UJing uyindoda eneminyaka engu-46 ubudala. Ungumphathi wama-inshuwalense oshadile onezingane ezimbili. UJing uyasebenza esontweni lakhe futhi udlala igalofu ngezimpelasonto. Waya kudokotela wakhe wezinhliziyo ngoba wayesanda kuba nokukhathala nobuhlungu esifubeni ngenxa yokuzikhandla. Akakaze abheme kodwa uphuza isiphuzo sotshwala esisodwa noma ezimbili ngosuku. Umlando wakhe wezokwelapha wembula izinga le-cholesterol yegazi elingu-260 mg%, izinga le-triglyceride elingu-198 mg% kanye nenani le-HDL-C elingu-43% mg%. Uma ucabangela ubulili bakhe, ubudala, izimpawu nezici zobungozi, ingabe ungacabanga ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi uJing unesifo senhliziyo?
Uma kucatshangelwa ubulili bakhe, uJing uyindoda, futhi ngokuvamile amadoda asengozini enkulu yokuba nesifo semithambo yenhliziyo. Iminyaka yobudala nayo iyisici esiyingozi, njengoba ukuguga kwandisa ingozi yakhe yokulimala kwemithambo yegazi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uye wahlushwa i-angina, okungase kube uphawu oluvamile lwesifo semithambo yenhliziyo. Futhi une-cholesterol ephezulu, namazinga aphezulu e-triglyceride. Uphinde aphuze utshwala obuningi. Uma sicabangela konke lokhu, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi uJing unesifo senhliziyo esibizwa ngokuthi i-coronary heart disease.