Most heart diseases may seem to strike suddenly, but they are actually the result of years of accumulation. The root cause is the deposition of atherosclerotic plaques. Shockingly, 9 out of 10 people with coronary heart disease develop it due to poor lifestyle habits.

Illness in life stems from either arrogance or laziness. Some are too proud to seek treatment, arbitrarily reducing, changing, or stopping medication on their own. Others lack the discipline to control their harmful lifestyle habits. Our hearts are gradually damaged in this way, leading to premature failure and loss of life.

If you truly want to stay away from coronary heart disease, you must avoid all these habits.

While you're indulging in extravagant feasts—devouring rich meats, milky teas, and cakes—savoring all the world's delicacies;

While you're drinking "a thousand cups are too few among close friends," not stopping until thoroughly drunk;

While you're reveling recklessly in the swirling clouds of cigarette smoke;

When you stay up all night, suffer from excessive fatigue, and endure prolonged stress, a series of metabolic disorders and immune reactions occur in your body, damaging the inner lining of blood vessels. At the same time, plaques seize the opportunity to deposit more rapidly, gradually occupying the space within the vessels, leading to the development of coronary artery atherosclerosis.

At this point, you might think it's not a big problem and continue indulging. Over time, the coronary artery blood flow gradually becomes less smooth, and the heart muscle begins to experience intermittent ischemia and hypoxia. You may start feeling discomfort such as chest pain, chest tightness, and palpitations.

If you still ignore it, the heart maintains an apparent calm through its strong reserve and regulatory capabilities, but in reality, it is already severely damaged. Plaque buildup worsens, the lumen narrows increasingly, and vascular elasticity weakens. The heart, overwhelmed, sends out distress signals—chest pain, tightness, and palpitations become more frequent, with pain radiating to the left shoulder, arm, jaw, and stomach.

If you don't seek timely treatment in the hospital's cardiovascular department at this stage, once the plaque ruptures and forms a blood clot, completely blocking the blood vessel will cause the heart muscle to almost entirely lose its blood and oxygen supply. This is myocardial infarction, characterized by crushing chest pain, pale complexion, profuse sweating, and an intense sense of impending doom.

At this point, if treated promptly, most people can fortunately have their lives saved. If you still don't take it seriously, when the heart continues to work under long-term overload and its contractility becomes increasingly weaker, heart failure begins. Even though we have many methods to delay its progression and sustain life, ultimately it cannot be reversed until the heart's final beat, marking the end of our life's journey!

Therefore, I hope everyone can pay attention to and be vigilant against these bad habits. Please change them as early as possible to protect your heart for yourself and your family.