{"id":9772,"date":"2020-05-15T18:49:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herheart.org\/?p=9772"},"modified":"2020-05-15T18:49:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T08:49:38","slug":"more-than-80-of-premature-heart-disease-and-strokes-are-preventable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/more-than-80-of-premature-heart-disease-and-strokes-are-preventable\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 80% of premature heart disease and strokes are preventable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you consider that heart disease is a leading killer of Australian women, taking the lives of three times as many women than breast cancer, knowing that you can prevent more than 80% of these incidences is a sobering statistic.<\/p>\n<p>If that many can be prevented, why aren&#8217;t they? A lot of it comes down to awareness and education.<\/p>\n<p>Women are less proactive about their heart health because they don&#8217;t realise the risks. Heart disease is mainly associated with overweight, stressed out middle-aged men so while they are conscious of this threat, women are less so which means they tend to miss the risk factors.<\/p>\n<h3>On the bright side<\/h3>\n<p>The above statistic is also hopeful. Because it means that there are steps you can take to ensure that you, or your loved ones, aren&#8217;t one of the 22 women we lose to heart disease every day.<\/p>\n<p>And the more people that take on the heart health message, the lower those numbers will be in a year, five years and ten years from now.<\/p>\n<p>By recognising that heart disease is one of the leading health issues for women, they can then take better care of their health by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring blood pressure is under control<\/li>\n<li>Managing cholesterol levels<\/li>\n<li>Quit smoking<\/li>\n<li>Start exercising<\/li>\n<li>Eat a balanced diet<\/li>\n<li>Go for regular Heart Health Checks when you&#8217;re over 45<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recognising heart attack symptoms in women<\/h3>\n<p>The image of a man clutching his chest as he falls over is considered a typical indicator of a heart attack. It&#8217;s one we see in movies all the time and something most people are familiar with. But the Heart Foundation says &#8220;research has shown that just over half of women who have a heart attack experienced chest pain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Women who have heart attacks usually present with symptoms that are &#8216;atypical,&#8217; which means you may not know you are having a heart attack until it is too late.<\/p>\n<p>Being aware of women-specific heart attack symptoms may save your life or that of a woman close to you.<\/p>\n<p>These symptoms can include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excessive sweating<\/li>\n<li>Pressure in the neck and jaw<\/li>\n<li>Pain in the back and arms<\/li>\n<li>Nausea<\/li>\n<li>Dizziness<\/li>\n<li>Shortness of breath.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you experience a combination of these symptoms, there is a high chance you are having a heart attack and you need to get to a hospital ASAP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Centre for Disease Control and Prevention<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vitalsigns\/million-hearts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vitalsigns\/million-hearts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHO<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/features\/qa\/27\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/features\/qa\/27\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heart Foundation<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartfoundation.org.au\/your-heart\/women-and-heart-disease\/risk-factors-for-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.heartfoundation.org.au\/your-heart\/women-and-heart-disease\/risk-factors-for-women<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you consider that heart disease is a leading killer of Australian women, taking the lives of three times as many women than breast cancer, knowing that you can prevent more than 80% of these incidences is a sobering statistic. 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