Here is what you should know about personal risk and ways of recognizing signs and symptoms of heart disease.
every woman should understand the importance of her heart health. am being particular about this due to the leading cause of death on heart disease among women.
In order to fight against this trend, we all must learn to understand the relevance or importance of reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Here are some valuable tips to put into consideration.
Identify your risk
firstly, you need to know your risk factors. means knowing your normal blood pressure, normal cholesterol, and normal blood glucose are. when seeing a doctor verify if these levels have been checked. if not, when last were they checked? an advice is to make sure you are been checked yearly or every few years.
Key Goal Indicator
Find out the appropriate goals for you. What are your goal blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose levels? These numbers can be different depending on your level of risk. For example, if you have a strong family history of premature heart disease or if you have diabetes, you may have different goals than other women.
Be Your Own Doctor
The best prevention of heart disease and stroke is if you are your own advocate i.e doctor yourself, and understand your personal risk of heart disease. The best result is when you and your doctor works as a team i.e keeping him/her updated on a daily bases.
Signs And Symptoms Of Heart Disease
In as much as you know your personal risk factor, it is very essential to know the signs and symptoms of heart disease. As many women are ignorant of these fact thinking heart disease is man's problem.
Heart attacks kill over 250,000 women each year, many suddenly and unexpectedly. Women often do not recover as well as men do after a heart attack, suffering disability, recurrent hospitalization, and even death. So in addition to understanding your risk factors (and controlling them), every woman should understand the symptoms associated with
heart disease. such as,
Chest pain: The majority of women having a heart attack do experience chest pain. It may not be the crushing, explosive pain that many men report, but any sudden, severe, or persisting chest pain warrants concern.
Unusual fatigue: In one study of female heart attack survivors, about 70 percent reported extreme fatigue in the days and weeks prior to the attack. They felt too tired to complete simple tasks such as making the bed or walking to the mailbox.
Shortness of breath: Many women report gasping as if they’d just run a long distance or having difficulty talking during a heart attack. In some cases, this shortness of breath can occur days or even weeks prior to a cardiac event.
Nausea or dizziness: Women frequently feel nauseous, vomit, or feel like they might faint during a heart attack. The symptoms may also feel like heartburn or an upset stomach.
Profuse sweating: A heart attack may cause a woman to be suddenly drenched in sweat for no reason. Oftentimes, women feel both hot and cold (clammy) during an attack.
Non-chest pain: Instead of a crushing pain in the chest, many women develop less severe pain in the upper back, shoulders, neck, jaw, or arm.
Anxiety: You can call it “women’s intuition” — many women experience a feeling of “impending doom” or intense fear before or during a heart attack.
Hope you find these tips useful, and consult your doctor for more information. Always remember an early diagnose of any ailment can be prevented and also knowledge is power.
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