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= = HD= Heart Disease = Heart Disease = Ben Gibson = = For my Disease project I chose to do Heart Disease. I chose this because Heart Disease has been the number 1 killer in the United States for about 20 years! That’s pretty bad. #1 = = = **What causes it?**  = = One of the reasons that people get HD is a build up of fatty plaques in the arteries. It blocks up your blood veins in the arteries and then you feel horrible around the area of your heart. Another way to get HD is to eat an unhealthy diet or a lack of exercise. #1 = =  = = **Symptoms of HD?**  = = There isn’t many symptoms of HD but I’ll tell you some of them. Chest pain or Angina, shortness of breath, pain, numbness, and coldness in your legs and arms because of shortage of blood flow in your body. #1 = =  = = **How Do You Treat HD?** = = Some ways to treat HD are to quit smoking, maintain healthy weight and diet, control high blood pressure, and control Diabetes. Practice a very good hygienic life, exercise at least 30 minutes a day, manage stress, and eat a low salt diet. #1 = = = = **FUN FACTS!** = = · Every 34 seconds someone in the United States dies of HD. #2 = =  · More than 2,500 people die of HD every day. #2 = =  · 250,000 people diagnosed with HD die before reaching the Hospital. #2 = =  · Almost a billion hospitalizations are due to HD. #2 = =  · Since 1900 HD has been the number 1 killer in the United States. #2 = =    = =    = =    = =    = =    = = = =    = =    = =    = =    =