Significance of Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease

Significance of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease occurs due to the significant
impact on blood and heart vessels. The disease includes
heart attack, stroke and other heart diseases. The main
cause of cardiovascular disease are high blood
pressure, diabetes, smoking, high cholesterol and
alcohol consumption. Cardiovascular disease can be
prevented by maintaining healthy eating habits, limited
consumption of alcohol and regular exercise. In order
to prevent the disease it is mandatory to treat diabetes,
hypertension and high blood lipids with drugs that in
term to reduce the risk of stroke or any other
cardiovascular disease. One of the most common
cardiovascular diseases is coronary artery disease. In
this particular disease, plaque gets collected in the
artery narrowing them which in turn reduces the blood
flow to the heart. This coronary artery disease can lead
to heart attack (Goodlin, 2016).

Impact of cardiovascular disease on individual,
family, and community
There are significant impacts of cardiovascular disease
on an individual. The risk factors related to heart and
diseases are physically inactivity, unhealthy diet and
consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Thus, an
individual with cardiovascular disease should maintain
healthy diet, carry out physical exercise and avoid
tobacco and alcohol. If any particular member of the
family suffering from heart daises then other members
of the family should take certain adjustment. A family
might feel pressure if the bread earner of the family
suffers from heart attack or stroke because he or she
cannot go to work. Women heart patients often suffers
from anxiety as they are primary care taker of the
family. An individual suffering from cardiovascular
disease is more likely to get depressed due to unstable
health, social and physical limitation. Cardiovascular
disease affects society by reducing the physiological
soundness of the masses. The overall wellbeing of
society gets hampered (Hjemdahl, Rosengren and
Steptoe, 2012).

The relationship between the health issue and
Australian National Health Priorities
Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of
disease burden death in Australia (Pak, Wald and
Kirkpatrick, 2016). The people suffering from
cardiovascular disease have been increased due to
factors such as aging population and enhanced
treatments have assisted people to live longer with the
disease. Australian National Health Priorities areas
have included cardiovascular disease. The major cause
of death related to cardiovascular disease is stroke,
peripheral vascular disease, coronary heart disease and
heart failure. According to a survey somewhat around
43,477 people died due to cardiovascular disease in
2017. It has been estimated that cardiovascular disease
kills one people in every 12 minutes in Australia.
People aged above sixty five years are more likely to
live with long term cardiovascular disease. In 2017,
more than 575800 people hospitalized because of
cardiovascular disease. Somewhat around 4377 people
died in the year of 2017 and these deaths were
preventable. The highest rate of hospitalization and
deaths cases can be found in Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander that are lower socio-economic groups