Heart Disease or cardiovascular disease

In most of the women perception, cardiovascular disease mostly affect man. How many of the women aware that actually affect women with the % that not very much lower than men. This is misconception should be taken away. Both women and men should be aware of this silent killer.

The signs & symtoms
Let's talk about the sign and symptoms so that we can easily recognize the signs of heart disease and timely intervention is crucial in increasing the survival rate of heart attack victims.

Chest pain is the most common symptom of a heart attack. Classic symtoms are tightness in the chest or breathlessness on exertion. Other typical symptoms include :-

• shortness of breath
• indigestion
• nausea, vomiting
• fatigue
• back or neck pain
• pain in one or both arms

If you recognize the abovementioned signs in yourself you must take the initiative to seek doctor advice immediately and have a proper check up. This might be able to avoid a potential heart attack getting worse. Early diagnosis is very crucial.


What should you do?
After knowing about the symtom , you should always ask yourselves what can you do to protect yourselves.

A risk of this heart disease increase dramatically in mid-life due to increasing age, hormonal imbalances , change of body fat distribution, phisical inactivity, hypertension and insulin resistance. Women who has high risk of this heart disease are those who are having heart attack and stroke.

As such the steps as follow is important to protect yourself : -

1. Maintain a healthy lifestyle with a healthy weight
• overweight will bring to a lot of other disease ie. diabetes, hypertension & etc which increase the risk of having heart disease. Weight loss is crucial for maintaining a healthy lifesyle
2. Control you cholestrol levels
3. Don't smoke
• the oxidate damage in a cell, tissue or organ caused reactive oxygen  species such as free radicals and cause the heart disease easily intrude your body 
4. Control your blood pressure
5. Follow a healthy diet
6. Exercise regularly

Healthy lifestyle with the healthy diet and food will help to prevent various type of diseases and cause complication. Check other articles on weight loss, hypertension, superfood and etc for more information.