Information On Heart
Disease
Understand Information on Heart Disease In Women
It is a devastating fact to know that heart disease is now
the number one killer of women as well as men in the United
States. Men and women with heart disease should be treated
differently since they have different body structures.
The first piece of information on heart disease which it's
important for women to have is that women show different heart
attack symptoms than men.
Symptoms Of Women Heart Attack
We have all watched very often in the movies of how a heart
attack looks like, right? Any time a white haired male character
gasps and clutches the left side of his chest, we immediately
know he's having a heart attack.
How about the female character who is experiencing pain in
her upper back or soreness in her neck or jaw? There is probably
nothing about that right? At worst a strained muscle or a
few too many stressors. Wrong. In women, these are the certain
symptoms of heart attack. The symptoms may include nausea
and vomiting, fatigue or extreme tiredness, and a sensation
of feeling lightheaded or dizzy
Many women never experience the "traditional" symptoms
of crushing chest pain, so some of them might delay in seeking
treatment. Even when they do seek treatment promptly, doctors
who are not aware of the different symptoms experienced by
men and women may be too soon to write off the rather vague
symptoms women do experience as stress or as a mild infection
that will recover soon.
Women should be aware that they are more likely to experience
"atypical" symptoms, and should be firm about asking
their doctors to determine the possibility of heart disease.
In addition, women should be aware that women are more likely
to die of a heart attack than men. They are more likely to
die during the event, more likely to die in the hospital,
or die in the following year. Researchers are not sure whether
this is true because generally, women have smaller hearts
which are more likely to be devastated by a cardiac event,
or because women experiencing atypical symptoms often delay
seeking treatment for themselves until the heart is too damaged
to be treated.
As a woman, you are your own best supporter. Inform yourself
about heart disease, and make sure that you get the tests
and treatments you need to keep your heart healthy and strong.
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