Human Circulatory System Disease

By Author: Rob Thomas
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The human’s circulatory system is made up of the body’s organs that transport nutrients, blood and oxygen within the body, to and from all its tissue. This process protects the body from diseases and helps to stabilize the regular bodily functions. The circulatory system includes the cardiovascular system which is the heart, its vessels and the blood it transfers and the lymphatic system which carry out the lymph. Any infection that affects this natural flow can be considered a human circulatory disease.

There are two man types of circulatory disease, they are congenital circulatory diseases which develop when a person is born or those that are developed after birth. Some of these disease are arrhythmia, angina, aortic aneurysm, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and peripheral vascular disease.

Arrhythmia causes irregular heart beats for example starting from very slow to speeding up. Angina happens as a result of a blockage in the blood vessels that travels to the heart which causes insufficient amounts of blood and oxygen to go reaching the heart. This situation leads ...
... to pain being felt in the chest area. Aortic Aneurysm due to aortic dissection which is a tear in the aortic wall that can cause heavy bleeding. The walls of the aorta then push out. Atherosclerosis happens when plaques form from calcium, cholesterol, and fatty deposits into the medium or large arteries and cause hardening of the arterial wall. This hardening can slow down the blood circulation and cause great pain within the affected area. Hypertension occurs when the systolic pressure in the body exceeds 140 mmHG and the diastolic pressure exceeds 90 mmHG. All these diseases are capable of causing health complications that can greatly affect the circulatory system.

If symptoms of any of these sicknesses happen it is advised that you seek a doctor to get a check up and prescribe treatment for the disease.
About Author:
Rob Thomas studies human circulatory system diseases and follows a cardiac diet.