2. Heart disease is a terrible disease. It mainly effects older people.
Heart disease happens when the heart and blood vessels aren’t
working the way they should. There are many types of heart
disease.
3. • Cardiomyopathy - heart muscle disease
• Cardiovascular disease - disease of the blood vessels of the heart
• Congenital heart disease - malformation of the heart present at
birth
• Heart failure
• Hypertensive heart disease - damage caused by high blood
pressure
• Inflammatory heart disease - inflammation of the heart muscle
• Valvular heart disease - damage to the heart valves
• Coronary heart disease
NORMAL HEART LARGE HEART BECAUSE OF
CARDIOMYOPATHY
4. The main reason people get heart disease is by smoking. You can
get heart disease by smoking because The chemicals in tobacco
smoke harm your blood cells. They also can damage the function
of your heart and the structure and function of your blood
vessels.
You can also get heart disease by
not eating enough fruit and vegies
or by being overweight.
5. Heart disease does affect the rest
of your body because when the
plaque builds up in your blood
vessels it is difficult for blood to
get to different parts of your
body. When the heart pumps
blood it takes a longer time to go
around your body. It is then hard
for your body to work properly.
6. You can prevent heart disease by eating nutritious healthy food
like fruits and vegetables every day. You can also prevent it by
not being overweight and not getting stressed too often.
But the most important thing that you can do to prevent heart
disease is NOT SMOKING!!!
7. Yes. Heart disease can be cured by a few things. Two of the main
ways to cure it is oxygen therapy and heart medication. Oxygen
therapy helps bring oxygen to your damaged heart and heart
medication can help the blood flow easier or prevent blood
clotting. But prevention is always better than cure.
8. • People living in remote
areas of Australia are more
likely to get heart disease?
• In 2007-2008 about 3.5
million people in Australia
got heart disease?
• There are about 100
different types of heart
disease?
