevention, discovery and treatment of risk factors for heart disease increases cardiovascular health and improve the quality of life. Risk factors leading to heart disease and strokes are changes in the heart and blood vessels. Education in healthy foods, diets and exercise can decrease a potential heart attack or stroke. (Healthy People, n.d.).

Some of the risk factors for heart disease are smoking, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, inactivity, stress, and type A personality. Are these risk factors necessary causes, sufficient causes, or component causes?

Have there been times when you needed health care but did not have access to it?

The first category consists of conventional risk factors which include aging. In men, anyone older than 45 is at higher risk and for women, it is 55 or older. Another conventional risk is family history and race, were African American leads is reportedly at a high risk versus someone of Asian race who is far less susceptible. The next category of risk factors is known as Modifiable Risk Factors. As the name indicates this risk factor can be modified and changed to prevent CAD from occurring in a person. These include lack of physical activity, smoking cigarettes, mental stress and depression, and high blood pressure. Next, there are Nontraditional risk factors which include C-reactive protein which in high levels is correlated with CAD. Other factors within this category include fibrinogen, and lipoprotein. Lastly, the final category among these is the miscellaneous medical conditions that are risk factors for

They are higher risks factors that can affect the heart diseases include the following- Diabetes, Overweight and obesity, poor diet, physical inactivity, smoking and Excessive alcohol use. Funny enough the cure to these diseases is just change of lifestyle which is the

It is important to gather data regarding the risk, number or people affected and morality pertaining to cardiovascular disease. Different surveillance methods are used to obtain reporting information regarding CVD. This information is beneficial to physicians, health care providers, and people in the community. It provides data that can be used to establish prevalence in different categories. It provides evidence and allows for issues to be prioritized. This is extremely important because different nations, states, counties, and cities are able to factors pertinent to their areas. The United States uses the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to gather information about the health and nutritional status from households of different people (CDC Centters for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.). National health and nutrition examination survey). The NHANES combines information from completed surveys and physical examinations of people. This data is used to identify make changes and implement policies. It is also used to identify ways to improve the health care of the entire population. Baselines regarding different diseases are established using this information on a national level. The state of Ohio uses self reporting to obtain the prevalence of heart disease (Healthy Ohio, n.d). They use a Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to obtain this information about their residents. This information will allow programs to be implemented to

I decided to analyze the data based on the scores and answers my dad provided in this assessment. He scored in the 30+ range which told him he is at high risk for developing heart disease and should look into taking immediate action. The advice I told my dad was since he is a male he is at a higher chance of developing a heart disease because he does not have an overabundance of estrogen like women do to protect him from buildup of atherosclerosis. He is also over weight and consumes high levels of hydrogenated fats. I told him he should cut back on his intake of fats and maybe convert to healthier options and in result lose weight based off those options. Lastly, I mentioned that he should not be so sedentary and should take action in outside

ML’s risk factor’s include: African American, uncontrolled diabetes, unhealthy diet, doesn’t exercise, elevated blood pressure, elevated creatinine level, glucose, HbA1c.

There are many risk factors that can be controlled early in life, that can also lower the risk of heart disease later in the life. The other risk factors are passed down through family

According to our records of Daisy’s health history as the present time Daisy’s non-modifiable risk factors such as age and gender both increase her physically chances of developing cardiovascular diseases (Berman, Kozier & Erb, 2012). A family’s medical history is an imperative aid in diagnosing and treating Daisy, therefore gaining this information would be useful as if she was to have a hereditary risk this would also increase her possibility of cardiovascular problems (Berman, et al. 2012). On the other hand the modifiable risks (World-heart-federation.org, 2015) can be altered due to education on a healthy lifestyle, risk such

Total risk score for each individual ranged from 0 to 51. Four models have been plotted to find the most accurate risk factor based model. Three out of 4 models had reasonable predictive ability (AUC > 0.7). Combination of all significant risk factors had the highest sensitivity (91.89), however the highest specificity (79.70) has been indicated in the combination of habit, diet and SES (model

Unfortunately, this family may face multiple health risk factors. First of all, all four of these children may face lifestyle risk factors. Since the first two children are 16 and 14, their lack of knowledge could have them exposed to teenage pregnancy and possibly sexually transmitted disease. The 16 year old boy could be involved with the use of alcohol, drugs, and nicotine, and his mother could be involved with the same thing to cope with her depression after the fall. Also, the rest of the children could have inadequate dental care, hygiene, poor nutrition, and lack of childcare. It is because their mom may not be able to take care of her children for a while, and this could also activate psychological risk factors. Since their mother is not in a condition to maintain a healthy family, there could be a conflict between family members. Because of their lack of knowledge, there could be a chance that they may not be provide safe and cleaning living condition, and this will increase the risk of more injury. lastly, the 8-month old baby is exposed to developmental risk factors. Since this single-parent family most likely will be financial problem, support system may not be available for