Risk Factors For Cardiovascular Disease

Question 1

Name 3 risk factors of heart disease

Answer 1

High blood pressure

High blood cholesterol/ poor diet

Cigarette smoke

Question 2

How can high blood pressure come about ?

Answer 2

Not exercising

Overweight

Question 3

High blood pressure

Answer 3

Damages artery wall
Atheroma formation 
More blood pressure 
Blood clots - restrict blood flow to heart 
Heart attach

Question 4

How can you get High blood cholesterol?

Answer 4

Diet high in saturated fat

Question 5

High blood cholesterol

Answer 5

Atheroma formation
High blood pressure
Blood clots
Mycardial infarction

Question 6

What increases risk of cardiovascular disease and mycarsoal infarction from smoking

Answer 6

Carbon monoxide

Nicotine

Question 7

Carbon monoxide

Answer 7

Combines with haemoglobin and reduces amount of o2 transported in blood

Reduces amount of o2 available in tissue

Heart attack if heart doesn’t receive as much

Question 8

What else does smoking to do the blood

Answer 8

Reduces mount of antioxidants which port ya cells from dananfe

More likely for cornonary artery wall to become damaged and leasbto atheroma formation

Question 9

Reducing risk

Answer 9

Fatacprain our control

Lifestyle

Genetic predisposition

Or high blood pressure form another condition