Coronary heart disease is a disease with a high incidence rate in recent years, especially among middle-aged and elderly people. The number of people suffering from this disease has always been high, and there is an upward trend. It seriously endangers people's health and brings great inconvenience and trouble to work and life.

First, let’s take a look at what is coronary heart disease? How is it produced?

Under normal circumstances, the heart is beating continuously to deliver nutrients to various organs in the body. So, while the heart is working, it also needs nutrients and energy. The blood vessel system that supplies energy to the heart surrounds the heart like a crown on the top of a person's head, so it is called the coronary arteries.

Normally, the blood vessel walls of this set of arteries are very smooth and elastic, allowing blood to flow through them unobstructed. However, due to improper diet and other reasons, there are too many lipids in the blood. Over time, these lipids will be deposited on the blood vessel walls, turning yellow like millet porridge. At this time, the blood vessel lumen becomes Narrow blood vessels, poor blood flow, and reduced elasticity are called atherosclerosis.

Once coronary atherosclerosis narrows the arterial lumen, leading to heart disease caused by myocardial ischemia, hypoxia or necrosis, it is called coronary heart disease, also called ischemic heart disease. A variety of coronary artery diseases can lead to coronary heart disease, and coronary atherosclerosis is only one of them, but it accounts for a very high proportion.

Secondly, let’s talk about the essence of coronary heart disease?

Atherosclerosis is a disease closely related to lipid metabolism disorders, especially cholesterol metabolism disorders. In the early stages of the disease, cholesterol and lipids in the blood are deposited on the blood vessel wall (arterial intima), causing intimal fibrous tissue proliferation, and then the intima gradually protrudes and thickens, forming small plaques.

When the plaque grows little by little, the nutrition in the center cannot keep up. At this time, the plaque begins to soften and collapse, turning into a yellow porridge-like substance. With further development, lipid precipitation also occurs in the middle layer of the artery, causing fibrous tissue proliferation to slowly occur under the intima of the blood vessel, and calcium precipitation begins to occur.

The result of this development is that the arterial wall becomes brittle and hard, and the lumen of the blood vessel becomes narrow. This is the origin of atherosclerosis. When this happens to the coronary arteries, coronary heart disease is born.

Finally, let’s talk about what kind of people are prone to coronary heart disease

1. Obese people: People who exceed the standard weight of 20% are more likely to develop coronary heart disease. A person who is much larger than the standard weight.

2. People who smoke and often eat high-calorie and high-cholesterol foods.

3. People with a family history of coronary heart disease:

4. Elderly women who have taken birth control pills for a long time:

5. Patients with high blood pressure or diabetes:

6. People with irregular lifestyles: lack of exercise, regular mental depression, etc.

In short, with the improvement of living standards, the incidence of coronary heart disease is also rising linearly. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone to understand some relevant knowledge to achieve early detection and early treatment.