Some Facts About Heart Disease You Need To Know

The heart is a vital organ in charge of pumping blood to all organs of the body. Therefore, if heart disease occurs, the performance of all organs of the body will be disrupted. If not treated quickly, heart disease is at high risk of causing dangerous complications, even death.

Heart disease is no longer a foreign topic to discuss. Not only has the potential to be life threatening, the treatment and medical care needed to deal with this disease also require significant costs.

What's more, heart problems can be experienced by anyone without exception, from the elderly, to adults, to children. To protect yourself and your family from heart disease, you need to know the facts about heart disease and how to prevent it.

Facts Behind Heart Disease in Indonesia

Heart disease, whatever its type, is a serious health problem that needs to be addressed immediately by a doctor. If heart disease is left untreated, complications can occur in the form of heart attacks, heart failure, until death.

Besides that, there are some other important facts for you to know about this disease:

1. Death rates from heart disease are still very high

The death rate caused by heart disease is no joke. Worldwide, heart disease is claimed to be the disease that most causes death. The World Health Organization (WHO) notes that in 2016 alone, there were more than 15 million people worldwide who died of heart disease.

That fact is not much different from what happened in Indonesia. Heart disease is claimed to be the leading cause of death in Indonesia, besides stroke. It is estimated that there are around 100,000-500,000 people who die of heart disease each year.

2. The level of public knowledge about heart disease is still low

There are many factors that are thought to cause high rates of death from heart disease in Indonesia. One of these factors is the lack of public knowledge and understanding of heart disease.

According to data compiled by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia in 2018, it is estimated that only about 20% of Indonesians have a good understanding of health, including about heart disease.

Lack of understanding about health makes many people vulnerable to heart disease. One impact of the lack of understanding of health and heart disease is difficult to recognize the symptoms of heart disease.

3. Management of heart disease which is often too late to get

Due to the lack of knowledge and understanding of heart disease in the community, many people consider heart disease symptoms, such as chest pain, cold sweat, and nausea, to be symptoms of mild illness.

As a result, heart disease was left without treatment to cause complications in the form of heart attacks and death.

4. Knowledge regarding prevention of heart disease is still low

Another loss that can be experienced by someone due to lack of understanding of health is not being able to avoid risk factors for heart disease.

As a result, there are still many people who live a lifestyle or unhealthy habits that can increase their risk for heart disease, such as often eating foods high in salt and fat, lazy to exercise, and rarely see a doctor ( medical check-up).

For some of the reasons above, doctors often recommend that health checks and cardiac examinations should be done as early as possible and routinely, especially in people at high risk of suffering from heart disease, for example people who suffer from obesity, hypertension, diabetes, or high cholesterol.

The aim is of course to evaluate the condition of the disease and to handle it quickly if a heart problem is detected, so that complications do not occur due to heart disease.

Changing Lifestyle to Prevent Heart Disease

A healthy lifestyle is one of the main keys to reducing the risk of various diseases, including heart disease. Therefore, it is important for you to start living a healthier lifestyle from now on in the following ways:

• Eat healthy balanced nutritious foods and limit consumption of salt, sugar, and saturated fatty foods that contain lots of cholesterol
• Getting used to exercising regularly, at least 30 minutes a day
• Do not smoke, avoid cigarette smoke, and reduce the consumption of alcoholic beverages
• Sufficient rest periods, at least 7-9 hours a day for adults and 8-11 hours a day for children and adolescents
• Manage stress

Also complete the efforts to prevent heart disease above by regularly checking your health to the doctor, especially if you are at risk of heart disease.

This is important so that doctors can detect early if there is heart disease and treat it as early as possible. The sooner the heart disease is treated, the smaller the risk of dangerous heart disease complications.

In addition, considering the cost of treatment and treatment for heart disease is quite large, there's no harm in you considering having health insurance.

If necessary, also complete with critical illness insurance that can cover in the initial and final stages without limitation on the number of critical illnesses, including heart disease.

This type of insurance will provide financial support (compensation costs) when you experience disability and require action and treatment due to suffering from critical illness according to the provisions of the insurance policy. In fact, when you can no longer move, other living expenses can be covered by this type of insurance.

However, make sure you choose the insurance that suits your needs and clearly read the policies of the insurance company before you approve it.

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