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There Is More Than One Type of Heart Disease!

However the phrase “Heart Disease” is used in the media and everyday conversation, as though there is just one type.

This can be very confusing for patients and their families.

Heart Diseases fall into two main categories and a number of specific diseases.




Organic Heart Disease refers to a disease that results from a situation where the heart (organ) has been damaged by a specific situation.



The two major heart diseases that fall into this category are:

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Congenital Heart Disease

Rheumatic Heart Disease


Degenerative Heart Disease refers to problems that arise from the gradual deterioration of the heart or arteries.



The major diseases in this category are:

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Ischaemic Heart Disease

Pulmonary Heart Disease

Cardiovascular Heart Disease

Hypertensive Heart Disease

Atherosclerotic Heart Disease

Valvulvar Heart Disease

Coronary Heart Disease

Congestive Heart Disease

The great thing is that although medically they are classed as different diseases, they are all helped by the same simple things that you can easily do.

Improve your diet.

Exercise more.

Lose Weight.

Stop smoking.

Reduce alcohol.


It’s Your Heart. It’s Your Life.

It’s Your Choice.



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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826),


Dr. letter to his cousin John Garland Jefferson, June 11, 1790






 


 











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