The risk of many types of chronic diseases has increased rapidly in the last decade around the world. Many types of environmental factors along with lifestyle and dietary disturbances are being considered responsible for this. In many recent studies, health experts have warned everyone about the increasing risk of heart diseases.

Medical reports show that the young population is also rapidly falling prey to this serious health problem. According to the Deathmeter report, heart disease and its complications have been the leading cause of death globally.

As of December 23 this year, more than 98.75 lakh people died due to coronary artery disease (CAD) alone. CAD is the leading cause of death in the year 2024. Global figures show that one person is dying every 33 seconds due to heart diseases, which clearly shows that this disease is a matter of serious concern for global health. Surprisingly, a large number of people who die from heart-related problems such as heart attack-cardiac arrest are adults under the age of 40.

Health experts say that even if you are safe from this disease now, it does not mean that you will not get this disease in the future, so everyone should keep trying continuously to prevent heart diseases.

Increasing risk of heart diseases

According to the report of the World Health Organization (WHO), the pressure on global health is increasing due to heart diseases. Heart attack and cardiac arrest are responsible for 60-70 percent of deaths due to heart diseases.

Another report shows that hypertension (high blood pressure) is the main factor for heart diseases in the European region of WHO. Studies conducted here have found that about one in three people aged 30-79 years have hypertension, which increases the risk of heart attack.

Apart from high blood pressure, this deadly disease is increasing among people due to many other lifestyle related factors, due to which everyone has been advised to take precautions.

What are the things responsible for increasing heart diseases?

In the studies conducted to understand why heart diseases occur, the factors that researchers have considered as the main ones are tobacco use, dietary disorders and obesity, physical inactivity, alcohol-smoking habits and air pollution. Health experts said, it is important to detect heart disease as early as possible so that management can be started with counseling and medicines. The severity of heart diseases and the risk of death from it can be reduced by timely treatment and improving habits.

Do you also not drink alcohol?

Health experts say, the habit of drinking alcohol has been seen in a large number of youth, it is very problematic for heart health. Alcohol can cause many such conditions that not only increase additional pressure on the heart but can also cause life-threatening problems like heart attack. Doctors say that there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption, so it is important to stay away from it.

The medical term for problems caused by alcohol is alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy, which refers to damage to the heart due to alcohol. This damage occurs because your heart muscles become weak, which prevents them from pumping as well as they should. Over time, the heart's inability to pump blood effectively reduces the supply of oxygen, which causes life-threatening problems.

Weight gain is also dangerous

Weight gain or obesity is also not good for your heart health. Especially around the waist, i.e., increasing belly fat. People suffering from this type of problem start accumulating fatty substances in the arteries, which is called atherosclerosis. If the arteries carrying blood to the heart are damaged or blocked and there is a blockage in them, it can lead to a heart attack, so losing weight is also very important to keep the heart healthy.