10:18 PM
Thursday 13 October 2022
I wrote – Shaima Morsi
It is usual that feeling chest pain is a symptom of a heart attack, but there are other sensations that many people are not aware of.
Many women experience heart attacks that are overlooked as other conditions, such as anxiety or heartburn.
One study found that nearly 40 percent of women had indigestion before having a heart attack, according to thesun.
In a paper published in the journal Circulation, researchers discovered that indigestion was common in women in the month before heart disease.
About 39% of the group reported indigestion before the heart attack.
The aim of the study was to accurately describe the symptoms of coronary artery disease in women in order to provide a complete picture of the warning signs.
In previous research, researchers reported that between 85 and 90 percent of women identified several different symptoms in the period before their heart attack.
The five most common symptoms that women reported experiencing in the month prior to infection were:
Unusual fatigue (71%).
Sleep disturbances (48%).
Shortness of breath (42%).
Indigestion (39%).
Anxiety (36%).
During a heart attack, women reported:
Shortness of breath (58%).
Weakness (55%)
Unusual fatigue (43%).
Cold sweats (39%).
Dizziness (39%).
What you can do to reduce the risk:
There are a lot of things we can all do to reduce our risk of heart disease, says Ruth Goss, a heart nurse at the British Heart Foundation. These are:
Maintaining a healthy weight:
This improves heart and circulatory health, so it’s best to make small changes, such as reducing portion sizes and increasing your physical activity.
-the movement:
It’s important for your heart to get 150 minutes of exercise a week, including brisk walking, biking or exercise.
Blood pressure management:
If you have high blood pressure, it’s important to maintain a healthy weight, stop smoking, reduce salt and alcohol, maintain physical activity and take prescribed medications.
Healthy cholesterol:
Bad cholesterol increases your risk of heart or circulatory disease, but you can help manage your cholesterol levels by limiting the amount of saturated fats you eat, being more active and eating a healthy, balanced diet.
-Quit Smoking:
It’s the single biggest thing you can do to help your heart, plus smokers are almost twice as likely to have a heart attack than people who have never smoked.
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