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Heart Disease Advice: Heart Disease Advice & Tips
Read advice and share experiences and tips about living with heart disease from heart disease sufferers.
In this article:
  • Find out more about heart disease
  • How common is heart disease?
  • Share advice and tips about heart disease with other readers

Heart disease is the UK's biggest cause of death, according to the British Heart Foundation, causing over 117,000 deaths a year in the UK, approximately one in five deaths among men and one in six among women.

Heart Disease Advice: How Common is Heart Disease?

Currently, more than 2.7 million people in the UK have heart disease, which happens when the arteries clog up, restricting blood flow to the heart. This can lead to chest pain, heart failure and heart attacks – which could cause death.

Heart Disease Advice from Sufferers – Scroll down the page for
real-life tips and advice

Heart Disease Advice: What is Heart Disease?

Heart disease is often caused by fatty matter building up along the artery walls, blocking the artery and starving the heart muscle of oxygen. You can reduce your chances of developing heart disease by exercising, eating healthily, stopping smoking, cutting down on salt and alcohol and lowering your blood pressure.

Heart Disease Advice: Heart Disease Advice & Tips from Sufferers

But what is it really like to have heart disease or know someone who has heart disease? Read about other people’s experiences or tell us your own story below.

Heart Disease Advice – You Can Help: Share your tips, experiences and stories about living with heart disease with other readers by posting a reply in the Comment on This Article box. Read some of the most recent tips below!

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