Keeping on top of your health is important but it isn't always easy. There are 7.6m people in the UK who are living with heart and circulatory diseases.
And it is estimated more than half of people will get a heart or circulatory problem in their lifetime. CHD (coronary heart disease) is one of the leading causes of death in the UK. It kills around 68,000 people a year - one person every eight minutes.
Figures show one in eight men and one in 14 women will die as a result of the condition, according to the British Heart Foundation. CHD is caused when the heart's blood supply becomes blocked or interrupted by fatty substances building up in the arteries. However according to the BHF there are often few signs in advance that you have a potentially deadly disease.
But there are some to watch out for. It says: "CHD develops slowly over time and the symptoms can be different for everyone. Some people do not know they have CHD before they have a heart attack.
" Angina is the name given for chest pain or an uncomfortable feeling that happens when blood flow to your heart muscle is reduced. It is a common symptom of CHD." It adds sufferers might also feel pain or an uncomfortable feeling in your: shoulders arms neck jaw back stomach.
Other symptoms of coronary heart disease include; shortness of breath feeling faint feeling sick. But there are things you can do to help prevent the disease. Dr Kathryn Basford, a certified GP at leading UK telehealth and weight loss treatment provider .
