Disease conditions that cause the heart muscle damage or make it hard to work can cause heart failure.
Heart muscle damage releases certain proteins into the bloodstream. This protein has a toxic effect on the heart and normal blood flow, and it worsens the heart failure.
Causes of Heart failure
- Coronary heart disease – fatty substance called plaque start build-up in the arteries, overtime the arteries narrowed. Therefore, blood supply can slow down or stops causing heart diseases, heart attack, or heart failure.
- Hyperlipidemia – high-cholesterol level in blood damages the blood vessels, fastens the plaque build up, and lead to heart damage and heart failure.
- High blood pressure – if blood pressure stays at or above 140/90 mmHg. It makes the heart work harder, without treatment heart may damage and lead to heart failure.
- Diabetes – long term of high blood glucose can affect nerves and blood vessels that lead to heart damage and heart failure.
- Sleep apnea – breath stops during sleep or swallowed causing a shortage of oxygen and makes the heart to work harder leads to heart failure. Treating sleep apnea can reduce the risk of heart failure.
Properly treating these conditions can prevent or at-least limit heart failure.
Other causes of heart failures
Some heart-related diseases can lead to heart failures; they are:
- Heart muscle diseases – any injury or infection to heart muscles, or present at birth.
- Heart valve disorders – present at birth, any infections, heart attacks, or damage from heart disease.
- Arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats - present at birth, due to heart disease or heart defects.
- Congenital heart defects – heart defect present at birth.
Other factors causing heart damage and lead to heart failure
- Cancer treatments - radiation and chemotherapy
- Thyroid disorders - hyper or hypo-thyroidism
- Alcohol, Cocaine and other illegal drug abuse
- HIV/AIDS
- Too much of E vitamin