Coronary Heart Disease Warning Signs

Working out and eating right might not be enough to fight off a life-threatening heart disease. The recent death of professional athlete Darryl Kile, who was only 33, is an eye-opener to the causes of coronary heart disease. Doctors say Kile appeared to be in excellent shape and was much younger than the average coronary victim. Heredity could be responsible for the onset of blocked arteries. Studies show coronary heart disease can be passed down through generations going back even further than parents and grandparents. Freeman Cardiologist, Dr. John Cox, said, "Sometimes people inherit a metabolic problem with their cholesterol not necessarily from father or mother, say they had a grandparent that died from a car wreck or complications of a surgery, they could have been carrying that gene and never would`ve known, so it skipped a couple of generations and all the sudden a person inherits that and can discover they have a problem." Dr. Cox says people should pay attention to early warning signs such as shortness of breath, tingling in the spine, and tighening in the chest cavity. The latest reports on Kile`s death show that his father possibly died of the same disease, rather than an aneurism, which was first believed. Reported By: Sheradee Scott