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Heart Disease in Women II

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

heart disease in womenWhatever the nature of heart disease, it is generally more serious threat to women’s health. The classic symptoms are anticipating an attack: heaviness, pressure and / or pain in the center of the chest, the pain spread to the neck, jaw, back, upper abdomen and left arm (rather than the right), nausea and / or vomiting.

They can also be seen, or not, breathing difficulties, dizziness and fainting. Apart from these classic signs, there are other symptoms that occur particularly in women: unusual fatigue and weakness, anxiety and nervousness, digestive problems, feeling of heaviness and pressure in the center of the chest and pain between the shoulder blades.

Like all people need a heart to live, it is crucial that women become aware of the importance that a healthy lifestyle: exercises recommended by the professional practitioner, good nutrition and not smoking. The fact that these measures can be avoided more than 50 percent of female deaths, as well as the consequences of disability or handicap, is a huge incentive.

For all the foregoing, the WHF recommends:
1) Perform exercise: at least 30 minutes daily. Between 60 and 85 percent of women are not active enough to your heart enjoy the benefits of exercise.
2) Maintain a healthy weight with a balanced diet, restricting the intake of fried foods, fatty meats and salt.
3) Overcome the habit of smoking.
4) Avoid the combination of smoking and use of contraceptive pills

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Heart Disease in Women I

Monday, July 12th, 2010

heart disease in women

The first cause of death in women is not breast cancer, as the popular belief. Currently, the statistics make one out of every three women has cardiovascular problems, in addition, at least eight million women die each year worldwide as a result of cardiovascular disease, particularly heart attack.

This figure is almost eight times higher than that for breast cancer six times higher than deaths caused by AIDS. In developing countries, half of all deaths of women over 50 years are due to cardiovascular disease and, more specifically heart attacks.

The World Heart Federation (WHF – World Heart Federation), proposed on the last Sunday of September as World Heart Day. According to the WHF, consider this date as specified to address globally by heart risks faced by women. The reason is that women’s heart health was not considered seriously until now (either by women or by medical professionals).

The reality is that not only in the popular imagination but also in the medical community there is the assumption that men are more likely than women to suffer heart failure. According to recent observations, almost six in ten doctors believe the percentage of men who die from sudden heart attack is greater than that of women.

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Warning Signs of Heart Attack

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

heart attackHow many of us react well in a fast, or how many specialists also appreciate a quick way for a patient in this condition shows signs of heart attack? The more time is lost, the more the heart muscle loses.

The trick with heart attacks is to know what to do in the shortest time possible. And that is sometimes not easy. Cheney experienced the classic chest pain called “angina”, usually described as a crushing pain, crushing, which begins at the center of the chest and radiates to the shoulders, neck, arms or back.

Angina is the way the body Expeso the heart is starting to die, the heart muscle is demanding that does not receive oxygen from the blood to have been one or more blocked coronary arteries.

However, the message body is sometimes not clear. You may suffer angina and do not necessarily have a heart attack, and you can have a heart attack without chest pain caused by angina.

The most common symptoms are the extreme difficulty in breathing or shortness of breath. Other signs include nausea, sweating, dizziness, palpitations or anxiety.

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