What foods are suitable for coronary heart disease?

Written by Chen Tian Hua
Cardiology
Updated on November 30, 2024
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Patients with coronary heart disease should eat light, easily digestible foods, opt for low-salt and low-fat options, and consume plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits. Foods rich in dietary fiber, such as wheat, oats, and buckwheat, can also be eaten in moderation. Avoid foods high in animal fats and cholesterol, as well as salt-rich preserved items. In addition to dietary adjustments, patients with coronary heart disease should engage in reasonable exercise, effectively control their weight, maintain a good psychological state, and avoid overwork and staying up late, ensuring ample sleep at night. It is important to actively control risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high blood cholesterol, provide long-term standardized medication treatment for coronary heart disease, and maintain stability of the condition.

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What are the symptoms of coronary heart disease?

The symptoms of coronary heart disease primarily include typical symptoms such as pain in the precordial area triggered by physical activity or emotional excitement. The pain is often spasmodic or compressive, or it may feel like suffocation. The pain begins behind the sternum or in the precordial area and can radiate upwards to the left shoulder and arm, even reaching the little finger and ring finger. Rest or taking nitroglycerin can alleviate the pain. The radiation of the chest pain may also involve the neck, lower jaw, teeth, and abdomen. Chest pain can also occur during rest or at night, caused by coronary spasm, also known as variant angina. If the nature of the chest pain changes, such as newly occurring progressive chest pain, wherein the pain threshold gradually declines to the point that slight physical activity or emotional excitement, or even rest or deep sleep can trigger it. The pain gradually intensifies, becomes more frequent, and lasts longer. If removing the trigger or taking nitroglycerin does not relieve it, unstable angina is often suspected. Symptoms of coronary heart disease with angina can also be accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever, sweating, panic, nausea, and vomiting.

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How to prevent coronary heart disease in its early stages

Coronary heart disease is caused by a variety of reasons leading to arteriosclerosis of cardiac vessels or narrowing, resulting in insufficient cardiac blood supply. Common risk factors for coronary heart disease include older age, smoking, high blood lipid levels, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, among others. Generally, aging is unavoidable, but we can prevent the progression of coronary heart disease by quitting smoking, controlling blood sugar, blood pressure, and blood lipid levels. It is also important to control weight, reduce the intake of fatty foods, improve lifestyle, exercise regularly, keep a regular schedule, and avoid excessive fatigue. These are the methods for the early prevention of coronary heart disease, and medication may be necessary when needed.

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Coronary heart disease is related to anemia.

Coronary heart disease and anemia are not the same type of diseases; they differ in mechanisms of onset, clinical symptoms, and treatment methods. Coronary heart disease is caused by long-term arteriosclerosis, leading to narrowing of the coronary arteries, which causes ischemia and damage to the myocardium, hence it is called coronary heart disease. The treatment for coronary heart disease involves the use of medications to improve blood supply by dilating the coronary arteries, as well as medications to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Anemia is due to a reduction in blood cells, causing ischemia in peripheral tissues and organs, leading to a series of clinical manifestations. Treatment involves supplementing blood or providing hematopoietic elements, depending on the cause of the anemia.

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Can coronary heart disease be cured?

Coronary heart disease, when treated with effective medications, can achieve clinical symptom relief or disappearance, generally without the chance of a cure. This is because the onset mechanism of coronary heart disease is due to coronary artery atherosclerosis causing insufficient blood supply to the myocardium, leading to myocardial damage, and arteriosclerosis worsens with age. Patients with coronary heart disease should pay attention to adjusting their dietary structure, adopting a low-fat, low-salt diet. Under the guidance of a doctor, the regular and correct use of some medications that invigorate blood circulation, nourish the myocardium, and dilate coronary arteries can improve myocardial ischemia and achieve clinical symptom relief or disappearance.

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Coronary heart disease has no symptoms.

Coronary heart disease refers to the narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, leading to ischemia, hypoxia, or even necrosis of myocardial cells, which is a type of heart disease. Its full name should be coronary artery atherosclerotic heart disease, commonly known as coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease can be divided into five types: The first type is occult or asymptomatic coronary heart disease. The second type is angina pectoris, the third type is myocardial infarction, the fourth type is ischemic cardiomyopathy, and the fifth type is sudden death. Among these, patients with occult or asymptomatic coronary heart disease may not have obvious symptoms or any symptoms at all, so a person without symptoms does not necessarily mean they do not have coronary heart disease. Whether a patient has coronary heart disease should still be determined by a specialist based on relevant examinations.