Even children show heart attack warnings

Already children can have first warnings for a later heart attack. The culprit is the unhealthy and one-sided diet, which leads to massive overweight and a big belly. Precisely those endangered by messenger substances the heart health.

09/12/2012

Some children who are overweight already show the first signs of the onset of vascular disease. These are in turn first warnings for a later heart attack at a young age. According to the medical doctor Nikolaus Marx from the German Association for Arteriosclerosis Research (DGAF) was able to diagnose thickening of the vessel wall at 8 to 15 year olds. At the 5th German Congress of Arteriosclerosis in Munich, Marx emphasized that this is a big problem that causes concern. Responsible for this „is clearly the unhealthy lifestyle“.

Already with early 30's diabetes and heart attack
Great concern is the often unhealthy lifestyle in Germany, which begins in early childhood. In some children and adolescents, the doctors were able to detect thickening of the vessels during ultrasound examinations, said the cardiologist.„This is the beginning of atherosclerosis.“ In addition, it should be noted that the health problems occur in ever younger years. Was that „diabetes“ In those days, as an exclusively old-age disease, diabetes type II occurs today in ever younger years of life. The same can observe the physicians also at the heart attack.

There are patients who are only in their early thirties, suffer from diabetes and get a heart attack. „We did not see that before“, the heart specialist warns. Some young patients even have to hope for a transplant of the heart, because the infarction has severely damaged the heart.

Harmful messenger substances from the belly fat
A few years ago researchers assumed that atherosclerosis and diabetes are generally favored by being overweight, as science has learned from some recent studies today that excess belly fat in particular is harmful to health. So the big belly is a special danger, because there messenger substances are released, which lead to chronic inflammation. These in turn damage the cardiovascular system and metabolism. The ongoing inflammation also increases the risk of vascular calcification.

Important is a healthy lifestyle
The only remedy was to reduce the weight, especially on the stomach. Regular exercise (exercise) and a healthy diet can help. Although belly fat can also be removed with the help of surgery, that is „but no solution that is widely applied“. Over 80 percent of coronary heart diseases were due to an unhealthy lifestyle. Patients feed themselves incorrectly, do not exercise, smoke cigarettes and are overweight. „Therefore, the lifestyle needs to be changed“.

„Children learn the eating and living habits of their parents“, says the social pedagogue Gritli Bertram. Therefore, it is important to offer regular and balanced meals at least from the birth of the child. „If the parents pretend that sport is fun, children will enjoy sports later in life“.

Arteriosclerosis (without H) is a first precursor to atherosclerosis, in which the arteries calcify. Since December 7, around 400 scientists, physicians and experts from numerous countries have been discussing and discussing at the congress. In the course of the international meeting of physicians, new therapies and current studies were presented and a total of 80 events were held. (Sb)

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