Anger and Hostility Attitudes Can Increase The Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Affected

Scientists examine the impact of bad-tempered and hostile attitude of health. Both evidently dangerous heart and lungs
By: Syaefudin * (* Syaefudin. The author is Assistant Lecturer in metabolism, the Department of Biokimia, FMIPA-Institut Pertanian Bogor.)

Heart damage. Recently, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology issued a scientific paper titled relationship between anger with heart disease.

Yoichi Chida, MD, Ph.D. from the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University College, London, revealed that anger and hostility attitudes can increase the risk of coronary heart disease affected 19% of the healthy people. On those who already have heart disease history before, this increase reaches 24%.

Exposed to the risk of heart attack more likely for a man. This conclusion is based on research Steven Boyle, Ph.D. of Duke University Medical Center to 313 men. Research shows an increase in the amount of protein called C3 and C4.
Second protein that exists in the body's immune system is the occurrence of a wound and inflammation.
Changes in the amount of protein in the C3 and C4 associated with a number of diseases, such as arterial heart disturbances. In the men who have a sense of hostility, symptoms of feeling depressed, and angry with the highest level of improvement between 7.1% up to C3.

Psychological therapy can reduce the level C3? "Currently, we do not know whether the intervention in reducing hostility and angry attitude can decrease the level C3 or other inflammation marker," said Boyle. However, he added, "Even if inflammation can not be reduced with the intervention of such hostility and angry attitude with low levels of possible impact on the relationship (inter-human) that better health and increased."