Cardiovascular QUIZ

Question 0

What type of disease is cardiovascular disease?

Answer 0

A lifestyle disease

Question 1

What is cardiovascular disease?

Answer 1

Medical disorders that affect the heart & blood vessels

Question 2

What are the 5 risk factors for CVD?

Answer 2

Heredity
Ethnicity
Gender
Age
Environment

Question 3

Heredity- ?

Answer 3

High BP also runs in families

Question 4

Ethnicity-?

Answer 4

African Americans are twice as likely as whites to develop high blood pressure

Question 5

Age-?

Answer 5

Risk increases with age

Question 6

Environment-?

Answer 6

Smog, tobacco, smoke, stress

Question 7

Gender-?

Answer 7

Males have a greater risk of heart disease & stroke than females, however a woman’s chances of survival are less than men

Question 8

What is hypertension?

Answer 8

High blood pressure

Question 9

What are the causes of hypertension?

Answer 9

Many cases unknown

Uncontrollable

Question 10

What are the risk factors for hypertension?

Answer 10

1. Obesity
2. Alcohol
3. Inactivity
4. Smoking
5. Excessive salt intake

Question 11

What are the 2 types of blood pressure?

Answer 11

Systolic pressure

Diastolic pressure

Question 12

What is systolic pressure?

Answer 12

Ventricles contract blood into arteries is at it’s greatest pressure

Question 13

What is diastolic pressure?

Answer 13

Ventricles relax, pressure in arteries is at its lowest level

Question 14

What is normal blood pressure?

Answer 14

120 over 80

Question 15

What is arteriosclerosis? What does it come down to?

Answer 15

Hardening of the arteries
Arteries become thick & lose their elasticity
Mainly due to food choices

Question 16

What is atherosclerosis? What can it result in? What is it caused by?

Answer 16

When fatty deposits accumulate and blood vessels narrow
Can result in blockage
Causes by foods high in cholesterol & fat

Question 17

What is angina pectoris? What is it a warning sign of?

Answer 17

Pain & tightness of the chest caused by lack of oxygen to the heart
A warning sign that the heart is in distress

Question 18

What is heart attack?

Answer 18

Distress of angina continues over time

Question 19

What are the signs of a heart attack?

Answer 19

1. Pressure/fullness
2. Squeezing/aching
3. Nausea/vomiting
4. Sweating
5. Shortness of breath
6. Numbness in upper body

Question 20

What is fibrillation? What is it known as? What should be started?

Answer 20

The rapid ineffective beating of one or both ventricles
Known as cardiac arrest
CPR should be started

Question 21

What is congestive heart failure?

Answer 21

A slow gradual weakening of the heart from over work

Also from arteriosclerosis and hyper tension

Question 22

What is stroke?

Answer 22

Any interruption of the flow of blood to any part of the brain

Question 23

What are the causes of stroke?

Answer 23

Blocking of the cerebral artery by a blood clot

An artery in the brain can Burst & floods the surrounding brain tissue with blood “cerebral hemorrhage”

Question 24

What are the signs of a stroke?

Answer 24

Sudden weakness or humbleness of face, arm & leg on one side of the body
Loss of speech or trouble speaking & understanding
Loss of vision, particularly in one eye
Unexplained dizziness & unsteadiness